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Board & Governance

EPIC is owned by its members and managed by its Board of Directors.

Adam Piotrowski

CEO, Vigo System (Poland)

Basil Garabet

President & CEO, NKT Photonics (Denmark) & President of EPIC

Björn Dymke

Managing Director of TRUMPF Laser Components (Germany)

Christian Bosshard

Managing Director of Swissphotonics (Switzerland)

Nicoletta Casanova

CEO and President FEMTOprint (Switzerland)

Samuel Bucourt

CEO, Imagine Optic (France)

Shahida Imani

Co-Founder and CEO of Singular Photonics

EPIC Board of Directors past board members:

2016 - 2023 - Benno Oderkerk, CEO Avantes (The Netherlands)

2017-2022 Maurizio Gattiglio, CEO, Convergent Photonics (Italy)

2016-2022 Jan Meise, CEO, ams Technologies (Germany)

2015-2021 Martin Schell, Director, Fraunhofer HHI (Germany)

2014-2020 Petteri Uusimaa, CEO, Modulight (Finland)

2016-2019 Kurt Weingarten, CEO, Time-Bandwidth (Switzerland)

2013-2019 Heinz Seyringer, Head of Research Collaborations, Zumtobel (Austria)

2013-2019 Bruno Mourey, CTO, CEA Leti (France)

2013-2015 Maurizio Zuffada, R&D Director, STMicroelectronics (Italy)

2007-2013 Drew Nelson, CEO, IQE (United Kingdom)

2012 Michael Heuken, Aixtron (Germany)

2012 Michel Pealat, Sagem (France)

2012 Hans-Joachim Grallert, Fraunhofer HHI (Germany)

2011 Andy Carter, Oclaro (United Kingdom)

2008 Bernard Couillaud, Oclaro (United Kingdom)

2005 Bernhard Stapp, OSRAM Semiconductors (Germany)

2005 Klaus Streubel, OSRAM Semiconductors (Germany)

2004 Jonathan Halls, CDT (United Kingdom)

2004 K. Brunner, PHILIPS (Netherlands)

2004 Bernd Schulte, AIXTRON (Germany)

2004 Jean-Thierry Audren, SAGEM (France)