Jean Georges is the Executive Director of Alzheimer Europe, a position he has held since November 1996. His role at Alzheimer Europe includes providing support for the Board, liaising with members or other European umbrella organisations, as well as managing of personnel, financial matters and overall project management of the various projects run by the organisation. Mr Georges has co-authored and contributed to several academic papers within the field of dementia and Alzheimer’s and has served as the Principal Investigator for Alzheimer Europe in projects supported by IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative) and the European Union’s Research and Innovation Funding Programmes: FP7 and Horizon2020. Throughout his career, Mr Georges has held a number of leadership positions within various European organisations. From 2002-2004 he served as the Secretary General of the European Federation of Neurological Associations. In 2005, he was appointed as one of the two patient representatives on the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) a position he held until 2008. In addition, he served as an Executive Committee Member of the European Patients’ Forum. Prior to joining Alzheimer Europe, he served as a Parliamentary Assistant for members of the Luxembourg and European Parliaments and worked as a journalist in the European and International department of the Luxembourg newspaper “Tageblatt”. Mr Georges earned his Bachelor’s degree in English and European literature in 1986 from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom.