EFCE Leadership
The Federation's activities are determined by the Executive Board (charity trustees), while three General Secretariats in Germany, France and the United Kingdom share the different administrative tasks.
EFCE President and Vice-Presidents (EFCE Officers)
EFCE President
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi
(terms of office: 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025)
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, Italy, succeeded Dr. Hermann J. Feise, who held this position for four years (2018-2021).
At the General Assembly on 27 September 2021, he was elected as the EFCE President for a two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2022. At the General Assembly on 17 September 2023, he was re-confirmed in the position for a second two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2024.
Giorgio Veronesi has 40 years of experience in the international engineering and construction sector and held various senior positions at engineering contractors including Foster Wheeler, Tecnimont, Siirtec Nigi and Techint. Veronesi is a member of the Executive Committee of AIDIC and first joined the Executive Board in 2016 as a trustee, serving as Executive Vice-President from 2018-2021.
On 1 Jaunary 2026 he will be succeeded by Prof. Jarka Glassey, who currently hold the position of EFCE Executive Vice-President.
EFCE Executive Vice-President
Professor Jarka Glassey
(terms of office: 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025)
Prof. Jarka Glassey, United Kingdom, succeeded Mr. Giorgio Veronesi, who held this position for four years (2018-2021); she also holds the role of EFCE Treasurer.
At the General Assembly on 7 September 2025, she was elected as the first female EFCE President for a two-year term of office with effect from 1 January 2026.
Jarka Glassey is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle, United Kingdom. From 2022 until her retirement in 2025, she was Director of Education at the School of Engineering, Newcastle University, with overall responsibility for quality of education delivery of all undergraduate and MSc degrees.
Her research career as a biochemical engineer focused on delivering high-quality research at the interface of academia and industrial impact. Her research outputs in the areas of bioprocess development, modelling, monitoring and control, Quality by design (QbD) and Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) have made significant contributions to R&D in the biopharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and food & drink sectors both within and outside the UK. Furthermore, she made a significant contribution to the development of education in (bio)chemical engineering for example by participating in education committees and panels, and by chairing education sessions, both in Europe and worldwide.
EFCE-related activities include the position of Vice-President Technical of IChemE (2018-2021), UK delegate and secretary (2010-2016) of the EFCE Working Party on Education and UK delegate of the EFCE Working Party on Quality by Design.
On 1 January 2026 she will be succeeded by António Gonçalves da Silva, Portugal, who currently hold the position of elected EFCE charity trustee.
EFCE Scientific Vice-President
Professor Boelo Schuur
(term of office: 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027)
Prof. Boelo Schuur, The Netherlands, suceeded Prof. Michael (Mike) Considine, United Kingdom, on 1 January 2024. At the General Assembly on 7 September 2025 he was re-elected for a second two-year term of office starting on 1 January 2026.
Boelo Schuur is full professor Sustainable Separation Technology in the Sustainable Process Technology group at the University of Twente with a main focus on affinity fluid separations. Among the application areas are biorefineries and (biobased) circular chemicals, e.g. based on microalgae, lignocellulosic biomass, pyrolytic oils from biomass and plastics, and digested wastewater.
He has presented invited plenary and keynote lectures at eight international conferences, including the plenary lecture at the International Solvent Extraction Conference, ISEC 2017 in Japan. He teaches on Industrial Chemistry and Processes (BSc), Advanced Molecular Separations (MSc), and Biorefinery (EngD). Boelo is Program Director at the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, coordinating the research and innovation agenda of the Separations for Circularity cluster.
EFCE-related activities of Boelo include membership of the board of the Netherlands Process Technologists NPT from 2012-2018, and he was NPT-representative at the EFCE from 2013-2022.
Boelo has been member of the EFCE Working Party on Fluid Separations since 2017, serving as its secretary from 2018 to 2024.
EFCE Management Committee
Members:
- EFCE President (Mr. Giorgio Veronesi)
- Executive Vice-President (Prof. Jarka Glassey)
- Scientific Vice-President (Prof. Boelo Schuur)
- Representatives of the three General Secretariats (Ms. Yvonne Baker, Mr. Paul Conway, Dr. Andreas Förster, Ms. Ines Honndorf; Mr. Francois Nicol, Dr. Martine Poux)
EFCE Executive Board Members (EFCE Charity Trustees)
(term of office: 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2025)
Dr. Giuseppe Bellussi
Piacenza, Italy; Contact
Prof. David Bogle
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Contact
Associate Prof. Elisabetta Brunazzi
Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Civile e Industriale, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy; Contact
Ms. Claudia Flavell-While (until 31 July 2025)
The Institution of Chemical Engineers, Davis Building, 165-189 Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HQ, United Kingdom
Dr. Andreas Förster
DECHEMA e.V., P.O. Box 15 01 04, 60061 Frankfurt, Germany; Contact
Dr. Sofia Garcia Fracaro (co-opted members since April 2024)
Zwingenberg, Germany; Contact
Prof. Jarka Glassey (Executive Vice-President)
University of Newcastle, School of Engineering, Merz Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom; Contact
Eng. António Gonçalves da Silva
Chairman, Colégio Nacional de Engenharia, Química e Biológica da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Av. António Augusto de Aguiar, 3 D, 1069-030 Lisboa, Portugal; Contact
Dr. Ir. Antoon ten Kate
The Netherlands; Contact
Prof. Antonis Kokossis
National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, Zografou Campus, 9, Iroon Polytechniou Str., 15780 Athens, Greece; Contact
Prof. Juraj Kosek
University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT), Department of Chemical Engineering, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic; Contact
Ms. Ana Montoro (co-opted members since April 2024)
Bromley, United Kingdom; Contact
Mr. François Nicol
VEOLIA RECHERCHE & INNOVATION, 291 Avenue Dreyfous Ducas, 78520 Limay, France;
Contact
Dr. ir. Laura Pirro (for Belgium)
Milan, Italy; Contact
Dr. Patrick M. Piccione
dsm-firmenich, Rte de la Plaine 125, 1283 La Plaine, Switzerland; Contact
Associate Prof. Álvaro Ramírez-Gómez (co-opted members since April 2024)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Química y Diseño Industrial, Ronda de Valencia 3, 28012 Madrid, Spain; Contact
Prof. Eric Schaer
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), LRGP, 1, rue Grandville
BP 20 451, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France; Contact
Prof. Boelo Schuur (Scientific Vice-President)
University of Twente, Faculty of Science and Technology, Horst Complex ME221, P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; Contact
Prof. Tomasz Sosnowski
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warynskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland; Contact
Mr. Giorgio Veronesi (President)
Techint E&C, Via Monte Rosa, 93, 20149 Milano, Italy; Contact
Dr. Michael Wilk
Groß-Zimmern, Germany; Contact
Photo (l-r): Álvaro Ramírez-Gómez, Martine Poux, David Bogle, Francois Nicol, Ines Honndorf, Antonis Kokossis, Boelo Schuur, Giuseppe Bellussi, Claudia Flavell-While, Juraj Kosek, Jarka Glassey, Antoon ten Kate, Eric Schaer, Sofia Garcia Fracaro, Giorgio Veronesi, Laura Pirro
Incoming Executive Board members (charity trustees):
In addition to the three Officers, EFCE welcomes
- newly elected charity trustees: Bipin Taneja (The Netherlands) and Michael Schlüter (Germany).
- re-elected charity trustees: Giuseppe Bellussi (Italy), David Bogle (United Kingdom), Elisabetta Brunazzi (Italy), Juraj Kosek (Czech Republic), Eric Schaer (France), Tomasz Sosnowski (Poland), and the appointed trustees who represent the three EFCE General Secretariats.
Former EFCE Executive Board