Ms. Heide Hackmann is the CEO of the International Science Council, having previously been the Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU) since March 2015. Before joining ICSU, Ms. Hackmann served eight years as Executive Director of the International Social Science Council (ISSC). Ms. Hackmann has worked as a science policy maker, researcher and consultant in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Before moving into the world of the international councils, Ms. Hackmann worked as Head of the Department of International Relations and Quality Assessment of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
