According to information from Table.Briefings, Nina Wunderlich is taking over the management of sub-department E B “EU Economic Policy, Internal Market, Bilateral Relations, EU Twinning” at the Federal Ministry of Economics. She was previously head of the “Legal Affairs, Intelligence, Security” sub-department and the “Crisis Management, Fundamental Issues of National Security” staff unit. In her […]
Dragoș Tudorache will become head of the newly created AI Safety unit in the new AI Office. This is reported by Contexte. Tudorache, one of the two co-rapporteurs for the AI Act in the European Parliament, is to take over unit A.3 in the Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technologies (CNECT). It is responsible […]
Urban Keussen was elected as the new President of the European association of public utilities Cedec on Wednesday. He succeeds Florian Bieberbach, the head of Münchner Stadtwerke (SWM), who had led Cedec since 2019. Keussen is Chief Technology Officer at EWE and was previously a manager in Eon’s distribution grid business and head of the […]
Diederik Samsom, former Head of Cabinet of Executive Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, is to become Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Gasunie. Samsom was the right-hand man of Timmermans, who was responsible for the Green Deal in the first Von der Leyen Commission. Gasunie is a state-owned gas company in the Netherlands. Is something changing […]
Christof-Sebastian Klitz, Head of VW’s Group Representative Office in Brussels, has retired after more than 20 years as the Group’s chief lobbyist. Sebastian Schaffer will initially take over the management of the office with six employees on an interim basis. Is something changing in your organization? Send a note for our personnel section to heads@table.media!
The European Commission has appointed Katarzyna Smyk as the new head of its representation in Warsaw. She brings with her extensive experience in diplomacy, management and international negotiations and understands the various EU policy areas very well, the Commission announced. Prior to her appointment, Smyk worked in the General Secretariat of the Council of the […]
Jaume Duch, currently Speaker of the European Parliament, will join the government of Catalan Prime Minister Salvador Illa. According to media reports, Duch will become Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. The leader of the European Social Democrats in the EU Parliament, Iratxe García Pérez, congratulated the Spaniard on Sunday on X.Is something changing in […]
Covestro CEO Markus Steilemann is to remain President of the German Chemical Industry Association VCI for a further two years. Steilemann has been nominated for a second term of office by the association’s Executive Committee, the VCI announced on Monday. The CEO of the Leverkusen-based plastics company Covestro has been a member of the VCI […]
Philippe Lamberts is to become the new advisor to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The 61-year-old Belgian was co-leader of the Green Group in the European Parliament during the last legislative period. He will be responsible for von der Leyen’s relations with industry and civil society as well as with her former colleagues on […]
Wolfgang Ischinger, long-time top diplomat and President of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Security Conference, has been appointed to the board of the non-partisan organization Global Bridges. Ischinger was previously State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office and German Ambassador in Washington, D.C. and London. He chaired the Munich Security Conference from 2008 […]