Assistant Deputy Director Generals appointed

The Management of the ITER Organization is building up: on 29 September, Ms Pascale Amenc-Antoni was officially nominated Assistant Deputy Director General (ADDG) for Administration. Mr. David Campbell has similarly been appointed Assistant Deputy Director General for Fusion Science and Technology.

Mrs Pascale Amenc-Antoni was formerly Director of the CEA/Cadarache Site and from October 2005 ad-interim Director of the Agence ITER France.

Dr. David Campbell has been Principal Scientific Officer of the European Commission for the last ten years. Until now he had been seconded to the EFDA Close Support Unit managing the EU activities in support of ITER diagnostics, heating and current drive, and control systems. Furthermore he coordinated the EU Physics R&D program for ITER.

"I am confident that their extensive expertise will strengthen our capabilities," the ITER Director-General Nominee, Kaname Ikeda, said in an official memorandum introducing the ADDGs.