05/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Appointments. The European Commission has appointed Stefano Sannino, an Italian official, to the post of DG Enlargement Director General. He will replace Michael Leigh, who is to retire, as of 1 July 2011. Sannino is currently the deputy director general of the department. Maarten Verwey, who is currently the director of foreign financial relations at the Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands, has been appointed to the post of Deputy Director General at the...