The overall execution of ATLAS is the responsibility of the ATLAS Management led by the Spokesperson. The Management is a team of five people:

Spokesperson (Fabiola Gianotti)

Deputy Spokespersons (Dave Charlton, Andy Lankford)

Technical Coordinator (Marzio Nessi)

Resources Coordinator (Markus Nordberg)
 
 

The Spokesperson and Deputy Spokespersons have the responsibility to globally overview all aspects of the ATLAS project, and to react appropriately. The Spokesperson represents ATLAS with respect to CERN, funding agencies and other outside bodies.

The Technical Coordinator is responsible for the common project construction and the technical integration of all ATLAS components. He or she should also overview the implementation of ATLAS engineering standards and procedures, and also monitor the detector construction. He or she is assisted by activity managers.

The Resources Coordinator is responsible for the overall resource planning, and to ensure that the ATLAS resource needs are consistent with the different local national planning. The Resources Coordinator is also directly responsible for the administration of the ATLAS common fund.