EESC President

Head of Cabinet

Éamonn Mac Aodha

+32 2 546 8503 | Eamonn.MacAodha@eesc.europa.eu

• Management of the Cabinet
• Strategy & Programme Oversight
• Enlarged Presidency
• HR

Deputy Head of Cabinet

Susanna Baïzou 

+32 2 546 9845 | Susanna.Baizou@eesc.europa.eu

• Implementation of the President’s programme
• Speechwriter to the President
• EESC Bureau and Plenary
• Relations with Groups
• Poverty and social exclusion
• Health (including emotional health)
• Equality

SOC Contact point

Member of Cabinet

Silvia Bartolucci

+32 2 546 8275 | Silvia.Bartolucci@eesc.europa.eu

• Inter-institutional Relations
• Relations with National Economic and Social Councils
• Civil society protection and engagement
• European Citizens Initiative (ECI)
• EU/UK Relations
• Blue Deal

CCMI Contact point

Member of Cabinet

Anna Repullo i Grau

+32 2 546 9021 | Anna.Repullo-Grau@eesc.europa.eu

• EU Enlargement (including Enlargement Candidate Members initiative, Joint Consultative Committees, and Civil Society Platforms)
• International Relations (relations with third countries and international organisations,  trade,  Domestic Advisory Groups, Follow-up Committees)
• EU Preparedness Union Strategy
• Media Freedom

REX Section contact point 

Senior Communication Advisor/Spokeperson

Hugh Reilly

+32 2 546 8727 | Hugh.Reilly@eesc.europa.eu

• Communication and Media Activities of the President
• Statements by the President

Policy areas

• Agriculture
• Rural Development
• Environment
• Sustainable Development

NAT Section contact point 
 

Personal Assistant to the President

Silvia Chromekova

+32 2 546 9725  | Silvia.Chromekova@eesc.europa.eu

• Managing the President's agenda
• Financial matters linked to the President
• Meeting autorisation requests (Agora)

Personal Assistant to the Head of Cabinet

Miranda Lio

+32 2 546 8266 | Miranda.Lio@eesc.europa.eu

• Assistance to the Head of Cabinet
• Correspondence and HR matters (Adonis)
• Coordination with EESC Protocol
• Assistance for the EESC Bureau and Plenary

Policy areas

• Housing and Homelessness
• Climate Change and Biodiversity
• Green Deal

Policy and Communications Assistant

Divin Robert Mahame

+32 2 546 9305 | DivinRobert.Mahame@eesc.europa.eu

• Social Media (X, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• Website (President's webpage)
• Communication Strategy
• Development & coordination of visual content
• Assistance to  the Spokesperson

Policy areas

• Quality jobs
• Skills
• Artifical Intelligence

Policy Assistant – Communication and Internal Matters

Joanna Harnett

+32 2 546 8969 | Joanna.Harnett@eesc.europa.eu

• Support to the Vice-President responsible for Communication
• Assistance to the Deputy Head of Cabinet
• Members' working conditions
• EU Presidency liaison

Policy areas

• Transport, Energy and Infrastructure
• Youth engagement
• Foresight, think tanks and academia

TEN Section contact point

Policy Assistant - Budget and Internal Matters

Julian Sommer

+32 2 546 9002 | Julian.Sommer@eesc.europa.eu

• Support to the Vice- President responsible for Financial and Budgetary Affairs
• Preparation of the Enlarged Presidency meetings

Policy areas

• Competitiveness and Innovation
• Single Market
• Economic and Monetary Union 

ECO Section contact point

INT Section contact point

Trainees

Catarina Lourenco

Assistant to the Member of Cabinet dealing with External Relations

+32 2 546 8449 | Catarina.Lourenco@eesc.europa.eu

Jakub Skobis

+32 2 546 9815 | Jakub.Skobis@eesc.europa.eu

Assistant to Member of Cabinet dealing with Interinstitutional Relations