Organization chart
Board of Trustees
Partners and Collaborators
EHI Director
Science Advisory Board
- Scientific and Technical Secretariat
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is a composed of representatives of some of the EHI’s partner institutions and organisations. It is charged with steering the direction of the EHI and overseeing its operation in line with the statutes.
The EHI Board of Trustees comprises the following members:
| Chairman: | Prof. Ronald J Maughan |
| Vice-Chairman: | Prof. Lluis Serra Majem |
| Trustees: |
Mr. Marcos de Quinto Romero Dr. Rona Applebaum Mr. Joan Prats Canals Dr. José Regidor García Dr. Andrea Poli |
| Non-trustee secretary: | Mr. Gonzalo Navarro Martinez-Avial (Deloitte) |
| Non-trustee vice-secretary: | Mrs. Patricia Martinez Rodriguez (Deloitte) |
Dr. JANE HOLDSWORTH
Director of the EHI
After gaining a BSc and a PhD in Biochemistry from Hull University, UK, Jane joined Rowntree plc, starting a 23-year career in the Food Industry. She spent 10 years in New Zealand, working mainly for the New Zealand Dairy sector in technical and marketing roles before returning to the UK to join Anchor Foods UK as Global Category Director. In 2000, Jane founded Sponsus Ltd, a small marketing consultancy which offers a blend of marketing expertise underpinned with a strong technical and nutritional understanding. She has worked with a wide range of food and drink Industry clients including Advertising Association, Cadbury, Coca-Cola, Dairy Crest, Danone, Food and Drink Federation, Kellogg, Kraft, Nestle, Nutricia, PepsiCo and St Ivel, on projects spanning new product development, marketing, corporate affairs and promotions.
She spearheaded the UK food and drink Industry Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) labelling campaign on behalf of the Food & Drink Federation between 2006 and 2009, driving the marketing and campaigning aspects of this work. From 2008-09 she led the marketing and communication activities of business4Life (a coalition of companies acting under the auspices of the Advertising Association), which pledged £200M in-kind contribution to the UK Department of Health Change4Life movement over the 4 years leading up to the 2012 olympics.
