Vera Bonvalot Biography

Vera joined EDF in 2013 as a representative of the European NGO: BIF- Brain Injured People and Families – European Confederation. She is the Vice President of this Federation and Executive Director of the Portuguese NGO called “NOVAMENTE“. BIF is the NGO that represents, supports and defends people who became disabled due to an unexpected brain injury. It’s people like Vera who had an unexpected head trauma that radically changed her life.

Vera has been a member of our board since 2013, and a speaker at thousands of conferences and study panels in Europe. She was recently elected by Portuguese NGOs to defend the human rights of the World Health Organization. She is also a delegate Member of the European Economic and Social Committee.

She speaks 3 languages.