The Board of Directors (BoD) consists of the Director of the Central Administration (Chair), the Directors of the Research Institutes, a Representative (appointed) of the General Secretariat of Research and Innovation, a Representative of FORTH Researchers and a Representative of FORTH employees. The BoD is the highest administrative body of FORTH.

Chairman
	Vassilis Charmandaris Chairman, Board of Directors, FORTH Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete +30 2810 391200 charmandaris@admin.forth.gr
Members
	Dimitris Plexousakis Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, FORTH Director, Institute of Computer Science (ICS) Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Crete +30 2810 391637 (ICS office) dp@ics.forth.gr
	Emmanouel Stratakis Deputy Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Research Director IESL +30 2810 391274 stratak@iesl.forth.gr
	John Vontas Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Professor, Agricultural University of Athens +30 2810 391136 vontas@imbb.forth.gr
	Charalambos Makridakis Director, Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics Professor, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete +30 2810 391800 c.g.makridakis@iacm.forth.gr
	Gelina Harlaftis Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete +30 2831106010 gelina@ims.forth.gr
	Theophilos Ioannides Director, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences Research Director ICEHT +30 2610965264 theo@iceht.forth.gr
	Ioannis Yentekakis Director, Institute of Geoenergy Professor in the School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, +30 2821037752 i.yentekakis@ipr.forth.gr
	Savvas Christoforidis Director, Biomedical Research Institute Professor, Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina +30 2811392166 savvas_christoforidis@bri.forth.gr
	Vasiliki Pavlidou Deputy Director of the Institute of Astrophysics Researcher IA Affiliated Faculty,Professor of Department of Physics, University of Crete +30 2810 394211 pavlidou@ia.forth.gr
	Panagiotis Deloukas Director, Greek Institute of Human Genomics (GIHG) Professor, Cardiovascular Genomics, Queen Mary University London, UK p.deloukas@qmul.ac.uk
	Maria Klapa Representative of FORTH Researchers Research Director, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences +30 2610 965249 mklapa@iceht.forth.gr
	Kostas Hatzigiannakis Representative of FORTH Employees Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser +30 2810 391120kostas@iesl.forth.gr
	Eleni Maraki Representative of General Secretariat of Research & Innovation Regional Consultant in the field of Education and Lifelong Learning, Region of Crete