Maive Rute moving to new role in European Commission's Joint Research Centre

The European Commission is transferring Maive Rute to be Deputy Director-General for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) from her current role at the same grade in the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW).

The Commission announced this transfer, made "in the interest of the service", on 07/07/2026. It will take effect from 01/09/2026. Rute will replace Bernard Magenhann who had been Acting Deputy Director-General since taking the position of Director-General in 2025.

Rute is an Estonian national. She previously worked at the JRC, where she oversaw research in the fields of energy, transport and climate. Earlier in her career at the European Commission, she served as Director for Resources and previously as Director for Biotechnologies and…