Foundation Council
The Foundation council is responsible for the economic and financial management of Idiap. It defines the institute’s structure, appoints its director, and—more generally—ensures Idiap’s development and defends its interests.
![Anne-Laure Couchepin Vouilloz Anne-Laure Couchepin Vouilloz](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/anne-laure_couchepin-vouilloz.jpg/@@images/29bfabc5-635e-4ca5-912d-5eb8fac94593.jpeg)
Anne-Laure Couchepin Vouilloz
President of the City of Martigny
President
![Jan S. Hesthaven Jan S. Hesthaven](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/jan_sickmann_hesthaven-portrait.png/@@images/13a6fef3-4a3e-439e-86eb-111c74801986.png)
Jan S. Hesthaven
EPFL Professor
Vice-president
![Prof. Stéphane MARCHAND-MAILLET Prof. Stéphane MARCHAND-MAILLET](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/stephane-marchand-maillet.png/@@images/4ec0c30f-3728-41e5-bcb5-a5febd300399.png)
Stéphane Marchand-Maillet
University of Geneva Professor
Vice-president
![Daniel Dobos Daniel Dobos](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/daniel-dobos-web.png/@@images/6448f740-fe58-45e3-8c08-b5c67d3a0278.png)
Daniel Dobos
Research Director Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, Swisscom
Member
![Patrick Furrer Patrick Furrer](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/img_16.png/@@images/04d879b6-b55e-4319-95c1-ad2f87049f00.png)
Patrick Furrer
Coordinator - National programme on scientific information, Swissuniversities, Director of the University Library of Medicine at CHUV
Member
![Prof. Antoine GEISSBÜHLER Prof. Antoine GEISSBÜHLER](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/antoine.jpg)
Antoine Geissbühler
University of Geneva Professor and Vice Rector
Member
![Jordi Montserrat Jordi Montserrat](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/img_18.png/@@images/1e2871a8-b084-4d66-86e3-c8b743f0bc89.png)
Jordi Montserrat
Co-founder and partner Venturelab
Member
![Yves REY Yves Rey](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/yves-rey.png/@@images/65c27f2b-fcb3-4dd4-ba8d-daab8f7dd296.png)
Yves Rey
Head of the Service des hautes écoles (SHE) of State of Valais
Member
![Thiran Jean-Phillipe Thiran Jean-Phillipe](https://www.idiap.ch/en/people/images/jean-philippe-thiran.png/@@images/635027dd-44fe-4296-bd68-0e0587b9f700.png)
Jean-Phillipe Thiran
EPFL Professor, Signal Processing Laboratory 5
Member