New Management Board Chair elected
Daniel Reynders, the Board member from Belgium, was unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Management Board on 25 November 2015.
Daniel Reynders, replaces Françoise Weber who informed ECDC and the Management Board in October that she would no longer represent France as a member of the Management Board after taking on a new position.
Dr Reynders is the Head of the International Relations and Public Health Emergencies department at the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and has been a long standing member of the ECDC Management Board. Dr Reynders replaces Dr Weber for the remainder of her original mandate, until November 2016.
Dr Weber has taken up a new position as the Deputy Director General for Regulated Products at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES). ECDC warmly thanks her for her service and dedication to the organisation.
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