2 new women join EAIC's Board

On Tuesday 28 June EAIC members elected 2 new women Board members on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting in Brussels:  Alicja Gregorzek Carrascosa from Polite Europe and Magdalena Zawadzka from Crido Business & Innovation Consulting, both companies are headquartered in Poland.
Alicja and Magdalena replace former board members Marie Latour and Virginie Robin. Marie left the board in October 2021 when joining as Secretary General of EAIC, Virginie , CEO of Euronovia has been impulsing strongly the creation of EAIC since its inception in September 2019 while she was also board member of ACI the French Association of Innovation Consultants. Virginie initiated in particular the Professional Project Management WG.
Alicja Gregorjek Carrascosa is a co-Founder of Polite Europe, has been working in the EC funding milieu for fifteen years, focused on Project Management in different programmes (FP5, 6 and 7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe) and at different stages. Her motivation is to give more visibility to professional Project Management and the importance of consultants’ contribution to European innovation.
Magdalena Zawadzka is partner at Crido Business & Innovation Consulting, she is specialized in state aid for greenfield investments, R&D and environmental projects. Her priorities are various: tax relief; national R&D grants; state aids; green deal and environmental policy; widening European East countries in Horizon Europe.
The Board is composed of 12 members serving for a duration of two years, the board is composed of the following persons, the full board will be renewed in Spring 2023:
- PRESIDENT: Pekka Koponen - Spinverse
- VICE-PRESIDENT & TREASURER: Luc Ragon - Benkei/ACI
- BOARD MEMBERS:
  - Alex Alvarez, WGs Leader: Next Generation EU; Tax Credit - Fi Group
  - Alicja Grzegorzek Carrascosa, WG Leader: Project Management - Polite Europe
  - Diego Soro, WG Leader: Membership & National Network  - Soros Gabinete
  - Emmanuele Angione WG co-leader: EIC TASK FORCE – Lira
 - Louis Papaemmanuel, WG co-leader: EIC TASK FORCE; EAIC FUNDING - My EU Consulting
  - Macarena Sanz, WG leader COMMUNICATION - ID Consortium
  - Magdalena Zawadzka - Crido Business & Innovation Consulting
  - Xavier Aubry, WG co-leader: EIC TASK FORCE - Zaz Ventures
  - Yiannis Geragotellis, WGs leader: New Initiatives; Project collaboration - KiNNO
  - Yorick Debeus, WGs leader: Innovation Fund; Tax Credit - Leyton