Our Team
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia has an international team of permanent staff responsible for conservation, science, policy, advocacy, capacity building, fundraising, communications, finance and administration supporting the 45 European and Central Asian BirdLife Partners.
Communications and Media

Christopher Sands
Director of Global Communications at BirdLife International and BirdLife Europe and Central Asia

Honey Kohan
Communications Manager

Naïma Crotti
Communications Officer

Caroline Herman
Communications Officer
Conservation

Anna Staneva
Head of Conservation

Willem van Den Bossche
Senior Flyway Conservation Officer

Sofia Capellan
Senior Conservation Officer, Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas

Claire Rutherford
Species Conservation Officer

Antonio Vulcano
Marine Officer

Lilla Barabas
Project Coordinator – LIFE Against Bird Crime

Daniel Mitchell
European Marine Coordinator

Shane Sparg
Conservation Partnership Manager

Joana Bores
IBA Conservation Officer

Tom Cabuy
Sibelco Partnership Coordinator

Thomas Sebrechts
Land Use Data Analyst
Administration and Finances

Peter Swaelen
Finance & Administration Manager

Jessica Redaelli
Senior HR and Data Protection Officer

Marcia Pereira
Finance Officer
Capacity Development

Brecht Verhelst
Network Development Manager

Dorothée Guénéheux
Mediterranean Capacity Development Officer
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