11 years of professional experience in Brussels also including 2 years ½ in EU institutions, 7 years in advice for EU projects
Insider understanding of EU policy-making, expertise about EU budget and EU financial programmes, insights into regional, R&D, industrial & social EU policies
Track record in policy analysis & research, consulting, negotiations, project management
Postgraduate interdisciplinary education in a unique university institute of European studies in a multinational environment
Details and Extracurriculars
Master thesis (supervised by Prof. S. Vanhoonacker,Maastricht University), The European Parliament’s Parliamentary Diplomacy: Shaping EU Foreign Policy? The case of EU-Russia relations (grade: 17/20, among the 5 best theses of the IRD promotion)
Bachelor level (2004/2007): political sciences, economics, history, law, sociology
2006-2007 : Study Abroad in Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, courses on international relations and Eastern Europe
Master level (2007/2008): specialisation in EU Affairs:
Collective project “S(t)imulation européenne” for the organisation Nouvelle Europe: organisation of fictive sessions of the European Parliament for high-school pupils interviewing prospective Commissioner for energy. (http://www.nouvelle-europe.eu/stimulation-europeenne.html)