Oranmore Marine Institute CEO appointed to European Commission’s Mission Board

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Dr Peter Heffernan, the CEO of the Marine Institute, has been selected as a member of the European Commission’s Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters.

He is one of two Irish appointees to the Mission Boards.

The Mission Board is one of five major research missions of Horizon Europe, the EU Research and Innovation programme.

Dr Heffernan is one of 15 experts on the Mission Board which will identify the first possible specific missions on healthy oceans by the end of 2019.

Dr Heffernan has served as the inaugural CEO since the establishment of the Marine Institute in 1993, and will retire from this role in October 2019.