On 19 September, Council of the EU appointed Chris Reynolds (from Ireland) as new Head of Mission for the EUCAP Somalia. He takes over from Maria-Cristina Stepanescu who was the HoM since September 2016. Chris Reynolds has been EUCAP Somalia’s Deputy Head of the Mission since January 2019. In 2016-2017 he served in the Mission as Head of Operations. Mr. Reynolds’ maritime career started in the Irish Navy in 1979 as an Executive (Deck) Officer

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