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1. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the management of the Authority and shall aim to ensure gender balance within the Authority. The Executive Director shall be accountable to the Management Board.

2. The Executive Director shall report to the European Parliament on the performance of his or her duties when invited to do so. The Council may invite the Executive Director to report on the performance of his or her duties.

3. The Executive Director shall be the legal representative of the Authority.

4. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the implementation of the tasks assigned to the Authority by this Regulation, in particular:

(a) the day-to-day administration of the Authority;

(b) implementing decisions adopted by the Management Board;

(c) preparing the draft single programming document and submitting it to the Management Board for approval;

(d) implementing the single programming document and reporting to the Management Board on its implementation;

(e) preparing the draft consolidated annual report on the Authority’s activities and presenting it to the Management Board for assessment and adoption;

(f) preparing an action plan following up conclusions of internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as investigations by OLAF and reporting on progress twice a year to the Commission and regularly to the Management Board;

(g) protecting the financial interests of the Union by applying preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, without prejudicing the investigative competence of OLAF by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by recovering amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by imposing effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative, including financial, penalties;

(h) preparing an anti-fraud strategy for the Authority and presenting it to the Management Board for approval;

(i) preparing the draft financial rules applicable to the Authority and presenting them to the Management Board;

(j) preparing the Authority’s draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure as part of the Authority’s single programming document, and implementing its budget;

(k) in accordance with the decision referred to in Article 18(2), taking decisions with regard to the management of human resources;

(l) taking decisions with regard to the Authority’s internal structures including, where necessary, deputising functions which may cover the day-to-day management of the Authority and, where necessary, their amendment, taking into account the needs relating to the Authority’s activities and sound budgetary management;

(m) where relevant, cooperating with Union agencies and concluding cooperation agreements with them;

(n) implementing measures established by the Management Board for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 by the Authority;

(o) informing the Management Board about the submissions from the Stakeholder Group.

5. The Executive Director shall decide whether it is necessary to locate one or more staff in one or more Member States and whether it is necessary to establish a liaison office in Brussels to further the Authority’s cooperation with the relevant Union institutions and bodies. Before deciding to establish a local office or a liaison office, the Executive Director shall obtain the prior consent of the Commission, the Management Board and the Member State where the office is to be located. The decision shall specify the scope of the activities to be carried out at the office in a manner that avoids unnecessary costs and the duplication of administrative functions of the Authority. A headquarters agreement with the Member State where the local office or liaison office is to be located may be required.