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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 Reiter
Director 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 Fabrizi
Director of LAU

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

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Eric Morel de Westgaver
Director of PFL

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

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Gaele Winters
Director 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 Liebig
Director 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 Faivre
Director 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 Cañete
Director 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 Vaissiere
Director 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 Mockel
Director 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 Morsillo
Director 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: 6 June 2011

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ESA Top Management

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ESA Director General Le Directeur général de l'ESA

ESA Directors

Franco Ongaro
Director of TEC Thomas Reiter
Director of HSO Antonio Fabrizi
Director of LAU Eric Morel de Westgaver
Director of PFL Gaele Winters
Director of CR Volker Liebig
Director of EOP Didier Faivre
Director of NAV Alvaro Giménez Cañete
Director of SRE Magali Vaissiere
Director of TIA Hans Georg Mockel
Director of HFI Giuseppe Morsillo
Director of PPC

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