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Wopke Hoekstra's team

Wopke Hoekstra's 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

Astrid Dentler
  • Deputy head of Cabinet
Astrid Dentler
Email
astrid [dot] dentleratec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 63310
Responsibilities

Horizontal

  • 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
  • Ethics and Transparency

CLIMA

  • Adaptation

College

  • Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital markets Union
  • European Semester, Euro, economic and financial affairs
  • Relations with the EIB
  • Legal affairs, coordination of infringements
  • Relations with the UK, EEA and Switzerland
  • Budget, MFF
  • Anti-fraud and audit
  • Eurostat

Countries: DE, FR, SI, HR

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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)

College

  • Neighbourhood and enlargement
  • Equality

Countries: NL, IE, CY, GR

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)

College

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

Countries: DK, SE, FI

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

College

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

Countries: DE, AT, MT, CZ

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  • Personal assistant / Member of Cabinet
Jitske Haagsma (currently on leave)
Email
jedidja [dot] haagsmaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 80902
Responsibilities
  • Personal Aide and Political Adviser to the Commissioner
  • Strategic Agenda management
  • Citizens dialogues
  • Ethics and Transparency
  • Liaison person for travel and protocol

College

  • Health (with CD) 

Countries: NL, EE, LV, LT

Miguel Garcia Jones
  • Member of Cabinet
Miguel Garcia Jones
Email
miguel-jose [dot] garcia-jonesatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 89254
Responsibilities

CLIMA

  • National Energy and Climate Plans
  • Non-ETS, maritime and aviation
  • Effort-Sharing Regulation
  • LULUCF
  • Carbon removal certification
  • EMAS (Internal Commission climate neutrality)
  • Montreal Protocol, ozone depleting substances and fluorinated gases
  • Infringements related to CLIMA
  • Climate Research and Innovation (horizontal)
  • Back-up to industry and business outreach, SMEs, and start-ups
  • Parliamentary questions
  • Relations with the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, Ombudsman

College

  • Research and innovation
  • Strategic Foresight
  • Defence
  • Democracy and demography
  • Agriculture

Countries: HU, ES, PT, IT

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  • Personal assistant / Member of Cabinet
Myrinne Rietveld
Email
myrinne [dot] rietveldatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 50874
Responsibilities
  • Personal Aide
  • Liaison person for travel and protocol
  • Climate Pact
  • Back-up for climate international 

College

  • Rule of law and Justice
  • Home Affairs
  • International Cooperation and Development
  • Humanitarian Aid

Countries: EE, LV, LT, BG, RO

Pablo Fabregas Martinez
  • Member of Cabinet
Pablo Fabregas Martinez
Email
pablo [dot] fabregas-martinezatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 50760
Roxana Lesovici
  • Member of Cabinet
Roxana Lesovici
Email
roxana [dot] lesoviciatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 86151
Elzbieta Lukaniuk
  • Member of Cabinet
Elzbieta Lukaniuk
Email
elzbieta [dot] lukaniukatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Célia Dejond
  • Policy assistant / Communication advisor
Célia Dejond
Email
celia [dot] dejondatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 88199
Responsibilities
  • Communication and relations with the Spokespersons’ Service (SPP)
  • Media strategy and social media
  • Citizens’ Dialogue (with MJ)
  • Speechwriting and coordination of speeches (with DM)
  • Relations with think tanks and academia
  • Support to civil society outreach and Climate Pact
  • Regional outreach
  • European Citizens’ Initiatives
  • Blue book interns

College

  • Health
  • Food safety
  • Cohesion policy and reforms
  • Education, youth, culture and sport
  • Jobs and Social rights
  • Relations with social partners

Countries: BE, LU, PL, SK

Thysia Tchekouteff
  • Assistant to Commissioner Hoekstra
Thysia Tchekouteff
Email
thysia [dot] tchekouteffatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 58750
Joy Ryaziga
  • Assistant to the Head of Cabinet
Joy Ryaziga
Email
joy [dot] ryazigaatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 51956
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 Olivia Gippner and Miguel Garcia Jones
Egidijus Dapkus
Email
egidijus [dot] dapkusatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 80729
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
  • Assistant to Daniel Mes
César Chacon Sanchez
Email
cesar [dot] chacon-sanchezatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 88596
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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
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  • Documents management officer
Isabel Dos Santos Simoes
Email
isabel [dot] dos-santosatec [dot] europa [dot] eu
Phone number
+32 2 29 54313