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List of Management Board members

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Member
Alternate

Chair of the EEA Management Board

Laura Burke (Ireland) 
Director General
Environmental Protection Agency
PO Box 3000
Johnstown Castle Estate
Co Wexford
Ireland 

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Member and country representatives

Austria

Elisabeth Freytag-Rigler
Director
Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action
Stubenbastei 5
1030 Vienna

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Georg Rebernig
Austrian Environment Agency
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Vienna

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Belgium

Michiel Van Peteghem
Head of Department
Air, Environment and Communication
Flanders Environment Agency
Dokter De Moorstraat 24-26
9300 Aalst 

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Christelle Van Wesembeeck
Directrice a.i.
Service public de Wallonie
agriculture ressources naturelles environnement
Département des Politiques européennes et des Accords internationaux
Direction de la Politique environnementale
Avenue Prince de Liège, 15  
B-5100 Namur (Jambes)

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Bulgaria

Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova
Executive Director
Executive Environment Agency
Republic of Bulgaria

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Rosalina Indzhieva
Deputy Executive Director
Executive Environment Agency
Republic of Bulgaria

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Croatia

Aljoša Duplić
Director
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Institute for Environment and Nature
Radnička cesta 80/7
Zagreb-10000

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Branimir Pavlinec
Head of Sector
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
Institute for Environment and Nature
Radnička cesta 80/7
Zagreb-10000

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Cyprus

Costas Hadjipanayiotou
Director, Department of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
1498 Nicosia

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Irene Constantinou
Department of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and
Environment
28th October Avenue, no. 20-22
1498 Nicosia

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Czechia

Michal Pastvinský (Vice-Chair)
Ministry of the Environment
Director of International Relations
Vršovická 65
Prague 10, 100 10

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Klára Kipielová
Ministry of the Environment
Department of International Relations
Vršovická 1442/65
Prague 10, 100 10

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Denmark

Jakob Møller Nielsen
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of the Environment
Slotsholmsgade 12
1216 Copenhagen K

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Henrik Hedeman Olsen
Head of Department - EU and International Affairs
Ministry of the Environment
Slotsholmsgade 12
1216 Copenhagen K 

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Estonia

Margit Martinson
Deputy Secretary General
Ministry of the Environment of Estonia
7a Narva Road
15172 Tallinn

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Pending nomination

Finland

Tanja Suni
Research Director
Ministry of Environment
Aleksanterinkatu, 7
00023 Government, Helsinki, Finland

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Pekka Harju-Autti
Councellor
Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 35
00023 Government, Helsinki

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France

Diane Simiu (Vice-Chair)
Adjointe au Commissaire général 
au développement durable 
Ministry of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
Tour Séquoia, 1 pl Carpeaux,
92800 Puteaux (Paris)

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Aude Charrier 
Sous-Directrice de la Régulation Européenne
Direction des Affaires Européennes et Internationales, Ministere de la Transition Ecologique La Grande Arche, Paroi sud,  La Défense Cedex 92055 

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Germany

Julia Werner (Vice-Chair)
Head of Unit - Strategic and Legal Aspects
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Stresemannstrasse 128-130
10117 Berlin

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Holger Mürle
Deputy Head of Unit - Strategic and Legal Aspects
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Stresemannstrasse 128-130
10117 Berlin

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Greece

Petros Varelidis
Director of the National Center for the Environment and Sustainable Development
Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy 
2 Panormou str.
115 23 Athens

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Pending nomination

Hungary

Krisztina Prém

Head of Department

Ministry of Energy

Department for Environmental Development and Strategy

Apáczai Csere János utca 9.
H-1052 Budapest


 

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Zita Gellér
Eionet National Focal Point
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Environmental Development and Strategy
Kossuth Lajos tér 11
H-1055 Budapest

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Iceland

Bergthóra Njála Gudmunsdóttir
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate
Skuggasundi 1
101 Reykjavik

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Garðar Svavar Gíslason 
Quality Manager / Eionet National Focal Point
Environment Agency of Iceland/Umhverfisstofnun
Suðurlandsbraut 24,
108 Reykjavík

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Ireland

Laura Burke (Chair)
Director General
Environmental Protection Agency

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Chair of the EEA Management Board as of 1 September 2017 (please see above)

Brian Carroll
Assistant Secretary 
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
29-31 Adelaide Road 
Dublin 1

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Italy

Alessandro Bratti (Vice-Chair)
General Secretary of Po Basin (Environment and Energy security Ministry)
Strada Garibaldi 72
43121 Parma 

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Felice Cappelluti
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
Directorate General for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs - Div III - International Affairs
Via Capitan Bavastro 174
00154 Roma 

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Latvia

Andris Ķēniņš
Deputy State Secretary on Environmental Protection 
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
Riga, LV-1494

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Kristīne Kazerovska
Deputy Director
Environmental Protection Department 
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
Riga, LV-1494

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Liechtenstein

Hanspeter Eberle
Head of Department Administration/Coordination
National Office of Environment
Geberweg 5/Postfach 684
9490 Vaduz

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Lithuania

Milda Račienė
Director of the Environmental Protection Agency
Juozapavičiaus g. 9
09311 Vilnius 


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Aldona Margeriene
Head of the Water Assessment Division
Environmental Protection Agency
Juozapaviciaus st. 9
9312 Vilnius

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Luxembourg

André Weidenhaupt (Vice-Chair)
Director General
Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable development
4, place de l’Europe
2918 Luxembourg

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Paul Rasqué
Conseiller
Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable development
4, place de l’Europe
2918 Luxembourg

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Malta

Kevin Mercieca 
Director Environment and Resources and Acting CEO 
Environment and Resources Authority 
Hexagon House, Spencer Hill,
Marsa, MRS 1441, Malta 

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Darrin T Stevens
Deputy Director - Environment and Resources
Environment and Resources Authority
Hexagon House, Spencer Hill,
Marsa, MRS 1441, Malta 

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Netherlands

Ingeborg Absil 
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water, Directorate of Environment and International Affairs
Rijnstraat 8
2515  XP The Hague

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Jennefer Baarn
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water, Directorate of Environment and International Affairs
Rijnstraat 8
2515 XP The Hague 

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Norway

Ingunn Limstrand
Head of Section for the Environmental Data Section
Norwegian Environment Agency
P.O. Box 5672 Sluppen
7485 Trondheim

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Torfinn Sørensen
Head of Department, Water Resources and Knowlegde
Norwegian Environment Agency
P.O. Box 5672 Sluppen
7485 Trondheim

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Poland

Magda Gosk
Deputy Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection
Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
Aleje Jerozolimskie 92
00 807 Warsaw

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Anna Katarzyna Wiech
Director
Department of Environmental Monitoring 
Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
Aleje Jerozolimskie 92
00 807 Warsaw

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Portugal

Nuno Lacasta
Director General  
Portuguese Environment Agency   
Rua da Murgueira, 9-9a Zambujal apartado 7585
2611-865 Amadora

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Alexandra Carvalho
General secretary
Ministry of Environment
Rua do Século, no 51, 3o
1200-433 Lisboa

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Romania

Lóránd Árpád Fülöp
Secretary of State  
Ministry of Environment
Bvd. Libertăţii nr. 12, Sector 5, Bucharest 
040129 Bucharest

 

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Marilena Doncuţă
Senior Counsellor 
General Directorate for Evaluation of Impact and Pollution Control  

Ministry of Environment    
Bvd. Libertăţii nr. 12, Sector 5 
040129 Bucharest

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Slovak Republic

Mária Fischerová
Director of the Department for Coordination of the Environment Policy of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
Námestie L'. Štúra 1
812 35 Bratislava

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Mgr. Michal Maco
Director General of the Slovak Environment Agency
Tajovského 28
975 90 Banská Bystrica

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Slovenia

Tanja Bolte
Acting Director General
Environment Directorate of Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Dunajska 47
1000 Ljubljana

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Joško Knez
Director General
Slovenian Environment Agency
Vojkova cesta 1b
1000 Ljubljana

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Spain

Antonio Nieto Magro
Acting Deputy Director General for International Relations
Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz 10 
28078 Madrid

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Martín Fernández Díez-Picazo
Subdirector Adjunto de Relaciones Internacionales del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz 10
28078 
Madrid

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Sweden

Anna Otmalm
Manager Department for Environmental Analysis
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
106 48 Stockholm

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Marcus Carlsson Reich
Deputy Director, Sustainable Development Department
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
106 48 Stockholm

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Switzerland

Petra Zimmermann
Vice Director
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
3003 Bern

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Martine Rohn-Brossard
Deputy Head of International Affairs Division
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
3003 Bern

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Republic of Türkiye

Mehmet Emin Birpinar
Deputy Minister 
Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi Eskişehir Devlet Yolu (Dumlupınar Bulvarı) 
Bakanlıklar
9. km. No: 278 Çankaya / Ankara

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Mehrali Ecer
General Director of Environmental Impact Assessment, Permit and Inspection
Ministry of Environment and urbanization
Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı
Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi Eskişehir Devlet Yolu (Dumlupınar Bulvarı) 9. km. No: 278 
Çankaya / Ankara

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Designated by the European Parliament

Lena Neij
Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE)
Lund University
Tegnérsplatsen 4
22100 Lund, Sweden

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Tomáš Cajthaml
Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies
Faculty of Science
Charles University
Benatska 2
128 01 Prague 2
Czech Republic

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Klaus Jacob
Dr, Research Director
Free University Berlin
Environmental Policy Research Centre
Ihnestr. 22
14195 Berlin, Germany

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Fernando Valladares 
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
CSIC
Serrano 115 dpdo,
E-28006 Madrid, Spain

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European Commission representatives

Gilles Gantelet
Director - Directorate A
Policy, Coordination, LIFE Governance and Resources
DG Environment
European Commission
1049 Brussels
Belgium

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Alessandra Zampieri
Director - Directorate D
Sustainable Resources
Joint Research Centre TP123
Via E. Fermi 2749
21027 Ispra (VA)
Italy

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John Bell
Director - Directorate C 
Healthy Planet
DG Research and Innovation
European Commission
Marsveldstraat 21
1050 Brussels
Belgium

DoI

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Viveka Palm
Director - Directorate E  
Sectoral and Regional Statistics
Eurostat
Bâtiment Bech
5, rue Alphonse Weicker
2721 Luxembourg

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EEA Scientific Committee (Chair)*

Claire Dupont 
Assistant Professor
Socio-Technical systems
Ghent University
Department of Public Governance
Apotheekstraat 5
9000 Ghent – Belgium

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Guest*

Yvon Slingenberg
Director, Directorate A – Strategy, Analysis and Planning
DG CLIMA
European Commission
1049 Brussels

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*Not an EEA Management Board member according to the provisions of the Establishing Regulation, but is invited to all Management Board meetings and receives a copy of all mail sent to the Board.

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