ESA top management
ESA’s Director General is assisted by 11 Directors, each of whom is responsible for one of ESA’s programmes or for administering part of the Agency.
![Josef Aschbacher - ESA Director General](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2021/03/esa_director_general_josef_aschbacher/23235091-1-eng-GB/ESA_Director_General_Josef_Aschbacher.jpg)
Josef Aschbacher - ESA Director General
Dr Josef Aschbacher became the ESA Director General on 1 March 2021.
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![Dietmar Pilz - Director of TEC](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/04/dietmar_pilz/24854139-5-eng-GB/Dietmar_Pilz_medium.jpg)
Dietmar Pilz - Director of TEC
Dr Dietmar Pilz is the Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), and Head of ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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![Toni Tolker-Nielsen - Director of STS](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/09/toni_tolker-nielsen/25106983-4-eng-GB/Toni_Tolker-Nielsen_medium.jpg)
Toni Tolker-Nielsen - Acting Director of STS
Toni Tolker-Nielsen is acting Director of Space Transportation as of 1 July 2023.
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![Eric Morel de Westgaver - Director of SLE](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2011/04/eric_morel_de_westgaver/9580236-6-eng-GB/Eric_Morel_de_Westgaver.jpg)
Eric Morel de Westgaver - Director of SLE
Eric Morel de Westgaver is the Directorate of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs (D/SLE), and Head of ESA HQ, Paris, France.
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![Daniel Neuenschwander - Director of HRE](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2016/03/daniel_neuenschwander/15888235-4-eng-GB/Daniel_Neuenschwander.jpg)
Daniel Neuenschwander - Director of HRE
Daniel Neuenschwander is the Director of Human and Robotic Exploration (D/HRE).
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![Simonetta Cheli - Director of EOP](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2022/01/simonetta_cheli/23881662-1-eng-GB/Simonetta_Cheli_medium.jpg)
Simonetta Cheli - Director of EOP
Simonetta Cheli is the Director of Earth Observation (D/EOP) and Head of ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
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![Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz - Director of NAV](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2022/02/francisco-javier_benedicto_ruiz/23968092-1-eng-GB/Francisco-Javier_Benedicto_Ruiz_medium.jpg)
Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz - Director of NAV
Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz is the Director of Navigation (D/NAV)
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![Laurent Jaffart - Director of CSC](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/12/laurent_jaffart/25364066-2-eng-GB/Laurent_Jaffart_medium.jpg)
Laurent Jaffart - Director of CSC
Laurent Jaffart is the Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications (D/CSC) and Head of ECSAT, Harwell, UK.
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![Carole Mundell - Director of SCI](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2022/12/carole_mundell/24642784-3-eng-GB/Carole_Mundell.jpg)
Carole Mundell - Director of SCI
Prof. Carole Mundell is the Director of Science (D/SCI), and Head of ESAC, near Madrid, Spain.
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![Marco Ferrazzani - Director of HIF](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2024/04/marco_ferrazzani/26007470-1-eng-GB/Marco_Ferrazzani.jpg)
Marco Ferrazzani - Director of HIF
Marco Ferrazzani is the Director of Internal Services (D/HIF).
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![Rolf Densing - Director of OPS](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2016/02/rolf_densing/15817970-2-eng-GB/Rolf_Densing.jpg)
Rolf Densing - Director of OPS
Rolf Densing is the Director of Operations (D/OPS), and Head of ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany.
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![Geraldine Naja - Director of CIC](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2021/10/geraldine_naja/23735138-2-eng-GB/Geraldine_Naja_pillars.jpg)
Géraldine Naja - Director of CIC
Géraldine Naja is the Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness (D/CIC)
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