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Frans Timmermans' team

Frans Timmermans' team supports him in his daily work.

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Esther de Lange
  • Head of Cabinet
Esther de Lange
Email
esther [dot] de-langeatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 95542
Responsibilities

Strategy, management and coordination of the Cabinet

Sara Nelen
  • Deputy head of Cabinet
Sarah Nelen
Email
sarah [dot] nelenatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 57695
Responsibilities
  • Deputising for the Head of Cabinet 
  • Human resources and budget
  • Commission Work Programme
  • Coordination of strategic agenda planning
  • Coordination of relations with DG CLIMA
  • Inter-institutional relations and GRI
  • ENVI Council Coordination

Green deal related policies

  • Green Deal coordination 
  • Batteries 

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  • Jobs and social rights 
  • Equality
Anthony Agotha
  • Senior diplomatic expert
Anthony Agotha
Email
anthony [dot] agothaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 64733
Responsibilities

Green deal related policies

  • External Policy Coordination (EXCO)
  • Relations with think tanks and academia
  • Action against global deforestation

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  • External relations (EEAS)
  • Neighbourhood and enlargement
  • International Cooperation and Development
  • Humanitarian aid
  • Defence
  • Rule of law and Justice
  • Coordination of infringements
  • The Future of Europe
  • Brexit and relations with the UK
Riccardo Maggi
  • Budget and economic expert
Riccardo Maggi
Email
riccardo [dot] maggiatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 63890
Responsibilities

Green deal related policies

  • Coordinator of the Just Transition Mechanism
  • Mainstreaming the Green Deal in the recovery response and the EU budget and Funds, including the Innovation and Modernisation Fund
  • Coordinator on Green Deal impact assessments
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency and eco-design
  • Energy governance, including National Energy and Climate Plans
  • Energy research and coordination

 

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  • Regional policy
  • Budget, including long-term budget (MFF)
  • Better regulation
  • Anti-fraud and audit
Olivia Gippner
  • Member of Cabinet
Olivia Gippner
Email
olivia [dot] gippneratec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 91754
Responsibilities

CLIMA

  • Climate international: multilateral climate negotiations, G20/G7, climate finance, bilateral climate relations
  • Climate ETS – Corsia, IMO
  • External Policy Coordination (EXCO)
  • 2040 climate target

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  • Environment
  • Oceans and fisheries
  • External relations – EEAS
  • Trade
  • Taxation and customs including carbon border adjustment mechanism

Countries: DE, AT, MT, CZ

Antoine Colombani
  • Member of the cabinet
Antoine Colombani
Email
antoine [dot] colombaniatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 74513
Responsibilities

Green deal related policies

  • Green Deal and taxation, including carbon border adjustment and energy taxation
  • Sustainable finance and corporate governance
  • Mainstreaming the Green Deal in the European Semester and Recovery Package
  • Green Deal Investment Plan, InvestEU
  • Relations with European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • Coordination with Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis
  • Industrial Strategy, energy-intensive industries

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  • Taxation and customs
  • Competition: state aid
  • Internal market
  • Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital markets Union
  • Euro, economic and financial affairs
  • Relations with social partners
Daniel Mes
  • Member of Cabinet
Daniel Mes
Email
daniel [dot] mesatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 99517
Responsibilities

CLIMA

  • Industry, business outreach, SMEs, and start-ups, including Net-zero business desk, SME dialogue, industrial policy
  • Energy-intensive industries
  • Energy governance
  • Renewable energy, energy efficiency
  • Back-up to National Energy and Climate Plans
  • Innovation fund, CINEA (together with MGJ)
  • Transport
  • Carbon capture usage and storage

MOVE

  • Aviation
  • Relations with the EP and national parliaments
  • Speechwriting support (with CD)

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  • Energy
  • Competition and State aid
  • Digital
  • Tourism
  • Internal Market
  • Better Regulation 

Countries: DK, SE, FI

Damyana Stoynova
  • Member of the cabinet
Damyana Stoynova
Email
damyana [dot] stoynovaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 78665
Responsibilities
  • Climate international: multilateral climate negotiations, G20/G7, climate finance, bilateral climate relations
  • Climate Pact
  • Implementation of the Climate Law
  • Climate Research and Innovation (horizontal)
  • External Policy Coordination (EXCO)
  • Action against global deforestation

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  • Environment
  • Oceans and fisheries
  • Research and innovation
  • Strategic Foresight
  • External relations – EEAS

Countries: BG, RO, GR, HR

Rozalina Petrova
  • Member of the Cabinet
Rozalina Petrova
Email
rozalina [dot] petrovaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 94792
Responsibilities

Portfolio:

  • Circular economy agenda, including sustainable product policy, packaging, textiles, end-of-life vehicles, plastics, secondary raw materials, waste
  • Biodiversity and ecosystems, including the implementation of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, Nature Restoration Law, global deforestation, and Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • EU 2030 Forest Strategy, forest monitoring
  • EU and global climate adaptation agenda
  • EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
  • Coordination with ENVI, MARE, ECHO, relations with Cabinets Sinkevičius, Lenarčič
  • Relations with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Non-portfolio:

  • UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • International Cooperation and Development
  • Humanitarian aid
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  • Member of Cabinet / Political Adviser to Commissioner
Myriam Jans
Email
myriam [dot] jansatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 95405
Responsibilities
  • Political Adviser to the Commissioner
  • Strategic Agenda management
  • Citizens dialogues (with CD)
  • Press, events
  • Relations with Dutch press
  • Speechwriting support (with CD)

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  • Neighbourhood and enlargement
  • Equality

Countries: NL, IE, CY, GR

Estela Pineiro-Kruik
  • Member of the cabinet
Estela Pineiro-Kruik
Email
estela [dot] pineiro-kruikatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 62233
Responsibilities

Green deal related policies

  • Private Secretary and Political Assistant to the EVP
  • Agenda management
  • Citizens dialogues
  • Local Security Officer
  • Liaison person for travel and protocol

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  • Relations with religious and confessional churches, associations and communities
Aleksandra Tomczak
  • Member of the cabinet
Aleksandra Tomczak
Email
aleksandra [dot] tomczakatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 55877
Responsibilities

Green deal related policies

  • Just Transition regions and implementation of the Just Transition Fund
  • Internal Energy Market, electricity
  • Gas supply and international gas corridors
  • Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E)
  • Energy poverty
  • Security of supply
  • Nuclear energy, safety, ITER fusion project, Euratom
  • International energy relations, International Energy Agency, multilateral negotiations
  • Hydrogen
Sandra Van de Weyer
  • Assistant to the Executive Vice-President
Sandra Van de Weyer
Email
sandra [dot] van-de-weyeratec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 56290
Thysia Tchekouteff
  • Assistant to Commissioner Hoekstra
Thysia Tchekouteff
Email
thysia [dot] tchekouteffatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 58750
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  • Assistant to Dino Toljan and Aleksandra Baranska
Katarzyna Dudzinska
Email
katarzyna [dot] dudzinskaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 55012
Myriam Lemahieu
  • Assistant to the Deputy Head of Cabinet
Myriam Lemahieu
Email
myriam [dot] lemahieuatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 87175
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  • Assistant to Mr Daniel Mes
Katarina Zlogar
Email
katarina [dot] zlogaratec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 97760
David Kiss
  • Assistant to Ms Estela Pineiro-Kruik, horizontal support and access to documents
David Kiss
Email
david [dot] kissatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 63562
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  • Assistant to Olivia Gippner and Miguel Garcia Jones
Egidijus Dapkus
Email
egidijus [dot] dapkusatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 80729
Vasilka Lyubenova
  • Assistant to Marina Brakalova and Rozalina Petrova
Vasilka Lyubenova
Email
vasilka [dot] lyubenovaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 59595
Myriam Gonzalez Alonso
  • Assistant to Myriam Jans and Myrinne Rietveld
Myriam Gonzalez Alonso
Email
myriam [dot] gonzalez-alonsoatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 69422
Tiina Tapio
  • Document management officer
Tiina Tapio
Email
tiina [dot] tapioatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 91573
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  • Document management officer
Sandra Tegazzini
Email
sandra [dot] tegazziniatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 55127
Responsibilities
  • Information 
  • Document management 
  • Archives 
  • Identification of documents under access to documents