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
	Nektarios Tavernarakis Chairman, Board of Directors, FORTH Professor, Medical School of the University of Crete +30 2810 391102 tavernarakis@admin.forth.gr +30 2810 391101
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 391664 (ICS office) dp@ics.forth.gr +30 2810 391602
	Spiros Anastasiadis Director, Institute of Electronic Structure Laser Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Crete +30 2810 391466 spiros@iesl.forth.gr +30 2810 391305
	John Vontas Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Director +30 2810 391136 vontas@imbb.forth.gr +30 2810 391110
	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 +30 2810 391801
	Gelina Harlaftis Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies Professor, Department of History, Ionian University +30 2831106010 gelina@ims.forth.gr
	Vasilis Burganos Director, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences Research Director, FORTH / ICE-HT +30 2610 965301 vbur@iceht.forth.gr +30 2610 990987
	Vasilis Charmandaris Director, Institute of Astrophysics Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete +30 2810 394216 vassilis@ia.forth.gr +30 2810 394301
	Nikolaos Passadakis Director, Institute of Geoenergy Professor, School of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete +30 28210 37669 pasadaki@ipr.forth.gr
	Maria Klapa Representative of FORTH Researchers Principal Researcher, 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