Company
European Association for Cancer Research
European Association for Cancer Research is an active UK company (number 07682372), incorporated 2011, with 16 current directors including Dr Marta Kovatcheva and Professor Joao Pedro Taborda Barata. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Marta KovatchevaDirector · since 2026
- Professor Joao Pedro Taborda BarataDirector · since 2026
- Professor Leila AkkariDirector · since 2026
- Professor Jean-Christophe MarineDirector · since 2026
- Dr Sophie Postel-VinayDirector · since 2024
- Professor Johanna JoyceDirector · since 2024
- Professor Neta ErezDirector · since 2022
- Professor Maria Soledad Soengas GonzalezDirector · since 2022
- Professor Nuria Lopez BigasDirector · since 2020
- Dr Elisa OricchioDirector · since 2020
- Professor Rene BernardsDirector · since 2020
- Professor Arkaitz CarracedoDirector · since 2018
- Professor Andreas TrumppDirector · since 2018
- Professor Alberto BardelliDirector · since 2016
- Professor Caroline DiveDirector · since 2016
- Professor Yardena Rachel SamuelsDirector · since 2016
- Jane SmithSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 31
- Professor Chiara Ambrogio 2022-2026 View profile
- Professor Jukka Kristian Westermarck 2022-2026 View profile
- Professor Evi Lianidou 2020-2026 View profile
- Professor Hugues Marie FrançOis Blaudin De the 2019-2024 View profile
- Dr Ruth Palmer 2018-2022 View profile
- Professor Vincenzo Costanzo 2018-2022 View profile
- Professor Leonor Maria David 2016-2020 View profile
- Therese Sorlie 2016-2020 View profile
- Berns, Antonius Jozef Maria, Ph.D Professor 2014-2020 View profile
- Dejean, Anne, Head of Nuclear Organisation 2014-2015 View profile
- Pikarsky, Eli, Associate Professor 2014-2018 View profile
- Professor Carlos Caldas 2014-2026 View profile
- Dr Donatella Del Bufalo 2012-2016 View profile
- Dr Emma Wilhelmina Verschuren 2012-2020 View profile
- Professor Karen Heather Vousden 2012-2014 View profile
- Peeper, Daniel Simon, Professor/Dr 2012-2022 View profile
- Prof Dr Christof Von Kalle 2012-2018 View profile
- Professor Dr Verena Jendrossek 2011-2012 View profile
- Professor Clare Margaret Isacke 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor Richard Marais 2011-2020 View profile
- Prof Dr Marc Joan Van De Vijver 2011-2012 View profile
- Professor Moshe Yaniv 2011-2014 View profile
- Prof Dr Ivan Dikic 2011-2014 View profile
- Joan Seoane 2011-2023 View profile
- Professor Jorg Rainer Schlehofer 2011-2012 View profile
- Prof Moshe Oren 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale 2011-2012 View profile
- Dr Julio Enrique Celis Allende 2011-2014 View profile
- Dr Raffaella Giavazzi 2011-2012 View profile
- Kathryn Wass 2015-2016 View profile
- Robert Kenney 2011-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/06/2011
- Also a registered charity
- European Association for Cancer Research
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
16 directors on the board
- Professor Arkaitz Carracedo Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Neta Erez Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Alberto Bardelli Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Caroline Dive Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Sophie Postel-Vinay Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Nuria Lopez Bigas Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Johanna Joyce Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Marta Kovatcheva Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Joao Pedro Taborda Barata Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Leila Akkari Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Yardena Rachel Samuels Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Jean-Christophe Marine Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Andreas Trumpp Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Elisa Oricchio Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Maria Soledad Soengas Gonzalez Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Rene Bernards Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Professor Arkaitz Carracedo Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Alberto Bardelli Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Caroline Dive Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Nuria Lopez Bigas Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Yardena Rachel Samuels Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Andreas Trumpp Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Elisa Oricchio Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Rene Bernards Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (16)
- Professor Arkaitz Carracedo Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Neta Erez Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Alberto Bardelli Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Caroline Dive Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Sophie Postel-Vinay Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Nuria Lopez Bigas Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Johanna Joyce Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Marta Kovatcheva Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Joao Pedro Taborda Barata Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Leila Akkari Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Yardena Rachel Samuels Director · appointed 2016
- Professor Jean-Christophe Marine Director · appointed 2026
- Professor Andreas Trumpp Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Elisa Oricchio Director · appointed 2020
- Professor Maria Soledad Soengas Gonzalez Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Rene Bernards Director · appointed 2020
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Chiara Ambrogio Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Professor Evi Lianidou Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Professor Jukka Kristian Westermarck Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Professor Carlos Caldas Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07682372
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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