EFFRA is managed by a Board of Directors whose members are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years. The composition of the Board reflects the diversity of European manufacturing and includes suppliers as well as customers of production technologies, trade associations, research centres and universities.

Members of the Board:

• Olaf Pannenbäcker - Continental Automotive - Chairman
• Marco Taisch - Politecnico di Milano - Vice-Chairman
• Juliane Hess - Bosch Rexroth - Vice-Chairwoman
• Herman Derache - Sirris - Treasurer/Board member
• Riikka Virkkunen - VTT
• Joaquim Menezes - Iberomoldes
• Johan Svenningstorp - Volvo Group
• Ennio Chiatante - Comau
• Stefan Kammann - Continental Eng.Services & Products
• Štefan Rosina - Matador Group
• Eduardo Beltran - Mondragon
• Cecilia Warrol - Teknikföretagen
• Dietmar Goericke - VDMA
• Sabine Hesse - FMTI
• Philippe Lubineau - CETIM
• Ben Van Roose - Agoria
• Malte Lohan - Orgalim
• Maurizio Gattiglio - ManuFuture ETP