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Alumni Focus

Our alumni community is one we are immensely proud of! EI alumni go on to have amazing experiences: pursuing their passions and making society a better place worldwide. It’s always exciting to hear what our alumni have been up to – here we highlight some of our alumni who are making an impact beyond the European Institute.

If you feel there's an EI alum whose work should be in focus - a friend, an old colleague, or even yourself - please get in touch and let us know.  

Culture and Society

 

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Eugene Zapata Garesche

Class of 1993
MSc in European Studies

Eugene is the Team Leader for the Territorial Approach to Local Developement (TALD Facility), European Commission


 

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Richard Kaudewitz

Class of 2010
MSc in European Studies: Ideas and Identities

Richard works as a Consultant for EU Climate Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection


 

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Federico Rinaldi

Class of 2019
MSc in Culture and Conflict

Federico is the Network Manager at the European Concert Hall Organisation


 

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Maurits Meijers

Class of 2012
MSc in European Studies

Maurits is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Radboud University in the Netherlands.


 

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Cheryl Carvalho

Class of 2019
MSc Global Europe: Culture and Conflict

Cheryl works in the Department for Transport within the UK Civil Service.


 

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Helena Lamb

Class of 2008
Msc European Studies: Ideas and Identities

Helena is the Norway Director, Development and Outreach at Human Rights Watch.


 


 

Migration

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Ezgi Ilhan

Class of 2021
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Ezgi is the Leadership, Empowerment, and Communication Program Manager for Free to Feed: a social enterprise working with asylum seekers and refugees.


 

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Justine Seligson

Class of 2021
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Justine is the Integration Manager at the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA).


 

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Ghina Kheir

Class of 2022
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Ghina is a Junior Program Officer at the International Growth Centre


 

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Lavinia Pilosu

Class of 2023
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Lavinia is an ECHO Partnership Assistant at Plan International EU


 

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Armand Louis Dulay

Class of 2022
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Armand is a diplomat and lawyer at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs


 

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Firoza Dodhi

Class of 2019
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Firoza is a solicitor in the Disputes and Investigations team at Simmons & Simmons LLP.


 

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Yuri Arabadgi de Andrade

Class of 2019
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Yuri is an Emergency Response Professional at the UN World Food Programme


 

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Erika Loggin

Class of 2019
MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Erika works as a Graduate Trainee at the Wellcome Trust.


 

 

Political Economy

 

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Jonas Rautenberg

Class of 2022
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Jonas is a Communications Officer at the Federation of German Industries


 

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Olga Triay Bagur

Class of 2023
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Olga is a Trainee at the European Central Bank


 

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Yentl Stutterheim

Class of 2020
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Yentl is a Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands.


 

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Hector de Rivoire

Class of 2018
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Hector is a Senior Manager at Microsoft's UN and International Organisations team


 

 

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George Christopoulos

Class of 2010
MSc in European Political Economy

George is the Secretary General of Economic Policy and Strategy at Greece’s Ministry of Economy and Finance


 

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Felix Schweren

Class of 2016
MSc in European Political Economy

Felix is a Public Sector Partner Manager at Amazon Web Services


 

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Lora Ventsislavova Krasteva

Class of 2012
MSc in European Studies - Ideas and Identities (Double Degree)

Lora is an artist, cultural producer and coach.


 

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Mengying Xie

Class of 2021
MSc in Global Political Economy of China and Europe (Double Degree)

Mengying is a PhD student in Public Policy Tsinghua University.


 

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Ji-Won Song

Class of 2013
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Ji-Won is an Assistant Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School


 

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Alessio Zanelli

Class of 2006
MSc in European Political Economy: Transition

Alessio is a Senior Private Sector Specialist and Project Team Leader at the World Bank Group


 

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Arjeta Islami Muja

Class of 2012
MSc in European Political Economy

Arjeta is the Head of the European Integration Division at the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade in the Government of the Republic of Kosovo


 

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Lucas van Staalen

Class of 2022
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Lucas is an Senior Account Executive in Financial Services at FleishmanHillard


 


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Arthur Corazza

Class of 2019
MSc in European Studies (Research)

Arthur is a Socio-Economic Analyst at the European Commission (DG EMPL)


 

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James Hermanson

Class of 2019
MSc in European Political Economy (Dual Degree)

James is a Junior Economist/Policy Analyst at OECD


 

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Marko Čeperković

Class of 2017
MSc Political Economy of Europe (Dual Degree)

Marko is a Financial Crime Compliance Officer at Goldman Sachs


 

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Aylin Lusi

Class of 2010
MSc European Political Economy

Aylin is Vice President of Public Affairs at UPS Canada


 

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Matthieu Philippot

Class of 2010
MSc European Political Economy (Dual Degree)

Matthieu is Head of Unit at the French Treasury


 

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Sirid Boehm

Class of 2015
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Sirid is Director & Head of Consulting at Global Digital Women.



 

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Juste Galvydyte

Class of 2015
MSc in Political Economy of Europe

Juste is a Sustainable Investment Project Manager at Credit Suisse.


 

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Maria Sotiriou

Class of 2012
MSc European Studies

Maria is an External Relations Officer at the WHO Office to the EU. She is also currently President of the LSE Alumni Association in Belgium.


 

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Arnolds Eizensmits

Class of 2017
MSc Political Economy of Europe

Arnolds is a Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament, and the Vice President of the LSE Alumni Association in Belgium.


 

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Hélène Weil

Class of 2013
MSc European Political Economy (Double Degree)

Hélène is Head of EU Public Affairs at the European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT.


 

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Eve de Saint Jores

Class of 2011
MSc in European Political Economy

Eve is the Director of Americas at M.Chapoutier, a winery based in the Rhône region in France.


 

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Michelangelo Bruno

Class of 2015
MSc Political Economy of Europe 

Michelangelo works as a National Seconded Policy Expert at the European Banking Authority.


 

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Laurenz Mathei

Class of 2017
MSc Political Economy of Europe

Laurenz is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of PEACS, a political economic consultancy.


 

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Tobias Mac-Lean

Class of 2017
MSc Political Economy of Europe

Tobias is a Senior Policy Officer for the kENUP Foundation.


 

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Petar Traykov

Class of 2014
MSc Political Economy of Europe

Petar works in the financial services advisory sector at UBS.


 

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Patrick Lunz

Class of 2012
MSc European Political Economy (Double Degree)

Patrick serves as speechwriter and advisor for strategic communications to the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.


 

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Patrick Girasole

Class of 2013
MSc Political Economy of Europe

Patrick is a consultant at Slalom Consulting.


 

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Roxanna Azimy

Class of 2017
MSc European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies, and Identities

Roxanna is a content writer and advocacy communications consultant.


 

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Sascha Titze

Class of 2018
MSc European Political Economy

Sascha is a Supervision Analyst at the European Central Bank.


 

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David Zajonz

Class of 2014
MSc Political Economy of Europe

David is a freelance journalist in Germany, reporting for WDR’s economics affairs team and for ARD Tagesschau.


 


 

Politics and Policy

 

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Aleksandra Heflich

Class of 2010
MSc Politics and Government of European Union

Aleksandra is a Policy Analyst in the European Parliamentary Research Service, an in-house think tank of the European Parliament.


 

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Sam Williams

Class of 2021
MSc European and International Public Policy

Sam is an EU Policy Manager at EPICO KlimaInnovation: a non-profit association which develops sustainable strategies for climate neutrality.


 

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Tom Wan

Class of 2012
MSc Politics and Government in the EU

Tom is the co-founder of Orientis, a specialist European portal research and investor advisory firm.


 

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Valentin Shatalov

Class of 2019
MSc in Culture and Conflict

Valentin is a Media Relations Manager at an investment company


 

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Nellie Shiolashvili

Class of 2018
MSc in European Studies

Nellie is the Head of Division for the EU-Georgia Policy Planning and Analysis at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia


 

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Pak Yin Choi

Class of 2022
MSc in European and International Public Policy

Pak Yin is a Project Engagement Specialist at the World Economic Forum.


 

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Elettra Di Massa

Class of 2017
MSc in EU Politics

Elettra is a Policy Officer at the European Commission (DG HOME)


 

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Eugenio Frisetti Carpani

Class of 2016
MSc in EU Politics

Eugenio is a Senior Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon


 

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Samuel Ducroquet

Class of 2007
MSc in European Politics and Governance

Samuel is the Protocol Manager in charge of dignitaries for the organizing committee of Paris 2024.


 

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Duccio Maria Tenti

Class of 2017
MSc European Politics And Governance

Duccio is a Policy Officer at the European Commission working on climate change and sustainable energy in Sub Saharan Africa.


 

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Veronika Janeckova 

Class of 2012
MSc Politics and Government in the European Union

Veronika is an Executive Coach at Burnout Heroes and a Creator and Facilitator of Business Retreats and Experiential Learning at BizTreat


 

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Ivana Kottasova

Class of 2012
Msc Politics and Government in the European Union

Ivana is a Digital News Producer at CNN.


 

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Tim Decker

Class of 2012
MSc Politics and Government in the European Union

Tim works in Global Elections Integrity at Google.


 

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Owen Wong

Class of 2017
MSc EU Politics

Owen is a Political Officer at the British Consulate-General Hong Kong with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).


 

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Myriam Castello

Class of 2016
MSc Politics and Government in the EU (Double Degree)

Myriam is an International Development Officer at SUEZ: an organisation committted to sustainable development.


 

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Natasha Burroughs

Class of 2009
MSc European Politics and Governance

Natasha is a sustainability strategy, comms and private-public partnerships specialist.


 

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Marion Laboure

Class of 2009 & 2012
MSc in European Politics & Governance; MRes in Economics

Marion is a Senior Economist at Deutsche Bank, and lectures at Harvard University.


 

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Darlyn Buchwitz

Class of 2019
MSc EU Politics

Darlyn works as an Election Campaign Manager for CDU Deutchslands.


 

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Yana Popkostova

Class of 2009
MSc European Politics and Governance

Yana is the Founder and Managing Director of the European Centre for Energy and Geopolitical Analysis. 


 

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Dominik Kirchdorfer

Class of 2015
MSc Politics and Government in the European Union

Dominik is an author, social entrepreneur, and European affairs adviser.