The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Federation of European Microbiological Societies

Company 03565643 Active

Registered charity: The Federation of European Microbiological Societies

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Board DNA

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8
directors on the board
3.4y median 3y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
7 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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Professional services 1

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  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Company details

Number03565643
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated18/05/1998
AddressSALISBURY HOUSE, STATION ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2LA
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

58141 - Publishing of learned journals

Ownership - persons with significant control (7)


  • Professor Bauke Oudega ceased Dutch
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Dr Stefano Donadio ceased Italian
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Professor Colin Robert Harwood ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Professor Hilary Margaret Lappin-Scott ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Professor Branka Vasiljevic ceased Serbian
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Professor Christopher Morton Thomas ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%

Officers (43)

  • Flocco, Cecilia, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Sauer, Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Doyle, Evelyn, Professor Director · appointed 2025
  • Ventosa, Antonio, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Kuurstra, Elise Marie Secretary · appointed 2023
  • Jass, Jana, Professor Director · appointed 2023
  • Thomas, Christopher Morton, Professor Director · appointed 2023
  • Vasiljevic, Branka, Professor Director · appointed 2020
  • COS, Paul, Professor Director · appointed 2020
  • Bavoil, Patrik Michel, Professor Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • Taleski, Vaso, Dr Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • Sibirny, Andriy, Professor Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • Lappin-Scott, Hilary Margaret, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
  • Harwood, Colin Robert, Professor Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
  • ANNÉ, Jozef, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
  • Cotton, Catherine Mary, Dr Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2014
  • Lindgren, Per-Eric, Professor Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Oudega, Bauke, Professor Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
  • Donadio, Stefano, Dr Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • Spizek, Jaroslav, Dr Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Prosser, James Ivor, Professor Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2018
  • Wolf, Hans, Dr Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Piffaretti, Jean-Claude Charles Constant, Professor Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • Schink, Bernard, Dr Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Tonjum, Tone Former Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
  • Koerner, Roland Johannes, Dr Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
  • Taleski, Vaso, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Priest, Fergus Graham Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • DA Costa, Milton Simoes, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
  • Lock, Maurice Alfred, Dr Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
  • Piffaretti, Jean Claude, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • RON, Eliora Zenziper, Professor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
  • Raspor, Peter, Professor Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
  • FRY, John Christoper, Professor Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
  • Braun, Richard, Dr Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Vogels, Godefridus Dionius, Dr Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Nombela, Cesar, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1998
  • Elmerich, Claudine, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Truper, Hans George, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Board, Ronald George, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1998
  • Norris, John Robert, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
  • Auckenthaler, Raymond, Md Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Fewson, Charles Arthur, Professor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999

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