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European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
EISMEA is the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, established April1,2021 to implement EU innovation and small-business programmes. It administers activities including EIC Pathfinder, Transition, Accelerator and business acceleration services, innovation ecosystems, Single Market SME programmes and consumer programmes, supporting fields that include artificial intelligence, deep technology and health innovation. It is a European Commission executive agency and granting authority, distinct from the EIC Fund’s equity investment vehicle, EIB, EIF and private venture-capital managers. The current official organisation chart is effective October1,2026 and publicly identifies fifty leadership, management, deputy, policy-assistant and administrative-team affiliations, led by Director Momchil Sabev. The chart date is not asserted as the personal appointment date for each individual; the private employee roster is not inferred. Its official website uses European Commission institutional branding, faithfully retained as published shared agency branding rather than an invented independent logo. Public programme budgets, awarded grants and signed EU contribution ceilings do not prove paid investment cash or closed LP funds. Aindo explicitly names EISMEA as authority for its SydAi grant; CORDIS records agreement101218531 with signatureJune20,2025 and EU contribution EUR2,080,085.71. That is a grant contribution amount, not a proven cash disbursement, and the beneficiary issuer owns the funding event and institutional relationship. Original organisation-chart portrait objects are archived; person-to-image binding verification remains in progress before additional portraits are assigned.
Founded 2021
Team
 Agnes MonfretHead of EIC Pathfinder Unit |
 Agnieszka StasiakowskaHead of EIC Business Acceleration Services Global Offer Sector |
 Alexianne GaleaTeam Leader, Legal Team |
 Alice LangerováHead of Finance, Budget and Reporting Unit |
 Andrea MelesAssistant to the Head of Department I |
 Andreas LymberisHead of EIC Challenge-Based Pathfinder Sector |
 Andrei LintuDeputy Head of EIC Accelerator Unit |
 Anna Evtimova-StellaHead of Public Procurement Sector |
 Anne-Marie SassenHead of EIC Programme Managers Office |
 Carina LenarduzziTeam Leader, Internal Communication and Corporate Culture |
 Cédric De RidderHead of Budget, Reporting and Administrative Finance Sector |
 Daniel GassmannHead of European Innovation Ecosystems Sector |
 Daniele DosiPolicy Assistant to the Director |
 Denisa PerrinHead of EIC Accelerator Unit |
 Eric KochHead of Interregional Innovation Investments Sector |
 Erik LondinTeam Leader, Anti-Fraud, Internal and Ex-Post Controls |
 Filippo PittarelloAssistant to the Head of Department C |
 Francesca DoriaHead of EU and Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems Unit |
 Francesca TudiniDeputy Head of SME Pillar, Internal Market and Support to Standardisation Unit |
 Gerald CultotDeputy Head of EU and Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems Unit |
 Gilda CapuanoHead of Consumers Unit |
 Giuseppe CasellaHead of Department I, Innovation Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship and Consumers |
 Gorana KrsikapaHead of Consumers Sector |
 Greta DeruyterDeputy Head of Workplace, IT and Communication Unit |
 Grzegorz AmbroziewiczDeputy Head of EIC Pathfinder Unit |
 Igor KalinicHead of Competitiveness and Internationalisation Sector |
 Ioanna KokkoriDeputy Head of Finance, Budget and Reporting Unit |
 Isabella TamagniniHead of EIC Open Pathfinder Sector |
 Jorge Canovas MontoyaPolicy Assistant to the Director |
 Jorge Gonzalez SarletHead of Operational Finance for Department E Sector |
 Kyriaki TragoudaHead of Operational Finance for Department I Sector |
 Kyriakos GeorgopoulosHead of Workplace, IT and Communication Unit |
 Luis Carlos Busquets PerezHead of EIC Challenge-Based Accelerator Sector |
 Maarit ViljanenHead of Department C, Compliance, People and Budget |
 Marco GiorginiHead of EIC Tech to Market Activities Sector |
 Marco GrancagnoloHead of EIC Open Accelerator Sector |
 Marta WysoczynskaActing Team Leader, Coordination and Analytics |
 Momchil SabevDirector |
 Muriel De GrandeHead of Enterprise Europe Network and Partnerships Sector |
 Natalia Martínez PáramoHead of SME Pillar, Internal Market and Support to Standardisation Unit |
 Niccolo CostantiniHead of Internal Market and Support to Standardisation Sector |
 Olga CiesielskaHead of Accounting Office |
 Ramūnas KuncaitisHead of Entrepreneurship and Clusters Sector |
 Robert SchroderHead of External and Internal Communication Sector |
 Sandrine LaurentAssistant to the Head of Department E |
 Sara NegrinottiHead of People and Human Resources Sector |
 Stéphane OuakiHead of Department E, European Innovation Council; Deputising for the Director |
 Susana GetmanTeam Leader, EIC Accelerator Evaluations |
 Viorel PecaHead of EIC Transition Unit |
 Yassen TodorovHead of Workplace and IT Sector |
