Page 31 - Memora anual Fundación CIEN 2017

1. PROFILE AND PRESENTATION

Invited guests Advisor to the Office of the Secretary of State for Research Sr. D. Agustín Larrañaga Elorriaga
Invited guests Assistant to the Secretary Sra. Dª Mª Dolores Donoso Mencía

* Registration of dismissals and new appointments in the composition of the CIEN Foundation Board of Trustees:

Cessation in office: Mr. Emilio Lora Tamayo, President of the State Agency of the Higher Council for Scientific Research.
Takes the position in his place Ms. Rosa Menéndez López.

Cessation in office: Mr. Bernardo Emilio Macías Gutiérrez from the Region of the Canary Islands, General Director of Assistance Programs
of the Canary Islands Health Service. Takes the position in his place Mr. Manuel Luis Macías Heras.

Modification of statutes

In the year 2017 at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, dated December 14, the proposed amendment
of the Statutes and its rewriting was unanimously approved, empowering the Secretary of the Board to ap-
pear before a Public Notary, submit to the public such modification and rewriting and convey it to the Pro-
tectorate and Registry of Foundations.

The proposed modification is as follows:
In accordance with article 29 of the Law 50/2002, of December 26 of Foundations, the CIEN Foundation
Board of Trustees has made the following observation: "In accordance with the provisions of article 129 of
Law 40/2015, of October 1 of the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, the Statutes of each Foundation will
determine the Public Administration to which it will be affiliated. In the text of the Statutes, this affiliation
should be made explicit, which is a different matter from the exercise of the Protectorate".

This observation has been included in paragraph 4 of article 1 of the Statutes and has a favorable report
from the State Attorney, having been submitted for approval of this Board: "4. The Foundation is of State-
wide scope and competence and is affiliated to the General State Administration".

1.6.2 Advisory and participation bodies

External Scientific Advisory Committee

In the Board meeting held on March 10, 2014 the composition of the CIEN Foundation External Scientific Ad-
visory Committee it is presented and approved. It is aimed at improving the scientific quality of the activi-
ties, optimizing the available resources and exploiting the singularities of the Queen Sofia Foundation and
the Alzheimer Center. The Committee is formed by the following members:

• Mr. Joaquín Arenas Barbero. BSc in Pharmacy and PhD in Clinical Biochemistry by Faculty of Medicine
of Complutense University of Madrid. He has held the positions of General Director and Deputy
General Director of Networks and Cooperative Research Centers within the Carlos III Institute of Health
(ISCIII). He is currently Director of the 12 de Octubre Hospital Research.

• Mr. Javier De Felipe Oroquieta. PhD in Biological Sciences by the Complutense University of Madrid.
Neurobiologist at the Cajal Institute. He leads the Spanish team of the Blue Brain international project

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