


The Secretariat provides strategic, policy, financial and administrative support to the Network under the leadership of the Chief Executive. It also provides a range of services to members and manages the Network’s relationships with the European Commission and other stakeholders.
Secretariat staff can be contacted using: firstname.lastname@esn-eu.org
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John Halloran Chief Executive Languages: English and French |
| Alice Birch Office Manager and PA to Chief Executive Languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian |
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POLICY |
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Stephen Barnett Policy Director Areas of work: Policy & practice programme coordination; older people and long-term care; service contracting and quality. Languages: English, German and French |
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Dorota Tomalak Policy and Development Officer Areas of work: De-institutionalisation and community care; employment services and active inclusion; Central/Eastern Europe development Languages: Polish, French, English, German and Serbian |
| Alfonso Montero Policy and Research Officer Areas of work: Mental health, children & families, policy & practice statistics, surveys and research. Languages: Spanish, English, French, Polish and Portuguese |
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Adrienn Nagy Policy and Information Assistant (part-time) Languages: English, Hungarian and German |
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COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS |
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Irina Savin Communications Officer Areas of work: Internal and external communication, members outreach and promotion, membership development. Languages: Romanian, English, French |
| Sam Crossfield Communications and Data Assistant Languages: English |
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David Scurr |
| Robert Blaszczak Data Research Assistant, Intern (part time) Languages: Polish, English |
| EUROPEAN SOCIAL SERVICES CONFERENCE |
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| Maria Capozzi Conference Manager (part-time) Languages: English, Spanish |
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| Marie Vinet Conference Organiser Languages: French, English, Spanish |