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The European voice for informal carers
Board of Directors

Henk Nies

VP Research and Interim President

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…

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Sebastian Fischer

Interim Treasurer

Sebastian Fischer works with three carer organisation in Europe. Chief Executive of VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian – www.vocal.org.uk – since 1994. VOCAL is a carer-led social enterprise…

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Michael Buynsters

Executive member

Coordinator of the Strategic Alliance for Young Caregivers (Netherlands)

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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…

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Andreas Hoff

Executive member

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”).…

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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’…

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John Dunne

Executive member

CEO of Family Carers Ireland

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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…

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Marie Lenstrup

Executive member

Chairperson of Carers Denmark

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External Advisor

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…

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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…

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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…

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Olivier Jacqmain

Senior Communication 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…

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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…

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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…

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Last Updated on September 23, 2021

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