30/10/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 30 October, the European Commission decided to appoint the Dutchman Ulferdus Gijsbertus Schilthuis to the post of Director of Sustainability in the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI). With 19 years’ experience at the European Commission, including 16 in DG AGRI, Mr Schilthuis has in-depth expertise in EU agricultural policy. He is currently Head of the Policy Perspectives Unit at DG AGRI. The Commission has also appointed Elisabetta Siracusa, who has 20 years’ experience within DG AGRI, to the post of Director of International Affairs at DG AGRI. An Italian national, Ms Siracusa is currently a senior adviser and member of the ‘Regulatory Scrutiny Board’, an independent body within the Commission which advises the College of Commissioners. (LC)