IUNS, as an ISC member, is pleased to share their announcement of the appointment of Dr Salvatore Aricò as Chief Executive Officer of The International Science Council. Dr Aricò will take over as CEO in January 2023, succeeding Dr Heide Hackmann.

Salvatore brings 30 years of international scientific experience, including as Head of Ocean Science at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO), Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretary-Scientific General’s Advisory Board, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the United Nations University, and Chief of Programme at the Convention on Biological Diversity.