EMBO Council is the governing body of EMBO, responsible for ensuring the development of the organization. It consists of 15 members who serve for a period of three years and who may be reelected for one additional term of office.
EMBO Council Members 2023
| Elected terms of office | Name | Country |
| 2023-2025 | Silvia Arber | CH-Basel |
| 2022-2024 | Naama Barkai | IL-Rehovot |
| 2021-2023 | David Baulcombe | UK-Cambridge |
| 2021-2023 | Deborah Bourc’his | FR-Paris |
| 2022-2024 | James Briscoe | UK-London |
| 2023-2025 | Ivan Dikic | DE-Frankfurt |
| 2018-2020, 2021-2023 | Matthew Freeman (Chair) | UK-Oxford |
| 2019-2021, 2022-2024 | Eileen Furlong | DE-Heidelberg |
| 2020-2022, 2023-2025 | Crisanto Gutierrez | ES-Madrid |
| 2023-2025 | Johanna Ivaska | FI-Turku |
| 2018-2020, 2021-2023 | Michel Labouesse | FR-Paris |
| 2019-2021, 2022-2024 | Jiri Lukas | DK-Copenhagen |
| 2021-2023 | Marta Miaczynska | PL-Warsaw |
| 2020-2022, 2023-2025 | Maria Rescigno | IT-Milan |
| 2022-2024 | Brenda A. Schulman | DE-Munich |
Ex officio Council Member
Observers
| Paul Nurse | Secretary General, EMBO |
| Leszek Kaczmarek | President, EMBC |
| Barbara Ohnesorge | Secretary General, EMBC |
| Edith Heard | Director General, EMBL |
| David Ron | Chair, EMBO Membership Committee |
| Christoph Dehio | Chair, EMBO Young Investigator Committee |
| Zoi Lygerou | Chair, EMBO Course Committee |
| Malcolm J. Bennett | Chair, EMBO Fellowship Committee |
