Contacts

EU-Policy Team

Pieter DE POUS

Policy Director
Pieter oversees and coordinates the EEB’s policy team. He has a masters degree in forest and conservation science from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands. Before becoming EEB’s policy director he worked in the EEB’s policy team as a policy officer on biodiversity, water and agriculture. He has Dutch nationality and speaks Dutch, German and English.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 13 06

Martina MLINARIC

Senior Policy Officer: Biodiversity, Water & Soil Protection 
Tina is responsible for biodiversity, water and soil protection issues within the EEB team. She holds and LLM in Environmental Law from the University of Nottingham and has previously been working for the Slovenian government, previously mostly on international biodiversity conservation issues and more recently as an environment attaché at the Slovenian Permanent Representation. She is Slovenian and speaks Slovenian and English.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 10 93

Tatiana SANTOS

Senior Policy Officer: Chemicals & Nanotechnology
Tatiana graduated in Chemistry specialized in Environmental and food chemistry from the University of Cádiz (Spain), she also holds a master degree in both Environmental Impact Assessment and occupational health and safety. Previously she worked for the Spanish occupational institute ISTAS and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). She is Spanish and speaks Spanish, English and basic French.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 10 94

Faustine DEFOSSEZ

Senior Policy Officer: Agriculture and Bioenergy
Faustine holds a masters degree in European Union law from the University of Lille, France and a masters degree of EU Politics from the Institute for Political Sciences in Strasbourg, France. Before joining the EEB she worked for the European Commission, in the Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development. She is a French native speaker, speaks English and some German.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 790 88 14
GSM: +32 (0) 4 87 244 270

Stéphane ARDITI

Senior Policy Officer: Waste & Products
Stephane is responsible for Product and Waste policy. Before joining the EEB, Stephane worked as a Quality/Lean consultant for the industry in France and UK. He also collaborated to academic research programs on energy efficiency in building and evaluation of sustainable development policy. Stephane has educational background in philosophy and environmental management. Stephane is French and speaks English and French.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 10 97

Louise DUPREZ

Senior Policy Officer: Air, Industrial emissions and Noise
Louise joined the EEB in 2009 and is now in charge of air quality, industrial emissions and noise policies. Her academic background is in political sciences, having studied in Strasbourg and Berlin, and holds a Master in Environmental Law. She previously had roles in the European Commission’s DG Environment, in a Brussels-based consultancy and in the Franco German TV network ARTE. She speaks French, English and German.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 13 07

Elena LYMBERIDI-SETTIMO

Project Coordinator: Zero Mercury Campaign
Elena co-founded the Zero Mercury Working Group - an international coalition of NGOs working on mercury in 2005, and has co-coordinated it ever since. She previously worked for the European Commission (DG ENV) and for consulting firms on environment policy and project management. She holds an Ptychio in Chemistry (Athens), an M.Sc. in Business Strategy and Environmental Management (UK) and an MBA (Belgium). She is Greek and speaks Greek, English and French.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 13 01

Susanna WILLIAMS (ALA-KURIKKA)

Policy Officer: Energy and Climate
Susanna graduated in political science from the University of Glasgow and also holds an undergraduate degree in English. She has previously worked as a reporter covering climate and energy news and as a policy advisor to a Member of the European Parliament. She is Finnish and speaks English, Finnish and French.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 13 03
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Rachel KAMANDE

Mercury Project Officer
Rachel assists in the running of the ‘Zero Mercury Campaign’ within the EEB. She graduated in Economics and sociology Studies from the University of Egerton in addition to her diploma in Organic Agricultural Development. She is the founder of iLima Organization, a Kenyan NGO working on environmental issues and previously worked as a production manager for the East African Fine Coffees Association. She is Kenyan and speaks English, Swahili, Dutch and Kikuyu.
Tel: +32 (0) 2 289 13 08

Piotr BARCZAK

Air and Waste Project Officer
Piotr holds a Masters degree in Geography specialised in Spatial Management and Regional Development. Before joining the EEB, he worked as a surveyor, then for the Polish Ministry of the Environment/Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Presidency), as an intern at Food&Water Europe, and most recently he worked in the field of development aid in Africa (climate smart agriculture). He is Polish and speaks Polish, English, French and German.

Tel: +32 (0) 2289 10 97