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11 October 2018
The Administrative Council of the
European Patent Organisation has appointed Nellie Simon Vice-President of the
European Patent Office’s Directorate-General Corporate Services. Ms Simon, an
Austrian national, will succeed Željko Topić of Croatia. The appointment takes
effect on 1 January 2019 and is for five years.
Ms Simon is currently Head of Cabinet and Acting Director of
the Academy at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
The EPO’s Directorate-General
Corporate Services is responsible for delivering support services including
Human Resources, Information Management, Finance, General Administration, and
Central Procurement.
The Administrative Council, made
up of delegations from the 38 member states, is the Organisation’s legislative
body. It is responsible for supervising the activities of the European Patent
Office, the Organisation’s executive branch. The Council also approves the
Office’s budget, and appoints its senior managers, including the President and
vice-presidents.
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