Mr Marc Lemaître is Director-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) since February 2023. He has extensive management experience at the European Commission as Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) from 2016 to January 2023, Director of the Office for Administration and Payment of individual entitlements (PMO) between 2013 and 2016, and previously Head of the Cabinets of the Commissioners responsible for Budget (2010 – 2013), and Regional Policy (2007 – 2010). Before joining the Commission, he worked in the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union, dealing with budgetary, trade and general affairs issues (1996 -2006).