On the 27th of November 2020, the ACCORD kick-off Assembly appointed Claude Fischer (Météo-France) as ACCORD Programme Manager (PM) for the MoU duration (2021-2025).

A call for application was launched in July 2020. The selection panel interviewed the candidate on Monday, 12 October, 2020.
The interview was recorded to allow ACCORD teams to know more about their PM and his vision for the consortium: see the video .