ECRE employs 12 members of staff, along with 2 to 4 assistants, who provide invaluable support. All staff are based at the ECRE Secretariat in Brussels. Download organisational structure.
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Secretary General

Catherine Woollard
DirectorOperational

Evelyne Rottiers
Head of Finance and Administration
Omar Al Tarsheh
Project OfficerLegal Support and Litigation

Julia Zelvenska
Head of Legal Support and Litigation
Sofia Bonatti
Senior Legal Officer
Stavros Papageorgopoulos
Legal Officer
Seana Carty
Legal Assistant
Christophe Van Hemelryck
Legal AssistantAdvocacy

Josephine Liebl
Head of Advocacy
Giacomo Manca
Policy Officer (ECRE & PICUM) – EU Funding for Inclusion
Reshad Jalali
Policy Officer
Jean-David Ott
Legal Officer AIDA
Petra Baeyens
Senior Legal Officer - Asylum in Europe
Izabella Majcher
Senior Legal Officer - Return and DetentionCommunications

Villads Zahle
Senior Communications Coordinator