25 July 2025

• Isabel Vansteenkiste to become Principal Counsellor to the President and Coordinator of the Counsel to the Executive Board
• Her predecessor Roland Straub to become Deputy Director General Market Operations
• Both appointments effective as of 15 September 2025

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Isabel Vansteenkiste, currently Director General International and European Relations, as Principal Counsellor to the President and Coordinator of the Counsel to the Executive Board. Ms Vansteenkiste will take up her new role on 15 September 2025. In this role, she will advise the President on a wide range of economic and strategic policy matters and support preparations for Executive Board and Governing Council meetings, as well as for high-level international engagements. She will also oversee the work of the Counsel to the Executive Board. Ms Vansteenkiste succeeds Roland Straub, who has been appointed Deputy Director General Market Operations as of…