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Research & Innovation DG: Organisation

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Effective: 1 February 2012

Director-General: Robert-Jan Smits

Assistant to the Director-General: Román Arjona Gracia

  • Adviser: "Scientific aspects of innovation"
    William Cannell

  • Unit 1: Internal audit
    Head of Unit: Edwin Croonen

  • Seconded Head of unit
    Head of Unit: Pablo Amor/Gabor Mihaly Nagy/Yves Paternoster/Graham Stroud/Marc Tachelet

Deputy Directors-General

 

Directorates


Deputy Director-General:  Framework Programme: Policy and Management: Wolfgang Burtscher

     

    Directorate A - Framework programme - Interinstitutional relations
    Director: Jack Metthey

    • A.1: External & internal communication
      Head of Unit: Begoña Arano

    • A.2: Interinstitutional relations
      Head of Unit: Don Jacques Faggianelli

    • A.3: Framework Programme and simplification
      Head of Unit: Brendan Hawdon

    • A.4: Legal matters
      Head of Unit: Liliane De Wolf

    • A.5: Ex-ante evaluation
      Head of Unit: Ugur Muldur

    • A.6: Ex-post evaluation
      Head of Unit: Peter Fisch

    • A.7: Strategic planning and programming
      Head of Unit: Gwennael Joliff-Botrel

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    Directorate M - Management Operational Support - FP
    Director: Franco Biscontin

    • M.1: External audits
      Head of Unit: Marc Bellens

    • M.2: Implementation of audit certification policy and outsourced audits
      Head of Unit: Eduardo de Oliveira (acting)

    • M.3: Business processes and reporting
      Head of Unit: Alexandros Arabatzis (acting)

    • M.4: Risk management
      Head of Unit: Paul Webb

    • M.5: Management of debts and guarantee funds
      Head of Unit: Philippe Vannson

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    Directorate R - Resources
    Director: Theodius Lennon

    • R.1: Personnel
      Head of Unit: Harald Spitzer

    • R.2: Budget
      Head of Unit: Priscilla Fernandez Canadas

    • R.3: IT management
      Head of Unit: Patrice Lemaitre

    • R.4: Externalisation
      Head of Unit: Martin Bohle

    • R.5: Logistics
      Head of Unit: Silvia Bojinova

    • R.6: Marie Curie Actions – FP6 
      Head of Unit: Didier Gambier

    • R.7: Administration and finance - Marie Curie
      Head of Unit: Thomas Arnold

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    Deputy Director-General:  Innovation and ERA: Anneli Pauli

    • Principal Adviser: "Gender in Research and Innovation"
      ...

     

    Directorate B - European Research Area
    Director: Octavio Quintana Trias

    • Adviser: "Structural aspects of ERA"
      Paraskevas Caracostas

    • B.1: European Research Area policy
      Head of Unit: James Gavigan

    • B.2: Skills
      Head of Unit: Stefaan Hermans

    • B.3: Research infrastructure
      Head of Unit: Ana Arana Antelo

    • B.4: Joint programming
      Head of Unit: Rita Lecbychova

    • B.5: Social sciences and humanities
      Head of Unit: Robert Burmanjer

    • B.6: Ethics and gender
      Head of Unit: Gilles Laroche

    • B.7: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Niki Atzoulatou (acting)

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    Directorate C - Research and innovation
    Director: Clara De La Torre

    • C.1: Innovation policy
      Head of Unit: Peter Dröll

    • C.2: Relations with stakeholders (ERIAB)
      Head of Unit: Jean-Claude Burgelman

    • C.3: Financial engineering
      Head of Unit: Jean-David Malo

    • C.4: SMEs
      Head of Unit: Bernd Reichert

    • C.5: Regional dimension of innovation
      Head of Unit: Dimitri Corpakis

    • C.6: Economic analysis and indicators
      Head of Unit: Pierre Vigier

    • C.7: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Johannes Klumpers

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    Directorate D - International cooperation
    Director: Isi Saragossi

    • Adviser: "Relations with international organisations"
      Leo Karapiperis

    • Adviser: "Financial aspects of International Cooperation"
      Eduard Rille

    • D.1: International cooperation policy
      Head of Unit: Laurent Bochereau

    • D.2: Relations with third countries
      Head of Unit: Sieglinde Gruber

    • D.3: International cooperation projects
      Head of Unit: Elisabeth Lipiatou

    • D.4: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Istvan Laszlo Narai

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    Deputy Director-General:  Research Programmes: Rudolf Strohmeier

    • "Adviser responsible for research policy issues"
      ...

     

    Directorate E - Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food
    Director: Maive Rute

    • Adviser: "Sustainable Bio-economy"
      Pierre Valette

    • E.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Antonio di Giulio

    • E.2: Biotechnologies
      Head of Unit: Alfredo Aguilar

    • E.3: Food – Health – Well-being
      Head of Unit: Pierre Mathy

    • E.4: Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Aquaculture
      Head of Unit: Timothy Hall

    • E.5: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Georgios Vlahopoulos

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    Directorate F - Health
    Director: Ruxandra Draghia-Akli

    • Adviser: "Research, innovation and health"
      Alain Vanvossel

    • Adviser: "New strategic initiatives"
      Nicolas Sabatier

    • F.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Stéphane Hogan

    • F.2: Medical research
      Head of Unit: Maria José Vidal-Ragout

    • F.3: Infectious diseases and public health
      Head of Unit: Line Matthiessen-Guyader

    • F.4: Advanced therapies and systems medicine 
      Head of Unit: Arnd Hoeveler

    • F.5: Personalised medicine
      Head of Unit: Patrik Kolar

    • F.6: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Giorgios Zisimatos

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    Directorate G - Industrial technologies
    Director: Herbert von Bose

    • G.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Michel Poireau

    • G.2: New forms of production
      Head of Unit: José-Lorenzo Vallés Brau

    • G.3: Materials
      Head of Unit: Renzo Tomellini

    • G.4: Nano Sciences and Nano Technologies
      Head of Unit: Christos Tokamanis

    • G.5: Research fund for coal and steel
      Head of Unit: Alan Haigh

    • G.6: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Hélène Chraye

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    Directorate H - Transport
    Director: András Siegler

    • Adviser: "Research, Innovation and Transport"
      ...

    • H.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Alessandro Damiani

    • H.2: Surface transport
      Head of Unit: Liam Breslin

    • H.3: Aeronautics
      Head of Unit: Tiit Jürimäe

    • H.4: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Jocelyne Gaudin

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    Directorate I - Environment
    Director: Manuela Soares

    • Adviser: "Sustainable development"
      Mireille Delprat

    • I.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Birgit de Boissezon

    • I.2: Environmental technology
      Head of Unit: Luisa Prista

    • I.3: Management of natural resources
      Head of Unit: Arnoldas Milukas

    • I.4: Climate change and natural hazards
      Head of Unit: Andrea Tilche

    • I.5: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Vincent Favrel (acting)

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    Directorate K - Energy
    Director: Raffaele Liberali

    • K.1: Horizontal aspects
      Head of Unit: Glyn Evans

    • K.2: Energy conversion and distribution systems
      Head of Unit: Wiktor Raldow

    • K.3: New and renewable energy sources
      Head of Unit: Bruno Schmitz

    • K.4: Fission
      Head of Unit: Hervé Pero

    • K.5: ITER
      Head of Unit: Yvan Capouet

    • K.6: Fusion association agreements
      Head of Unit: Simon Webster

    • K.7: Administration and finance
      Head of Unit: Marina Zanchi (acting)

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