The Board

President

Michiel Van Cauwelaert

Vice-President

Helen Heinz

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Cristina-Florentina Dinca

Operations Lead

Mario Cavolo

Community Engagement Lead

Paola Castillo

Country Representative Lead

Evan Bernardi

Communications Lead

Anushree Deo

Operations Team

Operations Lead

Mario Cavolo

Operations Manager

Orielia Pria Egambaram

Operations Manager

Juni Victoria Moe Moltubak

Operations Manager

Pietro Bonaldi

Operations Manager

Stefano Cisternino

Operations Manager

Anna Trawoeger

Finance Team

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Cristina-Florentina Dinca

Communications Team

Communications Lead

Anushree Deo

Policy Team

Policy Lead

Chiedozie Odazie

Community Engagement Team

Community Engagement Lead

Paola Castillo

Community Engagement Team Member

Giulio Orsenigo

Community Engagement Team Member

Panagiota Iliopoulou

HR manager

Ellen Snel

HR manager

Anna Iurkevskaia

Project Leads

COP31 Project

Angelos Pastras

COP31 Project

Ben Santhouse-James

Africa-Europe Energy Transition

Julien Lemaire

Africa-Europe Energy Transition

Dario Barcella

Policy Map

Fidan Karimli

Future of Energy Report 2026

Spyros Nikitas Tsamichas

Future of Energy Report 2026

Julian Nilsen

Talk Energy with YES-Europe Podcast

Jinar Fallahi

Women in Energy Transition

Andrea Rusković

Talk Policy with YES-Europe

Timothy Alden

Country Coordination Team

Country Representative Lead

Evan Bernardi

Co-CR Lead

Marco Petrosino

Co-CR Lead

Mariami Modebadze

Co-CR Lead

Rhani Bostyn

Co-CR Lead

Nora Ragheb

Future of Energy Days Manager

Lucia Mitriková

Country Representatives

Austria

Rachel Leutgöb

 

Bulgaria

Elizabeth Chavdarska

Finland

Jannat Ara Rahman

France

Mathilde Durousseau

Germany

Julian Gläser

Greece

Elpida Besi

Greece

Dimitra Karystinou

Hungary

Diana Lukela Wataka

Ireland

Louisa Odazie

Italy

Filippo Fincato

Luxembourg

Beatriz Beccari Barreto

Netherlands

Polychronia Angelidou

North Macedonia

Jelena Gjoshikj

North Macedonia

Maja Naumoska

Poland

Igor Burdzy

Portugal

Luís Pereira

Serbia

Natasa Rajkovic

Spain

Sofia Formoso

Sweden

Ronny Kedogo

Switzerland

Sinh Nguyen

Türkiye

Abdullah Yaman

United Kingdom

Marianna Rostkowska

Advisory Board

1st president

2016 – 2018

Katia Paramonova

3rd president

2020 – 2022

Dimitri Zogg

vice-president

2021 – 2024

Livia Kalossaka

operations lead

2023 – 2025

Sakari Teerikoski

5th president

2023-2026

Eric Balakrishnan

CFO

2024 – 2026

Arnav Agarwal

EYEN secretariat director

2025 – present

Veronica Saletti