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The European voice for informal carers
Svetlana Atanasova
Secretariat

Svetlana Atanasova

Project Manager

Svetlana is a lawyer by training, specialized in EU Law, with a keen interest in human rights and social rights topics. She is familiar, theoretically and in practice, with the…

John Dunne
Board of Directors

John Dunne

Chair

CEO of Family Carers Ireland

Claire Champeix
Secretariat

Claire Champeix

Policy Officer

Claire has extensive experience in policy work, lobbying, research, and project coordination in the social field at local and European levels. Before joining Eurocarers in 2016, Claire worked with various…

Andreas Hoff
Board of Directors

Andreas Hoff

Vice Chair Research

Andreas Hoff is Professor of Social Gerontology at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and director of the research institute “Gesundheit, Altern, Arbeit, Technik” (GAT) (English translation: “Health, Ageing, Labour, Technology”).…

Henk Nies
Board of Directors

Henk Nies

Treasurer

Henk Nies (1955) is a member of the board of directors of Vilans. He is also professor by special appointment of Organization and policy of care at the Free University…

Olivier Jacqmain
Secretariat

Olivier Jacqmain

Senior Communication and Events Officer

Olivier is a creative content and communication specialist. He has been working as a communication consultant for NGO's for the last 4 years. Prior to that, Olivier has been active…

Michael Buynsters
Board of Directors

Michael Buynsters

Executive member

Coordinator of the Strategic Alliance for Young Caregivers (Netherlands)

Georgia Casanova
Board of Directors

Georgia Casanova

Executive member

Georgia Casanova is a senior researcher at the Center for Socio-Economic Research on Aging of the IRCCS-INRCA (National Institute of Health and Science on Aging) in Ancona, Italy, where she…

Giulia Lanfredi
Secretariat

Giulia Lanfredi

Project Officer

Giulia is responsible for managing EU-funded projects at Eurocarers, focusing on the role of informal carers in the provision of Long-Term Care, and integrated person-centred care. Her background is in…

Stecy Yghemonos
Secretariat

Stecy Yghemonos

Director

Stecy has extensive experience of business development, and project design and management, and has worked in the social and health fields for more than 13 years. He has played a…

Emily Holzhausen
Board of Directors

Emily Holzhausen

Executive member

Emily Holzhausen is the Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Carers UK, who she has been with since 1996, and is one of the country’s foremost experts on carers’…

Iveta Zdilova
Board of Directors

Iveta Zdilova

Executive member

Graduated at vocational nursing school in 1993 as nurse practitioner. Gained master degree in nursing in 2015. Worked at nursing ward of care homes for children with mental disabilities and…

Sebastian Fischer
Board of Directors

Sebastian Fischer

Executive member

Sebastian Fischer is a long-serving member of the Executive of the German carer organisation wir pflegen – www.wir-pflegen.net. and previously worked as Chief Executive of VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian – www.vocal.org.uk –  a carer-led…

Marie Lenstrup
Board of Directors

Marie Lenstrup

Executive member

Chairperson of Carers Denmark

Christine Marking
Consultant

Christine Marking

Consultant

Christine Marking is a Dutch clinical psychologist, with a specialisation in psycho-gerontology and social gerontology.  She has worked previously as a psychologist in a nursing home setting in Amsterdam, where…

Last Updated on February 21, 2019

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