Management tracks: HBP parts ways with Executive Director Chris Ebell

The Human Brain Project (HBP) said Executive Director and Head of the Project Coordination Office Chris Ebell has resigned "following a change of university leadership and differences of opinion on governance and on strategic orientations for the HBP." The remarks were made in a joint statement issued Aug. 16 by Ebell and HBP's coordinating institution, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).

Ebell was promoted to executive director of HBP in 2015 after serving in various roles since 2013, the year the project was launched. Deputy Executive Director Christian Fauteux will lead the project coordination office and coordination subproject on an interim basis...