Many highly influential innovators across Europe have been involved in the creation and implementation of the EIC, including members of advisory boards, CEOs and researchers of companies and projects receiving EIC support and members of the juries that select projects for funding. To recognise these contributions and empower these innovators to speak about their experiences with the programme, they are appointed as EIC ambassadors.
The role of EIC Ambassadors is voluntary and they:
- speak about the EIC at relevant events and with local, national and European media
- are kept informed so they can communicate about the latest developments and impacts of the EIC
- provide their insights and feedback to support further improvements to the EIC
Rachel Armstrong
Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at KU Leuven
Kerstin Bock
Co-founder & CEO of Openers
Liene Briede
Vice-rector for innovations at Riga Technical University
George Brik
CEO of Hydrovolta, EIC beneficiary
Martin Bruncko
Executive Vice President for Europe at Binance, former EIC board member and investment committee
Jo Bury
Director-emeritus of Flanders Institute of Biotechnology
Miguel Castanho
Research group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, EIC beneficiary
Cristian Dascalu
Founded or co-founded several businesses and major projects aimed at the development of tech startups and digital innovation areas such as GapMinder VC, Techcelerator, ROTSA - Romanian Tech Startups Association, and others
Pau Farràs
Director of the ChemLight research group at the University of Galway
Mark Ferguson
Director General, Science Foundation Ireland; Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland; former founder and CEO of Renovo Ltd and Renovo Group plc
Angele Giuliano
CEO of AcrossLimits, Business Angel
Jan Goetz
Quantum physicist and co-founding CEO of IQM, building next-generation quantum computers.
Pedro Gomez
CEO & Co-Founder @ Orbem
Fredrik Hörstedt
Vice President at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Angela Ivanova
CEO & Co-Founder, LAM'ON
Csaba Janáky
Professor of Physical Chemistry, co-founder and CEO of eChemicles
Heidi Kakko
Chair of UniTartu Ventures, former EIC Board Member and Investment Committee Member
Bindi Karia
European Innovation Expert & Advisor, Connector of People and Businesses
Stavriana A. Kofteros
Founder & Partner @W11 Ventures, Cofounder & Chair @Startup Cyprus
Jana Kolar
Executive Director of CERIC-ERIC
Jerzy Langer
Physicist, Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Ana Maiques Valls
CEO Neuroelectrics
Marja Makarow
Director at Biocenter Finland
Jillian Manus
Managing Partner at Structure Capital
André Mão de Ferro
Co-founder / Executive Manager, C2C-NewCap
Theodor Nielsen
CEO and Founder of NIL Technology, EIC Beneficiary
Philippe Notton
CEO and Founder of SiPearl
Verónica Orvalho
CEO and Founder of Didimo
Veronika Oudova
CEO & Co-founder of S-Biomedic
Sven Przywarra
Co-CEO @ LiveEO
Svilen Rangelov
CEO of Dronamics, EIC beneficiary
Or Retzkin
CEO and Co-founder of EyeControl
Cristina Riesen
Founder and CEO Educreators Foundation
Marie-Elisabeth Rusling
Public Affairs Manager at EIT Food
Mateusz Sagan
Disruptive Innovations Funding & Mentoring, Visionary Senior Executive, Co-Founder & Angel Investor
Matthias Schneider
Co-founder of strategic foresight and innovation advisory Nouvel, former Head of Digital at Bloomberg for EMEA, EIC Jury Member
Sergey Sereda
Co-founder and managing partner of PIPES.one
Kinga Stanisławska
Founder, Experior VC and Founder, European Women in VC
Emmanuel Stratakis
Research Director at the Institute of Electronic structure and laser (IESL) - Hellas (FORTH) and founder and CEO of Biomimetic PC
Marja Tiirola
Biology Professor, co-Founder of BiopSense, and EIC beneficiary
Jo Uthus
CEO of CrayoNano, EIC beneficiary
Constantijn van Oranje
Leader of Techleap.nl, the accelerator for the Tech-ecosystem in the Netherland
Roxanne Varza
Director of Station F
Annie Vashakmadze
Head of International Relations Department, Georgia's Innovation & Technology Agency
Roberto Verganti
Professor of Leadership and Innovation, Director, The Garden - Center for Design and Leadership, Stockholm School of Economics
Cristina Vicini-Rademacher
Founder and CEO of Vicini Strategy
Matija Zulj
Chief Executive Officer at AGRIVI, EIC beneficiary
Luka Zupančič
Head of Business Development at DATANA & PEARL-DNA, EIC beneficiary