The Innovation Council is the specialised body of Innosuisse for the tasks referred to in Article 10 below.
It shall be comprised of at least 15 and no more than 25 members.
The criteria for the election of nominees to the Innovation Council are the person’s performance record in science-based innovation and the relevance of said performance in terms of practical applications for business and society.
Members shall be elected for a four-year term of office and may be re-elected. No member of the Innovation Council may remain in office for more than 8 years.1
Nominees for election to the Innovation Council must disclose their vested interests to the Board of Directors.
The members of the Innovation Council must perform their tasks and duties with due care and must safeguard the interests of Innosuisse in good faith. Each member must disclose his or her vested interests.
The members of the Innosuisse Council shall keep the Board of Directors abreast of any changes to their vested interests. The latter shall provide an update of the vested interests situation in the annual report. If a given vested interest is incompatible with Innovation Council membership and if the member fails to divest himself or herself of the conflicting vested interest, then the Board of Directors shall dismiss this member.
The members of the Innovation Council are obliged to maintain confidentiality regarding official matters both during and after their term of office on the Innovation Council.
Footnotes
Amended by the Annex to the FA of 17 Dec. 2021 (Changes in the Funding of Innovation), in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2022 221;BBl 2021 480). ↩
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