I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN's excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world.

CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.

Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.

We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.