Meet the GFI Europe team

GFI Europe is registered as a nonprofit (ASBL/VZW) in Belgium. Our remote team members are based in nine countries across Europe, and represent 10+ nationalities.

To connect with us, visit our Contact page.

Interested in joining the team? Visit our Careers page.

Yousr Abassi

Policy Manager France

Sophie Armour

Head of Communications

Conrad Astley

Communications Manager (English-language)

Ismaël Bawah

Science and Technology Community Coordinator

Ilaria Bertini

Senior PR Manager

Frida Beulshausen

Operations Project Manager

Helen Breewood

Senior Market and Consumer Insights Manager

Emily Burton

Donor Engagement Officer

Andrea Calabuig

People Operations Specialist

Carlos Campillos Martínez

Senior Regional Manager, Spain and Portugal

Stella Child

Senior Research Funding Advisor

Ethan Dean

Finance & Operations Coordinator

Inès Decoster

Digital Communications Officer

Sarah Ellison

Senior Philanthropy Manager

Rick Fischer

Policy Manager, Germany

Pinja Front

Communications Project Coordinator

Alessandro Gardino

Policy Officer

Filip Gavranović

Senior Development Coordinator

Pauline Grimmer

Senior Policy Manager

Helene Grosshans

Senior Infrastructure Investment Manager

Lina Hartwig

Communications Associate, Germany

Lia-Alexis Hildebrandt

Policy Manager, Germany

Alex Holst

Deputy Head of Policy - EU

David Hunt

Senior Research Community Manager

Federico Ippoliti

Deputy Head of Development

Leila Jabrane

Funding Partnerships Coordinator

Emily Johnson

Head of Development

Seren Kell

Head of Science and Technology

Carlotte Lucas

Head of Industry and Special Projects

Alex Mayers

Managing Director

Cezarina Niculae

Head of Operations

Helen Normand

Philanthropy Officer

James Okoshken

EU Policy Fellow

Linus Pardoe

Senior Programme Manager, UK

Eileen Pauels

Senior Scientific Community Coordinator

Alice Ravenscroft

Head of Policy and Regional Strategy

Priyansha Reddy

Commercialisation Manager (Industry Strategic Lead)

Anne Reshetynak

Research Analyst

Ivo Rzegotta

Leiter DACH (DACH Lead)

Agata Serocka

Systems Business Analyst, Salesforce Lead

Lea Seyfarth

Policy Manager

Lena Sheard

People Lead (Deputy Head of Operations)

Peter Stafford

Finance & Operations Assistant

Natasha Sweet

Senior Foundations Manager

Isabel Tereso

People Operations and Admin Assistant

Elena Walden (Ellie)

Senior Regional Manager Nordics & Research Lead

Amy Williams

Senior Digital Communications Manager & Nutrition Lead