Alessandra Hool studied History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and holds a Master in Project Management from the University of Salford, GB. She worked as Project Manager for several European and Swiss projects, being especially responsible for the constitution, dissemination and exploitation of new R&D fields and the promotion of novel partnerships. Alessandra has been working for ESM Foundation since 2013 and heads the Foundation’s project acquisition and coordination since 2016. She is the Foundation's CEO since April 2017.

Sophia Ganzeboom holds a Master's in Material Science from ETH Zurich. In addition to the technical knowledge that she acquired there, she could also gain a lot of experience in project management through active memberships in different organisations.. She joined ESM in April 2020 as a project collaborator, supporting the management.