Directors of ESA

ESA’s Director General is assisted in his work by 11 Directors, each of whom is responsible for one of ESA’s programmes or for administering part of the Agency

 

Franco Ongaro - Director of TEC
Franco Ongaro took up duty as ESA Director of Technical and Quality Management (D/TEC), and Head of ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 1 April 2011.

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Thomas ReiterDirector of HSO
Thomas Reiter took up duty as ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations (D/HSO), and Head of ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, on 18 April 2011.

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Antonio FabriziDirector of LAU
Antonio Fabrizi took up duty as Director of Launchers (D/LAU) on 16 June 2003.

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Eric Morel de WestgaverDirector of PFL
Eric Morel de Westgaver took up duty as ESA Director of Procurement, Financial Operations and Legal Affairs (D/PFL) on 1 April 2011.

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Gaele WintersDirector of CR
Gaele Winters took up duty as Director of Corporate Reforms (D/CR), and Head of Establishment for ESA HQ, on 1 April 2011.

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Volker LiebigDirector of EOP
Volker Liebig took up duty as Director of Earth Observation (D/EOP) and Head of ESRIN, Frascati near Rome, in October 2004.

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Didier FaivreDirector of NAV
Didier Faivre took up full duty as ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities (D/NAV) on 1 April 2011. He had been acting Director since 1 January.

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Alvaro Giménez CañeteDirector of SRE
Alvaro Giménez Cañete took up duty as ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (D/SRE) on 1 May 2011.

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Magali VaissiereDirector of TIA
Magali Vaissiere took up duty as ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (D/TIA) on 1 June 2008.

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Hans Georg MockelDirector of HFI
Hans Georg Mockel took up duty as ESA Director of Human Resources, Facility Management and Informatics (D/HFI) on 1 June 2011.

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Giuseppe MorsilloDirector of PPC
Giuseppe Morsillo took up duty as ESA Director for ESA Policies, Planning and Control (D/PPC) on 1 April 2011.

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Last update: 5 December 2012

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