Team
Head of Cabinet
Timo PESONEN
BERL 10/314
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 57995
- Strategy, management and coordination
- Management of cabinet team and Commissioner's agenda supervision
- Senior management issues
Deputy Head of Cabinet
Amadeu ALTAFAJ TARDIO
BERL 10/297
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 52658
- Deputising the Head of Cabinet
- Member states economic surveillance (FR, NL, PT)
- Ecofin Council
- Management of support staff
- Financial programming and budget incl. Group of Commissioners
- Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
- Communication and Information Strategy
- Relations with the Spokesperson's Service
- Trade
- Development
- Security (LSO)
Adviser
Taneli LAHTI
BERL 10/318
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 21201
- Member states economic surveillance (HU, LV, ES)
- Eurogroup
- Inter-institutional relations, GRI
- G7/G20 and IMF coordination
- Economic Governance
- Coordination of European Semester
- Enlargement of the euro area and convergence report
- Administrative issues
- External relations
- Group of Commissioners on External relations
Members of Cabinet
Peer RITTER
BERL 10/329
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 66490
- Member states economic surveillance (AT, BE, DE, IE, LU, MT, UK)
- EDP Coordination
- Economic forecasts
- Relations with the ECB
- Macroeconomic imbalances
- Research projects and publications
- European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Financial services
- Financial Instruments and Relations with EIB and EIF
- Innovative financing instruments; incl. Group of Commissioners
- Internal market and services; incl. Group of Commissioners
Karolina LEIB
BERL 10/333
TEL: +32-(0)2-29 81350
- Member states economic surveillance (CY, CZ, EL, IT, PL)
- Task Force on Greece
- Employment, social affairs and inclusion
- Group of Commissioners on Pensions
- Taxation and customs union
- Health and consumer policy
Natalie LUBENETS
BERL 10/340
TEL: +32-(0)2-29 84665
- Member states economic surveillance (BG, EE, LT, RO, SK, SI) + HR
- Economic Policy Committee
- Coordination of European Semester (assisting adviser Lahti)
- Education, culture, multilingualism and youth
- Transport
- Regional and cohesion policy
- Audit and internal control
- Relations with the Court of Auditors
Juho ROMAKKANIEMI
BERL 10/326
TEL: +32-(0)2-29 99234
- Member states economic surveillance (DK, FI, SE)
- Coordination with International Financial Institutions
- (WB, OECD, EBRD and regional development banks)
- Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
- Macrofinancial assistance
- Enterprise and Industry, incl. Group of Commissioners
- Energy
- Climate action, incl. Group of Commissioners
- Environment
- Agriculture and rural development
- Maritime policy and fisheries
Heidi JERN
BERL 10/342
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 54878
- Relations with the European Parliament
- Communication EMU (Prince programme)
- Issues related to euro coins and notes
- Research, Innovation and Science; incl. Group of Commissioners
- Digital Agenda, incl. Group of Commissioners
- Justice, liberty and security
- Competition policy and state aides
- Infringements
- Relations with the Committee of Regions and ECOSOC
- Relations with the Ombudsman, incl. Petitions
Irma MARTINMÄKI
Personal Assistant to Vice-President Rehn
BERL 10/309
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 67553
- Coordination of administrative and budgetary arrangements in the Cabinet
- Coordination of Cabinet/Management meetings
- IT correspondent
- Training correspondent
- Protocol
Alexis YAMAJAKO
Assistant
BERL 10/315
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 59440
- Humanitarian aid and crisis response
- Commissioner's web page
- Commissioner's correspondence
- Assisting in Eurogroup and Ecofin preparations
- Assisting in research projects and publications
- Assisting in GRI and EFC preparations
- Correspondence with the EP (including Basil)
PRESS
Simon O'CONNOR
Spokesperson
Tel: +32 (0)2 29 67359
Vandna KALIA
Press Officer
Tel: +32 (0)2 2995824
Audrey AUGIER
Press officer
Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 71607
Samantha BUTTERWORTH
Assistant of the Spokesperson
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 65522
Assistants
Marja HUOSO
Administrative Assistant
BERL 10/309
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 99240
Fax: +32-(0)2-29 60637
Assistant to
- Timo PESONEN
Jenni KINNUNEN
BERL 10/293
Tel: +32 (0)2 295 87 75
Assistant to
- Amadeu ALTAFAJ TARDIO
Michaela TOCHACKOVA
BERL 10/322
Tel: 32-(0)2-29 98311/78827
Fax: +32-(0)2-29 58502
Assistant to
- Heidi JERN
- Karoline LEIB
Seppo LATTU
BERL 10/331
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 91685
Assistant to
- NATALIE LUBENETS
- Peer RITTER
Maija-Riitta LINDBERG
BERL 10/322
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 90660
Fax: +32-(0)2-29 67774
Assistant to
- TANELI LAHTI
Fiona MURPHY
BERL 10/322
Tel: +32-(0)2-29 63904
Assistant to
- Juho ROMAKKANIEMI
