Antoine Lemasson is head of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre since 2017. He has been working for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations since 2002, notably on humanitarian affairs in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, communication and inter-institutional relations. He was also a member of the Cabinet of former Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva and worked at the EU Delegations in Togo and Jamaica.