29/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - Declan Costello to become director of economic and financial affairs department in May 2014. On Wednesday 29 January, the European Commission decided to appoint Declan Costello as Director of Economies of the Member States I in the Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate-General. Costello, an Irish national, has been acting Director Resources and Communication in the same DG since January 2012 and has spent his entire 23-year career to date in the same DG....