The Board of Trustees is the governing, representative and administration body of the IMDEA Food Foundation, which performs the functions corresponding to same, subject to the provisions in the legal system and in the articles of the Statute. In its performance the Board of Trustees abide by the provisions in the Law in force and the will of founder set out in the articles of the Statutes. The Trust is in charge of fulfilling the foundational purpose and administrating the goods and rights making up the patrimony of the Foundation, maintaining its returns and utility.

In accordance with our Statutes, the Board of Trustees shall be composed of permanent and elected trustees. Currently, it is composed by the following members:

President:

• Prof. José Mª Ordovás.
  Director, Nutrition and Genomics. Professor Nutrition and Genetics.
  JM-USDA-HNRCA Tufts University Boston. EEUU.

Permanent Trustees (Regional Administration):

• Excma. Sra. Dª. Lucía Figar de Lacalle
  Consejera de Educación
  Consejería de Educación. Comunidad de Madrid
• Ilma. Sra. Dña. Clara Eugenia Núñez
  Directora General de Universidades e Investigación
  Consejería de Educación. Comunidad de Madrid
• Ilmo. Sr. D. Luís Sánchez Álvarez
  Director General de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
  Consejería de Economía y Consumo. Comunidad de Madrid

Institutional Trustees:

• Prof. Federico Mayor Menéndez
  Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Prof. Rosina López-Alonso Fandiño
  Coordinator of the Food Science and Technology Area
  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
• Prof. Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez
  Professor de Animal Health
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Prof. Jesús Vázquez Minguela
  Director of ETSIA
  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Scientific Trustees:

• Prof. Jean Louis Sebedio.
  Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-UMR. Centre de Clermont-Ferrand -Theix. Plateforme de spectrometrie de masse. Saint-Genes Champenelle (Francia)
• Prof. Michael Heinrich.
  Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy. The School of Pharmacy. Universidad de Londres (Reino Unido)
• Prof. Vincent Steinmetz. President of the French ECRIN action (Interface between Research and Industry). Muizon (Francia)
• Prof. Fabrizio Arigoni.
  Head of food and health microbiology. Nestlé Research Center.
  Laussane (Suiza).

Expert Trustees:

• Sr. D. Daniel de la Sota Rius
  Director of Innovation and New Technologies Department
  CEIM-Confederación Empresarial de Madrid-CEOE
  Madrid (España)
• Sr. D. Jorge Jordana Butticaz de Pozas
  General Secretary
  FIAB Federación de Industrias de Alimentación y Bebidas
  Madrid (España)

Company Trustees:

• DANONE, S.A.
  D. Agustí Monstserrat. Director I+D
  Barcelona (España)
• EMBUTIDOS FRIAL, S.A.
  Dña. Paloma Frial. Presidenta
  Tres Cantos. Madrid (España)
• EXXENTIA – GRUPO FITOTERAPÉUTICO, S.A.
  Dr. José Carlos Quintela. Director I+D
  Madrid (España)
• GRUPO LECHE PASCUAL, S.A.
  Dr. Marco Antonio Delgado. Director General I+D
  Madrid (España)

Secretary:

• Sr. D. Alejandro Blázquez