Governance

Management Committee

The Management Committee focuses on the day-to-day operational management of the EFC, and it consists of a group of individuals representing members of the Governing Council, including the Chair, the Vice-Chair, and the Treasurer of the Association and additional individuals representing members of the Governing Council. Only Members of the Governing Council, which have served at least one year on the Governing Council may be represented on the Management Committee.

  • Massimo Lapucci

    Chair

    Secretary General, Fondazione CRT

  • Klaus Wehmeier

    Vice-Chair

    Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Körber-Stiftung

  • Christina Lambropoulou

    Treasurer

    Chief Financial Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation

  • Antti Arjava

    Member

    Secretary General, Finnish Cultural Foundation

  • Vesna Bajšanski-Agić

    Member

    Executive Director, Mozaik Foundation

  • Rui Esgaio

    Member

    Secretary of the Board, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

  • Sara Llewellin

    Member

    Chief Executive, Barrow Cadbury Trust

EFC Governing council

The mandate of the Governing Council is to guide the programmatic and strategic work of the EFC. The Governing Council consists of up to thirty (30) member organisations (minimum 14 organisations), which are elected amongst EFC voting members.

Member Country
Barrow Cadbury Trust United Kingdom
Bernard van Leer Foundation Netherlands
Compagnia di San Paolo Italy
ERSTE Stiftung Austria
European Climate Foundation Netherlands
Finnish Cultural Foundation Finland
Fondation de France France
Fondazione Cariplo Italy
Fondazione CRT Italy
Ford Foundation United States
Fritt Ord Foundation Norway
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Portugal
Global Fund for Community Foundations South Africa
King Baudouin Foundation Belgium
Körber-Stiftung Germany
Member Country
“la Caixa” Banking Foundation Spain
Mama Cash Foundation Netherlands
Mozaik Foundation Bosnia And Herzegovina
National Foundation for Civil Society Development – Croatia Croatia
Oak Foundation Switzerland
Open Estonia Foundation Estonia
Open Society Foundations Spain
Paul Hamlyn Foundation United Kingdom
Realdania Denmark
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Sweden
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH Germany
Rockefeller Brothers Fund United States
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Greece
The VELUX Foundations Denmark
VolkswagenStiftung Germany

Additional information

Chair

The Chair serves for three years and presides over the Governing Council and Annual General Assembly, providing guidance on the strategic and programmatic work of the EFC. The Chair also gives input on the day-to-day operational management through the Management Committee. In addition, the Chair also represents the Governing Council in legal action involving the EFC both as plaintiff and as defendant.

Governing Council and Management Committee

The mandate of the Governing Council is to guide the programmatic and strategic work of the EFC. The Governing Council consists of up to thirty (30) member organisations (minimum 14 organisations), which are elected amongst EFC voting members.

The Management Committee focuses on the day-to-day operational management of the EFC, and it consists of a group of individuals representing members of the Governing Council, including the Chair, the Vice-Chair, and the Treasurer of the Association and additional individuals representing members of the Governing Council. Only Members of the Governing Council, which have served at least one year on the Governing Council may be represented on the Management Committee.

Nomination and Audit Committees

The Nomination Committee monitors the composition of the Governing Council and Management Committee, ensuring a balance of gender of representatives, geographic regions as well as the size and type of organisations that are represented in EFC governing bodies. The Audit Committee keeps an eye on the Centre's financial matters.

Nomination Committee members
  • Candan Fetvaci - Aydin Dogan Vakfi
  • Andrea Silvestri - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo
  • Massimo Lanza - Fondazione di Venezia (Chair)
  • Nicolas Borsinger - Pro Victimis Foundation
  • Boudewijn de Blij - Stichting Fonds 1818
  • Oksana Oracheva - Vladimir Potanin Foundation

    • Registration under Belgian law

    The EFC is registered under Belgian law as an international non-profit association (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif AISBL) and is registered in the company register of commerce (Banque-Carrefour des Enterprises) with the number: 4568.10.414.

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