18.03.2021
Artikel Nummer: 35668
Werner named deputy secretary-general
Elisabeth Werner was appointed new deputy secretary by the board of commissioners of European Commission on 9 March 2021.
Prior to this appointment, Werner had served as director for land transport (rail and road) in the directorate-general for mobility and transport (DG Move) since 2017. It is not yet known who will take her place.
Werner, an Austrian national, joined the commission in 1996 and headed DG Move's planning, inter-institutional and communication unit for European transport policy from 2010 to 2014. She holds an economics degree from the University of Vienna and an MA in European Affairs from the Collège d’Europe in Bruges (Belgium). (amh)