Staff

The vision of CAN Europe is to tackle the climate crisis in a manner that promotes equity and social justice between people, sustainable development of all communities, and protection of the global environment. In this regard, CAN Europe is strongly committed to providing equal opportunity, fair and equal treatment in employment to all employees and applicants.

At CAN Europe Secretariat, you will be working with a diverse and brilliant group of people who collaborate on a regular basis. It is crucial for us to work in a supportive manner in a safe workplace in order to address one of the biggest challenges of our time.

Chiara Martinelli

Director

Daniela Pichler

Head of Communications

Email

daniela.pichler@caneurope.org

Daniela leads the communications team at CAN Europe. She is based in Brussels and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

Seda Orhan

Head of Energy

Samuel Martín-Sosa

Head of Network

Sven Harmeling

Head of Climate

Lionel Dehalu

Head of Operations

Topics: Finance, Human Resources and Office Management

Based in the region of Namur (Belgium), Lionel leads the admin team and is part of the management team of CAN Europe. He speaks French & English.

Lionel Dehalu

Head of Operations

Topics: Finance, Human Resources and Office Management

Based in the region of Namur (Belgium), Lionel leads the admin team and is part of the management team of CAN Europe. He speaks French & English.

Maria Radikov

Senior Finance Coordinator

Maria works as Finance Coordinator, leading on donor reporting and audits. She’s based in Brussels and speaks English, Dutch and French.

Winfried Hoke

Human Resources Coordinator

Winfried joined CAN Europe as Office & IT Coordinator and is now the HR Coordinator. He is based in Brussels and speaks French, English, and German.

Antoine Cajot

Office and IT Coordinator

Topics: Office, Logistics and IT (Infrastructure, development, troubleshooting, fleet management)

Antoine is part of the admin team and is the central contact point for logistics, office and IT. He’s based in Belgium and speaks French and English.

Kami Tiba

Finance Officer

Alev Parlak

FFF Finance and Admin Coordinator

Daniela Pichler

Head of Communications

Email

daniela.pichler@caneurope.org

Daniela leads the communications team at CAN Europe. She is based in Brussels and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

James O’Connor

Senior Communications Coordinator

Topics: Energy – Renewable Energy, Electrification and Grids

Email

james.oconnor@caneurope.org

James works with the communications and energy team, communicating on EU energy policy and the energy transition. He is based in Dublin, Ireland and speaks English.

Jani Savolainen

Senior Communications Coordinator

Topics: COP, EU budgets, taxation, trade & climate, finance, just transition and NECPs

Email

jani.savolainen@caneurope.org

Jani works on many crosscutting topics such finance, EU budgets, just transition, AI and trade. He is based in France and speaks English & Finnish as well as tiny bit of Swedish, Arabic & Nepali.

Marianna Plomariti

Senior Communications Coordinator

Eleonora Allena

Communications Coordinator for the Western Balkans

Margaux Barret

FFF Communications Coordinator

Katarzyna Piasecka

Communications Coordinator for Central Eastern Europe

Topics: Central Eastern Europe, Electricity prices and Industry

Email

katarzyna.piasecka@caneurope.org

Based in Warsaw, Kasia work at the intersection of the energy and industry teams, with a special focus on CEE. She speaks Polish, English and French.

Alessia Luzzati

Communications Officer

Samuel Martín-Sosa

Head of Network

Olivia Saxer

Project Manager – Funding Fairer Futures

Topics: Network development, Funding and Capacity Building

Olivia works with the Network development team and the Funding Fairer Futures project. She is based in Brussels and speaks French, English and German.

Pablo Chamorro

FFF Campaigns and Mobilisation Network Coordinator

“Chamo” works as campaign and mobilisation coordinator for the Funding Fairer Futres project and as network coordinator supporting the International Climate team. He is based in the mountains nearby Madrid and speaks Spanish, English, and a bit of French too.

Kasia Ugryn

Senior Central Eastern Europe Policy and Network Coordinator

Kristina Naunova

Senior Network Development & Project Coordinator

Frosina Antonovska

Climate and Energy Policy and Network Coordinator for the Western Balkans

Pablo Sallabera

Network and Mobilisation Officer

Ida Paraskeva

Funding Fairer Futures Project & Network Development Officer

Palindi Kalubowila

Fundraising Coordinator

Seda Orhan

Head of Energy

Veerle Dossche

Renewable Energy Programme Manager

Esther Bollendorff

Fossil Free Programme Manager

Mónica Vidal

Senior Built Environment Campaigner

Flore Belin

Renewable Energy Policy Coordinator

Topics: Renewable energy, spatial planning, community engagement and benefit-sharing

Flore works within the Renewables sub-team with a focus on policy advocacy. She is based in Brussels and speaks English and French.

Thomas Lewis

Energy Policy Coordinator

Topics: Power grids, flexibility and electrification

Tom works within the Renewables sub-team with a focus on policy and advocacy. He is based in Brussels and speaks English.

Flora Witkowski

Gas Policy Coordinator

Topics: Fossil gas phase-out and methane mitigation

Flora works within the Gas sub-team with a focus on methane policies and advocacy coordination. She is based in Brussels and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

Christophe Jost

Energy Policy Coordinator (Energy Prices)

Ioanna Souka

Gas Data Analyst

Erman Erogan

Policy and Campaign Officer

Topics: Energy Performance of Buildings, Housing, NBRPs and the Build Better Lives campaign

Email

erman.erogan@caneurope.org

Erman works within the Buildings sub-team with a focus on policy advocacy and campaigning, notably through the Build Better Lives campaign. He is based in Brussels and speaks French, Turkish, English, Portuguese and some Italian.

Sophie Schluderbacher

Gas Team Intern

Sven Harmeling

Head of Climate

James Trinder

International Climate Policy Coordinator

Ulriikka Aarnio

Senior Climate and Land Use Policy Coordinator

Silvia Valentini

Climate Policy Coordinator

Erich De Castro Dias

Nature and Land Use Policy Coordinator

Brigitta Bozsó

Climate Policy Coordinator

Topics: Plan4Climate project, Governance Regulation and NECPs

Email

brigitta.bozso@caneurope.org

Brigitta is leading the LIFE Plan4Climate project within the Climate team of CAN Europe. She is based in Bonn and she speaks English, Hungarian and a bit of German

Federico Mascolo

Climate Policy Coordinator

Topics: Governance Regulation, NECPs and Plan4Climate

Federico works within the Goverance sub-team and as part of the LIFE Plan4Climate project, focusing on the Governance Regulation and NECPs. He is based in Brussels and speaks Italian, English and French.

Romain Didi

Climate Governance and Human Rights Policy Coordinator

Topics: Climate governance, Emissisions Trading System (ETS), climate litigation, human rights and Aarhus rights

Romain works in the climate team with a focus on EU climate governance, ETS1 and climate litigation. He has a legal background. He is based in Brussels and speaks English & French.

Marco Iarocci

EU Affairs Officer

Frosina Antonovska

Climate and Energy Policy and Network Coordinator for the Western Balkans

Özlem Katısöz

Senior Climate & Energy Policy Coordinator for Turkey

Topics: Climate and Energy policies, coal exit and just transition in Türkiye

Özlem works with the network development and international policy teams and, focuses on Türkiye’s climate and energy policies. She is based in İstanbul and speaks Turkish and English.

Elif Cansu Ilhan

Climate and Energy Policy Coordinator for Turkey

Rachel Simon

Senior Policy Coordinator, International Finance & Development

Isabelle Brachet

Just Transition & Fiscal Policy Senior Coordinator

Email

isabelle.brachet@caneurope.org

Based in Brussels, Isabelle is leading the work on just transition and the social dimension of climate action. More recently, she started developing CAN Europe’s work on progressive taxation.