Bruno Kahl, President of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) since 2016, will become Germany’s new ambassador to the Vatican.Jens Hanefeld, currently ambassador to Ethiopia, has been appointed as Germany’s next ambassador to the United States. Hanefeld previously served at the German Embassy in Washington from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2009 to 2014.Is […]
Jennifer Brown will become Director for Organizational Design and Development in the Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security (DG HR) of the EU Commission. The Irishwoman currently heads the Administration Unit in the Directorate-General for Budget (DG BUDG) and has worked at the Commission for more than 20 years.Philip Bednarczyk will head the Warsaw office […]
Holger Krahmer, a former FDP member of the European Parliament and most recently a car lobbyist, will be the new secretary general of EBAA (European Business Aviation Association). Krahmer, who is considered one of the best-connected lobbyists in EU operations, will head the business aviation trade association starting in January. Until now, Krahmer has headed […]
Thomas Nowak, Secretary General of the Heat Pump Association EHPA, will be leaving his post in the coming months. The association announced this yesterday. Nowak will join Swedish heat pump manufacturer Qvantum as Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations in the first half of 2024. Is something changing in your organization? Let us […]
The Italian Claudia Fusco will become head of the “General Affairs, Knowledge and Resources” department in the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV). She currently heads the “Green knowledge and Research Hub, LIFE” unit within the department. She was previously an assistant in the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG […]
Catherine Martens will be the spokesperson for the new Renew Group Chair Valérie Hayer. Martens, who is French-German, most recently worked in the Renew press office. She previously worked for many years as a television journalist at Deutsche Welle in Brussels. Her predecessor, Antoine Guéry, moved to Paris with the previous head of Renew, Stéphane […]
René Repasi is the new chairman of the SPD delegation in the European Parliament. MEPs unanimously elected the 44-year-old as the successor to Jens Geier, who is stepping down after seven years in the post. Repasi only joined the Parliament in 2022, but the professor of European law quickly gained a good reputation. tho Udo […]
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has appointed Lutz Güllner as Head of the EU Office in Taiwan. Güllner is currently Head of the Department for Strategic Communication, Task Forces and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service (EEAS). Previously, he was Head of the Communication and Civil Society Dialogue Unit in […]
Simon Mordue, Chief Diplomatic Advisor to Council President Charles Michel, will become Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) from July. Prior to this, he will work for the Commission in Ukraine for a short time, the Council announced on Wednesday. Mordue’s successor will be Magdalena Grono.Tim Meyerjürgens, COO of the German electricity […]