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Helena Dalli's team

Helena Dalli's team supports her in her daily work.

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Joseph Vella
  • Head of Cabinet
Joseph Vella
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 60010
Responsibilities
  • Overall strategic coordination of policies and management of the Cabinet
  • Strategic International and Inter-institutional relations
  • Senior personnel matters
  • Relations with the President, Executive Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents
  • Relations with the Secretariat General and I.D.E.A.

(MT)

Eva Gerhards
  • Deputy Head of Cabinet
Eva Gerhards
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 58193
Responsibilities
  • Deputising for Head of Cabinet
  • Management of Cabinet support staff

Portfolio

  • Jour Fixe Preparation
  • Legal matters / infringements
  • Relations with the Legal Service
  • Special Advisers and Trainees
  • Relations with DG JUST and DG EMPL

 

 

Non-portfolio

  • Member of the Inter-institutional relations Group (GRI)
  • Better Regulation and Commission Work Programme
  • Relations with the European Court of Auditors
  • Human resources AST – AST/SC
  • Climate and Energy

(DE, AT)

Silvan Agius
  • Cabinet expert
Silvan Agius
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 51037
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Anti-Racism, Anti-muslim hatred
  • Equality Task-force Coordination
  • Equality mainstreaming of Racial or Ethnic origin
  • L.G.B.T.I.Q.+ Equality

 

(HR, SI, EL, CY)

Nora Bednarski
  • Member of Cabinet
Nora Bednarski
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 80845
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Non-portfolio

  • Data Protection
  • Digitisation, Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  • Competition and State-Aid 
  • Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
  • Taxation and Customs Union
  • Jobs and Social Rights
  • Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

(PL, HU, CZ, SK)

David Kerr
  • Member of Cabinet
David Kerr
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 59166
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Relations with the Council
  • Relations with the Parliament

Non-portfolio

  • Member of the Group for External Coordination
  • Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  • Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
  • International Partnerships
  • Transport
  • Defence Industry and Space
  • Relations with the UK
  • Access to documents

(LT, LV, EE, IE, BG, RO)

Annelisa Cotone
  • Member of Cabinet
Annelisa Cotone
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 86261
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Legislative Coordinator
  • Equality Bodies
  • Inclusion, Equality and non-discrimination
  • Age equality
  • Roma Coordination
  • Anti-discrimination on grounds of Religion or Belief

Non-portfolio

  • Economic and Financial Affairs
  • European Semester
  • Migration
  • Security
  • EU Budget and Funds 
  • Regional Policy
  • Justice
  • Rights of the child

(DK, SE, FI)

Lesia Radelicki
  • Member of Cabinet
Lesia Radelicki
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 98023
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Gender equality
  • Relations with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

(BE, NL, LU)

Jeanne Ponte
  • Communication adviser
Jeanne Ponte
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 64139
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Communication Strategy
  • Relations with the Spokespersons Service
  • Relations with DG JUST and EMPL communication teams
  • Relations with the Media
  • Articles, Blogs, Website, Social Media
  • Overview of the Commissioner’s Speeches and Messages

(FR, ES, PT)

Lanfranco Fanti
  • Policy assistant
Lanfranco Fanti
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 58180
Responsibilities

Portfolio

  • Parliamentary Questions
  • Petitions
  • Relations with the national Parliaments

Non-portfolio

  • Health and Food Safety 
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Trade
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  • Relations with the Ombudsman
  • Relations with the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
  • Conference on the Future of Europe
  • Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

(IT)

Sandrine Dumas-Delage
  • Personal assistant to the Commissioner and assistant to Joseph Vella
Sandrine Dumas-Delage
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 86910
Responsibilities
  • Official communication and correspondence
  • Coordination of briefings and speeches
  • Coordination of Missions
Sandrine Barreaux
  • Documents management officer
Sandrine Barreaux
Email
Phone number
+32 2 29 81207
Responsibilities
  • Document management and archives
  • Publications