ECNC Secretariat
The ECNC staff assist the Board, the Scientific Council and the Network, and take care of the daily operations. They provide project coordination, communication and information services, and logistical support to these bodies as well as to external parties.
ECNC has 18 staff members based in Tilburg and 3 regional representatives. ECNC has a regional office for Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in Zagreb, Croatia, which is currently in the process of establishment. ECNC is also served by Centro Mediterráneo in Barcelona, Spain. Both regional offices are being converted into offices of the ECNC Group.
In addition, secondees, interns and volunteers support ECNC’s activities.
Staff details
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Name: Ronald Busio
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Finance & Administration Officer
Education: Pre-University Education, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Contact: busio@ecnc.org
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Name: Ayşegül Çil
Nationality: Turkish
Position: Programme Manager – Nature and Society
Education: BSc in Landscape Architecture, Ankara University, Turkey; MSc in Landscape Planning and Design, Ankara University, Turkey; MSc in Urban Environmental Management, Rotterdam/Wageningen, the Netherlands; PhD in Conflict Management and Stakeholder Development for Coastal Areas, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Contact: cil@ecnc.org
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Name: Kristijan Čivić
Nationality: Croatian
Position: Project Manager – Green Infrastructure / Ecosystem and Species Management
Education: BSc in Biology – Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Contact: civic@ecnc.org
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Name: Ben Delbaere
Nationality: Belgian
Position: Senior Programme Manager - Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Assessment / Ecosystem and Species Management and Coordinator of the Large Herbivore Network (LHNet)
Education: MSc Botany (Vegetation ecology), University of Antwerp, Belgium; Postgraduate course in Environmental Impact Assessment, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Contact: delbaere@ecnc.org
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Name: Frans Ghering
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Office Manager
Education: Higher National Diploma I and II (SPD I + SPD II) in Business Administration, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Contact: ghering@ecnc.org
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Name: Joop van Hezik
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Senior Advisor Sustainability and Green Economy
Education: MSc Cultural Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy and Economic Antropology, Nijmegen University, the Netherlands; Post-doc Environmental Expert for Europe, University of Eindhoven.
Contact: vanhezik@ecnc.org
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Name: Dr Lawrence Jones-Walters
Nationality: British
Position: Deputy Executive Director and Senior Programme Manager – Business and Biodiversity / Green Infrastructure
Education: PhD in Management of Chalk Grassland for the Conservation of Invertebrates, University of London, UK; MSc in Applied Entomology (Temperate and Tropical) & Diploma of Membership of the Imperial College, University of London, UK; BSc Honours in Zoology, University of Manchester, UK; Masters in Business Administration, Open University, UK.
Contact: joneswalters@ecnc.org
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Name: Veronika Mikos
Nationality: Hungarian
Position: Project Manager – Business and Biodiversity
Education: BSc in Economics in Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Veszprém, Hungary; Erasmus student at Faculty of Business and Tourism, University of Lapland, Finland.
Contact: mikos@ecnc.org
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Name: Andrew Schrauwen
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Senior Project Officer
Education: BA in Public Administration, Avans Hogeschool, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Contact: schrauwen@ecnc.org
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Name: Mark Snethlage
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Project Manager – Nature and Society
Education: MSc in Physical Geography, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Contact: snethlage@ecnc.org
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Name: Amor Torre Marin
Nationality: Spanish
Position: Project Manager – Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Assessment
Education: Degree in Environmental Engineering (specialization in Forestry) at Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
Contact: torremarin@ecnc.org
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Name: Astrid van Hemert
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Executive Secretary
Education: Middle Economic Administrative Education – Secretarial, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Contact: hemert@ecnc.org
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Name: Glynis van Uden
Nationality: British
Position: Senior Project Officer
Education: Postgraduate Diploma in Vocational Techniques for Career Linguists (French and Italian), University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; BA Honours (French), University of Leicester, UK.
Contact: vanuden@ecnc.org
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Name: Peter von Meijenfeldt
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Senior Manager Regions and Biodiversity
Education: Master’s degree in Spatial Planning and Sociology, Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.
Contact: vonmeijenfeldt@ecnc.org
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Name: Hanneke Wijnja
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Communication Officer
Education: BA Animal Management, Van Hall Institute, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; MA Business Communication and Digital Media, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Contact: wijnja@ecnc.org
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Name: Rob Wolters
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Executive Director
Education: MSc Honours in Human Geography with specializations in Town and Country Planning, Economic Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Geography, Environmental Law and Sociology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Contact: wolters@ecnc.org
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Name: Marcus Zisenis
Nationality: German
Position: Senior Officer – Biodiversity Analysis, seconded to the European Environment Agency’s European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD) in Paris.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. (interdisciplinary in nature conservation), Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; MSc in Conservation, University College London, University of London, UK; Diplom-Biologe (main subject nature conservation), Universität Hamburg, Germany.
Contact: zisenis@mnhn.fr
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Regional representatives
Next to our staff members based in Tilburg, we have one based in Kleve, Germany. ECNC is also served by two staff members at the Centro Mediterráneo in Barcelona, Spain.
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Name: Johan Kieft
Nationality: Dutch
Position: Biodiversity Representation Unit Germany
Education: MSc Environmental Policies, Nijmegen University, the Netherlands.
Contact: kieft@ecnc.org
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