25 May 09 - European Agenda
25 May 09 - European Agenda
25 May 09 - European Agenda
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<strong>Agenda</strong> Weekly<br />
Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events.<br />
Personnel News<br />
EU Committee<br />
of Domestic<br />
Appliance<br />
Manufacturers<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Telecom-<br />
munications<br />
Network<br />
Operators’<br />
Association<br />
Diplomat PR<br />
League of<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Research<br />
Universities<br />
<strong>European</strong><br />
Confederation<br />
of Directors’<br />
Associations<br />
Paolo Falcioni<br />
Vice Director General<br />
Nationality: IT<br />
Working Languages:<br />
EN, IT<br />
Start date:<br />
01.05.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Victoria Gerus<br />
Regulatory Affairs<br />
Manager<br />
Working Languages:<br />
EN, FR<br />
Start date:<br />
11.05.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Susanne<br />
Hammarström<br />
Head of Office<br />
Nationality: SE<br />
Working languages:<br />
EN, ES, FR, SE<br />
Start date:<br />
01.05.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Kurt Deketelaere<br />
Secretary General<br />
Nationality: BE<br />
Start date:<br />
01.07.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Juan Álvarez-Vijande<br />
Chairman<br />
Nationality: ES<br />
Working Languages:<br />
EN, ES<br />
Start date:<br />
28.04.20<strong>09</strong><br />
New Vice Director General at CECED<br />
20<br />
<strong>25</strong>.05.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Paolo Falcioni has been appointed Vice Director General of CECED, the <strong>European</strong> Committee<br />
of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers. Falcioni brings almost 20 years of experience with na-<br />
tional and international technical and policy-making bodies in the industrial sector to this<br />
newly created position. Prior to joining CECED, he was the <strong>European</strong> Affairs Manager for In-<br />
desit Company. Falcioni has an Electric Engineering degree (summa cum laude) from the Uni-<br />
versity of Ancona (Italy).<br />
Gerus as ETNO’s Regulatory Affairs Manager<br />
Victoria Gerus has been appointed Regulatory Affairs Manager of ETNO, the <strong>European</strong> Tel-<br />
ecommunications Network Operators’ Association. Gerus was the former Head of Regulatory<br />
Strategy for ETNO member company eircom of Ireland. In this function, she closely monitored<br />
and analysed national and EU regulatory developments and formulated eircom’s strategic<br />
response. She also participated in ETNO working groups and as an Executive Board alternate.<br />
In addition, Gerus worked for nine years as a telecoms specialist at the consultancy McKinsey<br />
& Company and also served as a senior analyst at Ovum. She holds a Master’s degree from<br />
Harvard University in the US.<br />
Hammarström heads Diplomat PR’s Brussels office<br />
Susanne Hammarström is to head Swedish Communication Firm Diplomat PR’s newly-<br />
opened Brussels office. Diplomat PR Brussels opened on 1 <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>09</strong> and provides public<br />
affairs and communications services to mainly Swedish companies and organisations. Ham-<br />
marström has 10 years’ experience of <strong>European</strong> public affairs in Brussels, from communica-<br />
tions consultancies APCO Europe and The Centre, as well as from the <strong>European</strong> Commission.<br />
LERU appoints new Secretary General<br />
The League of <strong>European</strong> Research Universities (LERU) has appointed Professor Kurt Deket-<br />
elaere as its new Secretary General. He will take over from Dr. David Livesey, who will retire<br />
after four years in the role. Deketelaere will serve a renewable five-year term. In his capacity<br />
as Secretary General, he plans to emphasise the need to maintain or increase the volume,<br />
effectiveness and efficiency of public and private investment in research and development<br />
(R&D) and in innovation. Deketelaere is full Professor of Environmental and Energy Law at the<br />
K.U.Leuven and Honorary Professor of Climate Change Law at the University of Dundee.<br />
Juan Álvarez-Vijande elected Chairman of ecoDa<br />
The board of the <strong>European</strong> Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa), has elected its<br />
new Chairman, Juan Álvarez-Vijande (Executive Director and cofounder of the Spanish Insti-<br />
tuto de Consejeros – Administradores), for the two coming years. Álvarez-Vijande has more<br />
than 18 years of experience in boardroom management as Non-Executive Director (among<br />
others as Independent Director), as Executive Director, advisor to Boards on Good Corporate<br />
Governance Practices as well as Advisory Board member.