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
Francesca McClean
Legal Assistant
Laura San José Fernández
Legal AssistantAdvocacy
Josephine Liebl
Head of Advocacy
Eleonora Testi
Legal Officer
Reshad Jalali
Policy Officer
Jean-David Ott
Senior Legal Officer
Petra Baeyens
Senior Legal Officer - Asylum in Europe (maternity leave)
Izabella Majcher
Senior Legal Officer - Return and Detention
Claire Rimmer
Policy Officer - Asylum in Europe (Maternity cover)Communications
Villads Zahle
Senior Communications Coordinator