President of the Association

Brigitte Baumann, Go Beyond, Switzerland/EU

Brigitte is the Founder and CEO of Go Beyond Ltd., the European Angel Financing Services firm, www.go-beyond.biz. Brigitte is a Business Angel and serves on a number of selection and investment committees in Europe. She is Vice President of the Board of EBAN, and is on the Certification Board of CTI Start-Up, the Swiss agency promoting technology and innovation. Brigitte chairs Young Presidents Organization’s www.ypo.org Angel Investing group.
 Brigitte Baumann´s Biography

Vice-President of the Association

Jacek Blonski, Lewiatan Business Angels, Poland

Jacek Blonski is CEO of Lewiatan Business Angels – the largest Business Angels Network in Poland. Prior to Business Angels experience, Jacek worked for Simon Kucher and Partners, Enterprise Investors Corporation- leading PE/VC Fund in the CEE Region and for BMW Group (Poland and Germany).

Members of the Executive Committee

Anthony Clarke, British Business Angels, United Kingdom (EBAN Chairman Emeritus 2009-2010).
Anthony Clarke is Managing Director of GLE Growth Capital specialising in providing early-stage equity finance for high growth businesses. GLE Growth Capital includes the London Business Angels Network and its sister angel co-investment fund London Seed Capital.
Anthony is also Managing Director of the UK’s first Enterprise Capital Fund, the £30 million Seraphim Capital Fund. He is Chairman of the British Business Angel Association and President of European Business Angels Network. Anthony also holds a position on the Board of Catalyst (Council for Advancement of Science and Industry for London).

Philippe Gluntz, Chairman (Hon.) of ADP Europe and Chairman (Hon.) of HR Outsourcing Association Europe, President of France Angels, Vice-President of Paris Business Angels, Professor of Corporate Strategy and Consultant in Strategy.
Philippe Gluntz is now Chairman of France Angels, the French Association of Business Angels, Board Member of several IT companies, and is heavily involved in the Venture Capital market, on top of his academic teaching. He is also a Director of “l’Institut de l’ Entreprise”, a private “Think Tank”, sponsored by most of the Global Companies Headquartered in France.


Albert Colomer i Espinet, Business Angel Network Catalunya, Spain.
Albert is founder and managing director of BANC the first Business Angels Network in Cataluña (Spain) (www.bancat.com) and treasurer of Fundación ESBAN (www.esban.com) which promotes the Business Angels networks in Spain. Entrepreneur and Business Angel, he has 20 years of experience supporting entrepreneurs. Since 1990 he is Executive Director of CP'AC, “Private foundation for the promotion of the self employment of Catalunya” specialized in training and advising businesses and entrepreneurial education. Albert acted as a consultant to several start-ups in Spain. He is the author of the first survey of business angels in Spain, which sets the status quo and the proposed development measures for Spain. He has also been Coordinator of the study "Tax measures to promote the Business Angels in Spain" made by Garrigues, lawyers and tax advisers and several other studies about the Business Angels in Spain, including the book "Business Angels: driving the business innovation". Albert has a Master degree in Economics and Business studies at the Barcelona University (UAB).

Members of the Board