Monica Monaco

President

Based in Brussels for the past 20 years, Monica Monaco has been responsible as Senior Manager for the regulatory and governmental affairs of an important player in the financial services sector for 10 years. She was a Member of the SEAP Board between May 2012 and May 2015 and founded PubAffairsParis in 2005. She holds a Master’s in Economics, EU Law oriented from the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. She has previously worked as a consultant for various firms, as well as for the OECD and the Council of Europe.

Jonathan Goff

Associate

Jonathan Goff is an strategic communications expert who has worked in various capacities, including in the European Parliament both for the Office of the Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists and a British Conservative Party MEP, after which he freelanced in London, Brussels and the US. In June 2011, he joined an important player in the FMCG industry as EU Affairs Manager. He also served as Secretary of the British Conservative Party in Belgium and as Treasurer & Membership Officer for ecpa 2.0.

Laure Tempier

Associate

Laure Tampier works since 2005 as a writer/communications officer for an intergovernmental organization dealing with customs and trade related issues and based in Brussels. She previously worked as a consultant for a communication agency, an executive agency of the European Commission and various NGOs in Brussels. She graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Aix en Provence, France and holds a Masters in International Relations.

Massimiliano Gobbato

Communications Director & Institutional Relations

Massimiliano Gobbato has worked in several public affairs and communications roles in the European media industry, the NGO sector, as well as for an international organisation and a regional delegation to the EU. He has also served as an external consultant for the European Commission and published as a special contributor and policy analyst on various subjects related to EU and global issues. He holds a Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy, as well as an MA in Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe.

Matthieu Meier

EU Public Policy Senior Programme Officer

Prior to his current capacity as a Senior EU Public Affairs Officer, Matthieu Meier has worked for several organisations, including the European Court of Human Rights, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, an EU Affairs consultancy and an industry association. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in European and International Law and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Laws both from the University of Maastricht. He is a German and French mother tongue, speaks English fluently and has an intermediate knowledge of Dutch.

Nikklas Kekki

EU Public Policy Programme Officer

Nikklas Kekki is a EU Public Affairs Officer who holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Tallinn University of Technology, where he specialised in EU and International Law, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Maastricht University, where he specialised in trade, finance and customs law. He was an active member of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) and an assistant for a Tallinn University research project on international law and cybersecurity. He is a Finnish mother tongue, speaks English fluently and has an upper-intermediate level of Swedish and a lower-intermediate knowledge of French.

Nicole Finucci

EU Public Policy Programme Officer

Nicole Finucci is an EU Public Affairs Assistant who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Padua and a Master’s degree in European Studies from the University of Brussels (ULB), during which she had the opportunity to specialise in social policy and employment relations. Prior to her current role, she had been a Junior Research Assistant contributing to an Institute of European Studies – IEE/CEVIPOL research project on the economic governance of the European Union and worked as a Policy Assistant for both the ACV-CSC Belgian Trade Union and the European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP). She is an Italian mother tongue and speaks English and French fluently.

Kristina Vilenica

EU Public Policy Programme Officer

Kristina Vilenica is an EU Public Affairs Assistant at PubAffairs Bruxelles. She holds a Master’s degree in Multilingual Communications (EN-DE) and a Bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages and Literature, both from the University of Liège. She also completed an Erasmus Programme exchange at the University of Heidelberg deepening the topics of her graduate studies. Prior to her current capacity, she worked as a Trainee at an MEP Office and had participated in the operations of different NGOs active in the advocacy sector. She is a French and Croatian mother tongue and speaks English and German fluently.

Jacopo Bosica

EU Public Policy Programme Officer

Jacopo Bosica is an EU Public Policy Assistant who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative, European and International Legal Studies (CEILS) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento. After completing his undergraduate studies, he received the “America Giovani” Award from the Italy–USA Foundation that allowed him to successfully complete an Executive Master in Leadership for International Relations and “Made in Italy”. He also gained a Joint Master’s degree in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS), an Erasmus Mundus programme run by the University of Glasgow in cooperation with the Dublin City University, the University of Trento and the Charles University of Prague. He is an Italian mother tongue, and speaks English, French and Spanish fluently.