Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash Mathias De Clercq, Mayor of Ghent, has been elected President of Eurocities. In his new role, he will represent major European cities for the next two years. He succeeds Burkhard Jung, Mayor of Leipzig, and will be joined by Jaume Collboni, Mayor of Barcelona, who is the new Vice…
The Brewers of Europe’s General Assembly has elected as its new President, Christian Weber, CEO of the Karlsberg brewery and current President also of the German Brewers’ Association, the Deutscher Brauer-Bund. Weber is the fifth generation of his family to run the Karlsberg Brauerei KG Weber, to give the brewery its full name. He is…
The European Cancer Organisation (ECO) has announced the appointment of Elisabetta Zanon as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 3 February. Zanon is a senior professional with more than 20 years of experience in European affairs, much of it as a dynamic champion for better healthcare. This includes working for EU associations and representing…
Photo by Timothy Hales Bennett on Unsplash A top economist has returned to Brussels to take up a new post. Andrew Watt has officially taken up his new post as General Director of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Watt is an advisor to numerous bodies including the European Commission and the European Economic…
