ESS reaches 100 employees in the new Headquarters

The European Spallation Source Programme is growing fast and today welcomes the 100th employee in the new Headquarter building.
ESS will be the world-leading science facility for materials and life science research with neutrons. The ESS Programme is now in a design and build-up phase, with a fast growing and expanding organisation. This Monday, the ESS staff has moved into the new Headquarters in Medicon Village.

As a sign of the expanding programme, ESS today reaches one hundred employees. In fact, employee number one hundred are two: procurement officer Tom Hadfield and RF systems engineer Anders Sunesson, who both start working at ESS today.

- Having led the ESS project from 2007, when we were four persons in one room, I am particularly proud over the number of highly skilled staff from all over the world, which we have recruited. Our employees and their expertise is, by far, the most valuable resource we have, says Colin Carlile, ESS Director-General.

Anders Sunesson will...

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