Governance

The Foundation bodies shall comprise:

The board of directors

  •  Marco Montorsi (President)
  •  Delio Napoleone
  •  Giorgio Parisi
  •  Annalisa Santucci
  •  Member of Board of Directors awaiting governmental appointment

General Director

  • Gianluca Polifrone (mandate conferred by the Board of Directors upon proposal of the Ministry of Health in consultation with the Ministry of University and Research, Ministry of Economy and Finance, and Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy)

Chief scientific officer

  • Rino Rappuoli (appointed by the Board of Directors on the motion of the Ministry of Health)

The scientific technical committee

  •  Claudio Bandi (appointed by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy);
  •  Michel Pletschette (appointed by the Ministry of Health);
  •  Luisa Bracci (appointed by the Ministry of Universities and Research);
  •  Gabriella Scarlatti (appointed by the Ministry of Universities and Research);
  • Barney Graham (appointed by Ministry of Universities and Research);
  •  Franco Locatelli (appointed by the Ministry of Health);
  •  Giorgio Palù (appointed by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy)

For the specific functions of the Pandemic Hub, the Scientific Technical Committee is integrated by the following members

  •  Francesco Vaia, General Director of Health and Prevention of the Ministry of Health;
  •  Andrea Lenzi, Deputy of the General Director of Research, Ministry of Health;
  •  Anna Teresa Palamara, Deputy of the President of the Italian “Istituto Superiore di Sanità”;
  •  Robert Giovanni Nisticò, General Director of the Italian Drug Agency – AIFA

The board of auditors

  • Fabrizio Valenza (President, appointed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance)
  •  Paolo Prisciandaro (appointed by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy)
  • Francesco Venanzoni (appointed by the Ministry of Health and by the Ministry of Universities and Research)
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