At its 98th Plenary Meeting (held in Strasbourg from 18 to 22 November 2024), the representatives of the 48 GRECO member states elected David Meyer from the United Kingdom as new President. He succeeds Marin Mrčela, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia who has been GRECO's President since 2011 (see also Mr Mrčela's eucrim guest editorials).

David Meyer's term of office as GRECO President started on 1 January 2025. He is Head of International Engagement & Rule of Law at the UK Ministry of Justice. Meyer has also been closely affiliated with GRECO for a long time: He led the United Kingdom’s delegation to GRECO since 2014, has been a member of the GRECO Bureau since 2016 and was a member of the Working Groups that developed the 5th and 6th evaluation rounds. Last but not least, he actively participated in several evaluations, ad-hoc evaluations and high-level visits, and acted as a rapporteur for multiple compliance reports.

New Vice-President of GRECO as of 1 January 2025 is António Delicado from Portugal succeeding Monika Olsson (Sweden). Part of the new GRECO Bureau are also: Ms Alexia Kalispera (Cyprus), Ms Lise Chipault (France), Ms Panagiota Vatikalou (Greece), Mr Sorin Tanase (Romania), and Mr Olivier Gonin (Switzerland).