The Ombudsman's Team
To ensure that the institution can properly deal with complaints in all 24 Treaty languages, as well as raise awareness about how it can help people and organisations, the Ombudsman has a well-qualified, multilingual staff. Search our staff by area or consult the organisational chart (organigramme) for our office.
European Ombudsman
Cabinet of the European Ombudsman
The cabinet team is responsible personally to the Ombudsman, working under her direct instruction. It advises and assists the Ombudsman to help ensure the implementation of her vision and objectives.
- Andre Filipe Salvado E Machado
Head of Cabinet - Angela Nardella
Legal adviser - Diana Riochet
Legal adviser - Tiago Varzim
Communications Adviser - Erika Murányi
Personal Assistant to the Ombudsman
Secretariat General
The Secretariat General is responsible for the overall management of the office and for ensuring overall coordination and implementation of the Ombudsman's strategy.
- Lampros Papadias
Secretary-General - Elena Kindyni
Artificial Intelligence Officer - Christophe Lesauvage
Senior Legal Adviser
- Murielle Richardson
Expert, in charge of annual management cycle
- Erika Schmidt
Assistant to the Secretary-General
Directorate of Inquiries
The Directorate of Inquiries, which includes one case-handling Unit (below), is in charge of the Office's core activities namely conducting inquiries into possible cases of maladministration by the EU institutions, bodies and agencies and promoting good administrative practices.
- Rosita Hickey
Director of Inquiries
- Marta Hirsch-Ziembińska
Principal Adviser on international cooperation and fundamental rights
- Jennifer King
Legal Expert
- Alice Bernard
Inquiries Officer - Tanja Ehnert
Inquiries Coordinator
- Silvia Fuller
Inquiries Officer
- Michaela Gehring
Inquiries Officer
- Nicholas Hernanz
Inquiries Officer
- Michal Krajewski
Inquiries Officer - Amandine Le Bellec
Inquiries Officer - Tereza Mandjukova
Inquiries Officer
- Koen Roovers
Inquiries Officer
- Paulien Van de Velde-Van Rumst
Inquiries Officer - Catherine Vaudé
Directorate Assistant
- Anna Wrzesniak
Inquiries Officer - Noelle Perez Morillas
Inquiries trainee
Case-handling Unit
- Tina Nilsson
Head of Case-handling Unit
- Francesca Abbo
Inquiries Officer
- Ludovica Aquino
Inquiries Officer - Vieri Biondi
Inquiries Officer
- Peter Bonnor
Inquiries Officer
- Ainara Gomez Urrosolo
Inquiries Officer - Pablo Gonzalez Perez
Inquiries Officer - Mathieu Greuet
Inquiries Officer - Josef Nejedlý
Inquiries Officer - Eija Salonen
Inquiries Officer
- Valentina Stoeva
Inquiries Officer
- Konstantinos Tsaklidis
Inquiries Officer
- Emily May Tullberg
Inquiries Officer - Rutger Van Kammen
Inquiries Officer - Kristina Wittkopp
Inquiries Officer - Giada Boscato
Inquiries trainee - Tobias Fluck
Inquiries trainee - Jose Luis Da Mota Flores
Inquiries trainee - Virginia Solans Ferrer
Inquiries trainee - Pavlos Vaenas
Inquiries trainee - Michiel Verhulst
Inquiries trainee
Directorate for Administration
- Marie-Pierre Darchy
Director for Administration
Process & documents management, business continuity and infrastructure team
- Alessandro Del Bon
Head of Process & Document Management, Business Continuity and Infrastructure
- Marc Kamran Amir-Tahmasseb
Administrator - Web and Software Development Officer
- Christophe Bauer
Process Management Assistant - Coordination
- Carmen Beneitez
Process Management Assistant - Séverine Beyer
Process Management Assistant
- Bruno Alexandre Bismarque-Alcântara
Process Management Assistant
- Kevin Crespo
Information Technology Support
- Marjorie Fuchs
Administrator
- Ana Gaspar
Process Management Assistant
- Gaëtan Ischan
Software developer - Inga Jasmontaitė
Process Management Assistant
- Isgouhi Krikorian
Administrative Assistant
- Gaël Lambert
Information Technology Officer - LSA
- Oualiba Makhloufia
Process Management Assistant - Document Manager Officer (DMO)
- Caroline Zinck
Process Management Assistant
- Yaroslav Sakal
Web Developer Trainee
Budget and finance team
- Véronique Vandaele
Head of Budget and Finance
- Cindy Giannakis-Rey
Financial Assistant
- Zygmunt Hrehorowicz
Financial Assistant
- Emese Szentes
Financial Assistant
Human resources team
- Zina Assimakopoulou
Head of Human Resources
- Rachel Doell
Human Resources Assistant
- Giovanna Fragapane
Learning and Development Coordinator
- Stéphanie Maraj
Human Resources Assistant
- Caroline Moen
Human Resources Assistant
- Francesca Pavesi
Legal and Policy Officer
- Gabrielle Sheridan
Human Resources Assistant
- Félicia Voltzenlogel
Human Resources Assistant
Communication Unit
The Communications Unit is responsible for informing the general public, key target audiences, and other stakeholders about the Ombudsman's inquiries and strategic work, and her engagement in relevant EU debates and policy developments.
The Unit is responsible for general strategic communications work, as the coordination of the European Network of Ombudsmen.
The Unit is responsible for general strategic communications work, as the coordination of the European Network of Ombudsmen.
- Gundi Gadesmann
Head of Communication - Honor Mahony
Deputy Head of Communication - Nathalie Hubin
Communication Assistant - Carolina Marín Vargas
Communication Assistant
- Viktoria Racz
Communication Assistant - Marina Ramont
Communication Assistant
- Christelle Therouse
Communication Assistant
- Michal Zuk
Communication Officer - Javier Rodriguez Pascual
Trainee
Data Protection Officer
- Francesca Pavesi
Data Protection Officer
- Nicholas Hernanz
Deputy Data Protection Officer
Transparency Officer
- Tereza Mandjukova
Transparency Officer
- Eija Salonen
Deputy Transparency Officer