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    CABINET

  • Kurt Vandenberghe

    Kurt Vandenberghe

    Head of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 69207
    BERL 11/199

    Secretary: 
    Tiina Tapio

    Managing the cabinet
    Relations with DG ENV
    Senior personnel

  • Matjaž Malgaj

    Matjaž Malgaj

    Deputy Head of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 88674
    BERL 11/207

    Secretary: 
    Jana Kratochvílová

    Responsibilities

    Deputising for Head of Cabinet
    Management of support staff
    Coordination of ENV strategy, including Environmental Action Programme
    EU2020 and other strategies
    Knowledge base for policy (including relations with EEA and JRC)
    Relations with stakeholders (including NGOs)
    Programming (including financial perspectives)
    Overall management of EU environmental law ("acquis")

    Coordination with other policies

    Energy
    Climate Action
    Economic and Monetary Affairs

  • Vesna Valant

    Vesna Valant

    Member of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 88675
    BERL 11/178

    Secretary: 
    Stéphanie Clouet

    Responsibilities

    Nature and Biodiversity
    Forests
    Soil, land use
    Nitrates
    Natural resources in EU policies
    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) / Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
    Biotechnology
    LIFE+/ financial instruments

    Coordination with other policies

    Agriculture and rural development
    Regional policy
    Administration and human resources
    Budget and financial programming
    Audit and fraud prevention (relations with OLAF)

  • Bénédicte Caremier

    Bénédicte Caremier

    Member of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 54037
    BERL 11/170

    Secretary: 
    Mary Ann Van Oost-Seeuws

    Responsibilities

    Water
    Marine
    Environment and health
    Animal welfare
    Endangered species (CITES)
    Nanomaterials
    Biocides
    REACH and chemicals
    Ethical questions

    Coordination with other policies

    Justice, fundamental rights and citizenship
    Home affairs
    Maritime affairs and fisheries
    Health and consumer protection
    Employment, social affairs and inclusion

  • William Neale

    William Neale

    Member of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 96 710
    BERL 11/159

    Secretary:
    Susanna Mäkikokkila

    Responsibilities

    Sustainable production and consumption
    Waste
    Economic analysis and instruments
    GDP and beyond
    Eco-innovation/ Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP)
    Inter-institutional relations/GRI

    Coordination with other policies

    Industry and enterprise
    Science, research and innovation
    Digital agenda
    Taxation and customs

  • Elena Višnar Malinovská

    Elena Višnar Malinovská

    Member of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 67055
    BERL 11/175

    Secretary: 
    Stéphanie Clouet

    Responsibilities

    Legal affairs, governance, enforcement
    Smart regulation
    Air quality
    Noise
    IPPC and industrial emissions
    Urban environment
    Transport and environment
    State aid

    Coordination with other policies

    Competition
    Internal market and financial services
    Trade
    Transport

  • Kristina Bole

    Kristina Bole

    Policy Assistant

    Tel: +32 2 29 59582
    BERL 11/167

    Secretary: 
    Mary Ann Van Oost-Seeuws

    Responsibilities

    International governance
    Enlargement and neighbouring countries
    Communication strategy
    Commissioner website
    Relations with spokesperson service
    Slovenian media
    Intern (stagiaire) coaching

    Coordination with other policies

    Foreign affairs and security policy development
    International cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response
    Communication
    Education, culture, multilingualism and youth

  • Tiziana Palmisano

    Tiziana Palmisano

    Speechwriter and editor

    Tel: +32 2 29 81072
    BERL 11/162

    Commissioner's speeches, messages, articles, blog and website entries
    Clear writing, quality assurance

    • MEDIA CONTACTS

  • Joe Hennon

    Joe Hennon

    European Commission Spokesperson for Environment

    Tel: +32 2 29 53 593
    BERL 1/355

    Secretary: 
    Lorella Corato

  • Monica Westerén

    Monica Westerén

    Press Officer

    Tel: +32 2 29 91830
    BERL 1/352

    • SECRETARIES

  • Helena Skutnik

    Helena Skutnik

    Secretary to the Commissioner

    Tel: +32 2 29 88671
    BERL 11/195

  • Helena Zadnik

    Helena Zadnik

    Secretary to the Commissioner

    Tel: +32 2 29 20586
    BERL 11/195

  • Tiina Tapio

    Tiina Tapio

    Secretary to the Head of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 91 573
    BERL 11/198

  • Jana Kratochvílová

    Jana Kratochvílová

    Secretary to the Deputy Head of Cabinet

    Tel: +32 2 29 88648
    BERL 11/208

  • Stéphanie Clouet

    Stéphanie Clouet

    Secretary

    Tel: +32 2 29 59954
    BERL 11/179

  • Mary Ann Van Oost-Seeuws

    Mary Ann Van Oost-Seeuws

    Secretary

    Tel: +32 2 29 57163
    BERL 11/168

  • Susanna Mäkikokkila

    Susanna Mäkikokkila

    Secretary

    Tel: +32 2 299 19 68
    BERL 11/160

  • Lorella Corato

    Lorella Corato

    Secretary to the Spokesperson

    Tel: +32 2 296 30 99
    BERL 1/352

    • ARCHIVES

  • Sandra Kugel

    Sandra Kugel

    Archives

    Tel: +32 2 29 55127
    BERL 11/183

  • Marco Grancagnolo

    Marco Grancagnolo

     

    Administrative assistant

    Tel.: +32 2 29 76366
    BERL 11/182

    European Parliament questions
    National Parliaments' opinions and follow-up to EESC/COR opinions
    Petitions
    Complaints
    President's correspondence
    Patronage requests
    Transparency requests
    Archive support

  • Nataša Sbrizaj

    Nataša Sbrizaj

    Trainee

    Tel: +32 2 29 74142
    BERL 11/208

    • DRIVERS

  • Patrick Ansia

    Patrick Ansia

    Driver

  • Mohamed Aknaf

    Mohamed Aknaf

    Driver