Paula Pinho will be the new Chief Spokesperson of the EU Commission. President Ursula von der Leyen nominated the Portuguese woman for her second term of office as successor to Eric Mamer. Pinho most recently worked as Director in the Directorate-General for Energy. She has been with the Commission since 2000 and was in the […]
Anthony Whelan will become Deputy Director-General for State Aid in the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP). In recent years, the lawyer was Ursula von der Leyen’s digital policy advisor; from April to June 2024, the Irishman briefly moved up to become her Head of Cabinet before most recently working as her advisor again. Stina Soewarta […]
Estelle Goeger is to become Deputy Head of Cabinet to Commission Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné. The Franco-German currently works in the Grow Directorate-General. Frenchman Bertrand L’Huillier is expected to become Head of Cabinet, as Contexte reports.Is something changing in your organization? Send a note for our personnel section to heads@table.media!
Outgoing Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson is to become a Fellow at Columbia University in New York. This was reported by the Estonian media ERR and Õhtuleht. The fellowship was initiated by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton heads the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia.Andreas Schwarz is expected to become Head of Cabinet […]
New additions to the energy cabinet
There are further additions to the cabinet of Energy and Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen: According to his LinkedIn profile, Kamil Talbi has previously worked in DG COMP on antitrust law, in the Secretariat-General on the Green Deal, and was most recently a member of Maroš Šefčovič’s cabinet. Anne-Maud Orlinski comes from the Strategy Unit of […]
German leads hydrogen organization
Christoph von dem Bussche, Co-Managing Director of the German gas network operator Gascade, was elected President of Pre-ENNOH on Wednesday. Pre-ENNOH is the forerunner organization of the future European Hydrogen Network Association (ENNOH), which plans to start work in 2025. Detlef Brüggemeyer, Technical Managing Director of Open Grid Europe, was also appointed to the board. […]
Bruna Szego is to become head of AMLA, the EU’s new anti-money laundering authority. The European Parliament voted by a large majority in favor of the Italian’s appointment on Wednesday. Szego was previously head of the department for monitoring and regulating money laundering at the Italian central bank.Is something changing in your organization? Send a […]
DG ENER: Łukasz Koliński new head of department
Łukasz Koliński was officially appointed Director of the Directorate-General for Energy this week. He is in charge of Department C – Green Transition and Energy System Integration. He previously held the post on an interim basis.Is something changing in your organization? Send a note for our personnel section to heads@table.media!
Catharina Sikov-Magny, former Director of DG ENER, has been appointed by the Commission as coordinator for the connection of the Baltic states to the European electricity grid. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania want to finally disconnect from the Russian grid on Feb. 8. The synchronization is to take place at the weekend, and power lines for […]
EDF manager leads Nucleareurope
Xavier Ursat has been the new President of Nucleareurope since the beginning of the year, the association announced on Monday. Ursat is Senior Executive VP Strategy, Technologies, Innovation and Development at EDF. He succeeds Vattenfall manager Christopher Eckerberg, who has moved to Google, where he develops data centers in the Scandinavian and Benelux regions, according […]