Team
Omri Preiss
Managing Director
EU affairs and civil society professional, having worked in the European Parliament, and for human rights and sustainability NGOs on campaigning and advocacy.
Maia Mazurkiewicz
Head of StratCom
Strategic communication expert, coordinator of the European Front network in Poland, former chancellor to the Polish President with a background as a lawyer.
Benjamin Zeeb
Head of Partnerships
Historian, journalist and author on European affairs and international relations, founder of the think-tank Project for Democratic Union.
Carola Hesse
Head of Development
A certified EU fundraiser, programme manager, and film-maker, with wide ranging experience in culture and arts projects as well as projects on social inclusion and citizenship.
George Bandy
Programme Manager
Professional in European affairs and citizen engagement, with experience leading multiple youth and student organisations. Keen writer on all matters from big data to green policy.
Saman Nazari
Influence Operations Analyst
Open-source intelligence analyst who works with analysing Chinese Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). Sam is working to develop the DISARM Framework and create closer collaborations between the influence operations countering community.
Arkadiusz Brzeziński
Project Coordinator
Junior professional in European affairs and citizen engagement, with experience leading multiple youth and student organisations. Keen writer on all matters from big data to green policy.
board
The Alliance4Europe shareholders and board members were brought together from a wide range of organizations and institutions. Our supervisory board and group of shareholders consist of prominent advocates of European cooperation.
SONJA STUCHTEY
Serial entrepreneur, strategy consultant, and senior advisor to tech start-ups.
MICHEAL SCHAEFER
Former chair of the BMW Foundation, German ambassador.
PETER WILLISCH
Former director of several investment firms, organizer for Pulse of Europe, and co-founder of Alliance4Europe.
AC GRAYLING
Philosopher and author who writes and speaks extensively on Europe, democracy and citizen participation. He is founder and master of the New College for the Humanities in London.