Staff

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Ben Butters

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 50

POLICY

Cornelius Knaack 
Policy Advisor for Digitalisation

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 91

Giacomo Fersini
Head of Economic Policy

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 89

Levin Spiegel 
Head of Sustainability and Energy

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 79

​Dominic Boucsein
Head of International Trade Policy

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 53

Juliette Loppé
Head of Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 87

Anastasiia Malynovska 
Policy Intern

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 58

Frederico Martins
Head of Single Market

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 54

Larisa Panait 
Head of Skills and Jobs

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 90

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Elena Morgado Aybar
Junior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 80

Project: EU Business Hub – Japan and the Republic of Korea

Greta Bilanzola
Senior Project Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 83

Projects:  EntreComp for Transition, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Ivana Rae Almora
Senior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 81

Project: EnergyEfficiency4HORECA

Lorena Garcia Lopez
Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 79

Project: EULEP

Maria Carla Lostrangio
Project and Capacity Building Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 75

Project: Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II

Pinar Erdil
Project Director

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 62

Project: Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II

Birgit Arens
Senior Project Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 57

Projects: EcoSMEnergy, EULEP, Labour Int 3

Elena Tylko Ausias 
Inhouse Consultant

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 78

Ia Khodeli
Senior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 86

Projects: Belarusian Diaspora Initiative

Laura Velasco
Project Development Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 59

Lucia Artigas Arnaudas
Junior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 82

Project: EcoSMEnergy

Mattia Marino
Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 66

Projects: India IP SME Helpdesk, Latin America IP SME Helpdesk

Ana Sofia Perez
Project Trainee

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 92

Belen Mendoza
Project Development Consultant

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 51

Ebubekir Siddik Arslan
Financial Project Officer & Grant Expert

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 63

Project: Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II

Elif Akyuz
Project and Communications Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 74

Project: Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II

Ilaria Colajanni 
Junior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 68

Projects: India IP SME Helpdesk, Latin America IP SME Helpdesk

Liga Siceva
Senior Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 50

Project: Consumer Law Ready Next

Lucia Pizzato
Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 84

Project: Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Paulo Gontan Arano
Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 69

Project: EU Business Hub – Japan and the Republic of Korea

Daniela Ramos
Financial Project Officer

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 67

Project: Türkiye-EU Business Dialogue II

COMMUNICATION AND EVENTS

 

Karen Albuquerque
Communications Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 72

 

Alexander Maurer
Media and External Communications Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 55

 

Roxana Dediu
Events and Communications Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 95

SUPPORT

SUPPORT

 

Giulia Rocchi
Member Relations Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 52

 

Kathrin Hintner
Senior Legal Counsel

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 50

 

Rhimo Maimouni
Office Manager

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 50

 

Luca Borra
Senior Accountant

Tel +32 (0)2 282 08 70