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COVID, Brexit await Cooke as she takes helm of EMA

As Rasi departs, EMA gets first new leader in a decade

November 14, 2020 3:14 AM UTC

Emer Cooke has succeeded Guido Rasi as EMA’s executive director, giving the regulatory agency its first new leader since 2011, handing the Irish national the task of navigating the agency through year two of the pandemic and the first full year of a post-Brexit relationship with the U.K.

On top of that, her day job will be managing the policy minefield of EMA, the European Commission and the leadership of the 27 EU member states...