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European Commission: Leadership Change
Major reshuffle of senior EU Commission roles with Sabine Weyand leaving DG Trade for Florence teaching position, Ditte Juul Jørgensen moving from energy to trade, Céline Gauer shifting to energy from reform/investment, and Declan Costello taking over reform/investment from economic affairs
Source: PoliticoEU Fintech
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot) (up 5.2 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.
European Commission: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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