The Commission’s senior management An overview of the summer reshuffle A Cicero Group analysis A p r i l 2015 1 The final piece of the jigsaw This summer will see a reshuffle of the senior management of the European Commission, which represents the final major change of Commission personnel since the start of the new mandate. The composition of the top tier of the European Commission’s management – Secretary General, Directors General and Deputy Directors General – represents a delicate balancing act of experience, nationality and now gender. President JeanClaude Juncker has requested that one female candidate is included on the shortlist for each of the top posts. Meeting this request will be a particular challenge. Of the thirty five Director General posts (including the Secretary General), only six are held by women. Furthermore, there are only nine women holding top management positions (Secretary General, Director General and Deputy Director General). Helena Walsh Executive Director A further consideration is the geographical distribution of senior posts. The top posts are currently dominated by officials from the largest Member States with Germany holding five Director General positions, the UK and Spain holding four each and France three. A large reshuffle will inevitably lead to calls for a better distribution of top posts and we can expect to see candidates from outside of the largest Member States making progress in the new structure. Finally, although President Juncker has publically opposed the practice, it is common for Directors General to be reshuffled after five years in post. Juncker has said that he wants to preserve good working relationships and does not want to see change for the sake of it, but it is still anticipated that a sizeable number of those who have served for one mandate in a directorate will be moved on. James Hughes Account Director By the end of April, each Commissioner will submit to President Juncker a shortlist of three candidates for the post of Director General. This shortlist can include the incumbent, but should include a female candidate. The lists will be discussed by the Vice Presidents in May before the appointments are confirmed in June The reshuffle will be a complicated balancing act. Our briefing aims to bring some clarity to the process – we hope you find it useful. Alexander Kneepkens Senior Account Executive Sebastian Damberg-Ott Account Executive 2 Reshuffling the European Commission’s top brass April May June Before summer Commissioners to submit three names including one woman Juncker and Vice Presidents discuss submitted names Juncker to finalise positions Reshuffle to be complete A three dimensional puzzle Gender balance 29 vs 6 Male vs Female Directors General 32 vs 3 Male vs Female Deputy Directors General 19 vs 9 Male vs Female Commissioners 17.1% vs 40% % of female Directors General vs goal by 2019 Time in office 12 Directors General in post for >5 years 10 Directors General in post for <2 years Member State balance DE - 5 UK & ES - 4 FR - 3 IT, NL, BE, PT & GR - 2 Top 9 Member States currently best represented in Director General numbers 3 Detailed overview Commissioner Phil Hogan Irish Agriculture & Rural Development Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) Budget (BUDG) Kristalina Georgieva Bulgarian Budget & Human Resources Director General & Deputies Nationality & Time in post Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Director General Polish, 2 years Mihail Dumitru, Deputy Romanian, 1 year Joost Korte, Deputy Dutch, 1 year Rudolf Moegele, Deputy German, 4 years Monique Pariat, Deputy French, 1 year Nadia Maria Calviño Santa Maria, Director General Spanish, 1 year Manfred Kraff, Deputy German, 3 years Human Resources and Irene Souka, Director General Security (HR) European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) Translation (DGT) Greek, 6 years Giovanni Kessler, Director General Italian, 4 years Rytis Martikonis, Director General Lithuanian, 3 years Christos Ellinides, Deputy Cypriot, < 1 year Male Female 4 Detailed overview Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete Spanish Climate Action & Energy Günther Oettinger German Digital Economy & Society Directorate General Director General & Deputies Nationality & Time in post Climate Action (CLIMA) Jos Delbeke, Director General Belgian, 5 years Dominique Ristori, Director General French, 1 year Christopher Wingfield Jones, Deputy British, 1 year Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Greek, < 1 year Robert Madelin, Director General British, 5 years Energy (ENER) Communications Networks, Content and Zoran Stančič, Deputy Technology (CNECT) Informatics (DIGIT) Margrethe Vestager Danish Competition Competition (COMP) Slovenian, 6 years Roberto Viola, Deputy Italian, 3 years Stephen Quest, Director General British, 2 years Francisco García Morán, Deputy Spanish, < 1 year Alexander Italiener, Director General Dutch, 5 years Gert Jan Koopman, Deputy Dutch, 5 years Cecilio Madero Villareio, Deputy Spanish, 4 years 5 Detailed overview Commissioner Pierre Moscovici French Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Directorate General Marianne Thyssen Belgian Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Nationality & Time in post Marco Buti, Director General Italian, 7 years Economic and Financial Servaas Deroose, Deputy Services (ECFIN) Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD) Tibor Navracsics Hungarian Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Director General & Deputies Education and Culture (EAC) Joint Research Centre (JRC) Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL) Eurostat (ESTAT) Johannes Hahn Neighbourhood Austrian European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR) Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Beligan, 5 years Maarten Verwey, Deputy Dutch, 4 years Heinz Zourek, Director General Austrian, 3 years Xavier Prats Monné, Director General Spanish, < 1 year Jens Nymand-Christensen, Deputy Danish, < 1 year Vladimir Šucha, Director General Slovak, 1 year Michel Servoz, Director General French, 1 year Zoltán Kazatsay, Deputy Hungarian, 4 years Walter Radermacher, Director General German, 7 years Mariana Mihaylova Kotzeva, Deputy Bulgarian, < 1 year Christian Danielsson, Director General Swedish, 2 years 6 Detailed overview Commissioner Karmenu Vella Maltese Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Directorate General Director General & Deputies Nationality & Time in post Environment (ENV) Karl Friederich Falkenberg, Director General German, 6 years Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE) Lowri Evans, Director General British, 5 years Jonathan Faull, Director General British, 5 years Olivier Guersent, Deputy French, < 1 year Ladislav Miko, (Acting) Director General Czech, < 1 year Martin Seychell, Deputy Maltese, 4 years Clause Haugaard Sørensen, Director General Danish, 4 years Daniel Calleja Y Crespo, Director General Spanish, 3 years Antti Ilmari Peltomäki, Deputy Finnish, 3 years Pierre Delsaux, Deputy Belgian, < 1 year Phlippe Taverne, Director General Belgian, 3 years Jonathan Hill British Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA) Vytenis Andriukaitis Lithuanian Health & Food Safety Health and Food Safety (SANTE) Christos Stylianides Cypriot Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Elżbieta Bieńkowska Polish Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) Audit Progress Committee (APC) Internal Audit Service (IAS) 7 Detailed overview Commissioner Neven Mimica Croatian International Cooperation & Development Directorate General International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) Director General & Deputies Nationality & Time in post Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, Director General Portuguese, 2 years Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Austrian, 3 years Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy German, 3 years Secretariat General (SG) Marianne Klingbeil, Deputy German, 4 years Věra Jourová Czech Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Justice and Consumers Paraskevi Michou, (Acting) Director General (JUST) Greek, < 1 year Dimitris Avramopoulos Greek Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Migration and Home Affairs (HOME) Matthias Ruete, Director General German, 1 year Violeta Bulc Slovenian Transport Mobility and Transport (MOVE) João Aguiar Machado, Director General Portuguese, 1 year Walter Deffaa, Director General German, 3 years Nicholas Martyn, Deputy British, 4 years Normunds Popens, Deputy Latvian, 4 years Corina Creţu Romanian Regional Policy Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO) 8 Detailed overview Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portuguese Research, Science and Innovation Cecilia Malmström Swedish Trade Directorate General Research and Innovation (RTD) Trade (TRADE) Director General & Deputies Nationality & Time in post Robert-Jan Smits, Director General Dutch, 5 years Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Austrian, 6 years Rudolf Walter Strohmeier, Deputy German, 5 years Jean-Luc Demarty, Director General French, 4 years Raffaele Mauro Petriccione, Deputy Italian, < 1 year Communication (COMM) Timo Pesonen, (Acting) Director General Catherine Day, Secretary General Secretariat General (SG) Henrik Hololei, Deputy Jean-Claude Juncker Luxembourgish President Marianne Klingbeil, Deputy European Political Anne Mettler, 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