Professor Minhyong Kim has been appointed as Director of the ICMS and Sir Edmund Whittaker Professor of Mathematical Sciences at both Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, with effect from September 2021. Minhyong is the first full-time director of the ICMS and the first joint professor in the Maxwell Institute. For details see https://www.icms.org.uk/news/icms-appoints-new-director-0