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European Innovation Council

EIC Ambassadors

Period 2021 - 2027

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

Former  EIC Ambassadors

Liene Briede

Vice-rector for innovations at Riga Technical University

Martin Bruncko

Executive Vice President for Europe at Binance, former EIC board member and investment committee

Bury Jo

Jo Bury

Director-emeritus of Flanders Institute of Biotechnology

Miguel Castanho

Research group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, EIC beneficiary

Cristian Dascalu

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

Jan Goetz 

Quantum physicist and co-founding CEO of IQM, building next-generation quantum computers.

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

Bindi Karia

European Innovation Expert & Advisor, Connector of People and Businesses

Jerzy Langer

Jerzy Langer

Physicist, Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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

Emmanuel Stratakis

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

Annie Vashakmadze

Head of International Relations Department, Georgia's Innovation & Technology Agency

Verganti Roberto

Roberto Verganti

Professor of Leadership and Innovation, Director, The Garden - Center for Design and Leadership, Stockholm School of Economics

Matija Zulj

Chief Executive Officer at AGRIVI, EIC beneficiary

Luka Zupančič

Head of Business Development at DATANA & PEARL-DNA, EIC beneficiary