Michael McGrath's team

Email: Kevin [dot] BARRETTec [dot] europa [dot] eu (kevin[dot]barrett[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 66098

Responsibilities

• Overall strategic coordination/policy setting
• Management of the Cabinet
• Strategic inter-institutional issues (European Parliament, European Council, Council, Court of Justice)
• Relations with Cabinets of President and Executive Vice-President
• Senior staff matters
• Hebdo

Email: joachim [dot] herrmannec [dot] europa [dot] eu (joachim[dot]herrmann[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 54214

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Head of Cabinet in his absence
• Inter-institutional relations and Group of Inter-institutional relations (GRI)
• Preparation of the General Affairs Council
• Cluster Coordination with Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Virkkunnen
• Preparation and coordination of Jour Fixe and Strategic Jour Fixe
• Management of cabinet’s administrative staff
• Rule of Law
• Relations with the Council of Europe
• European Convention on Human Rights
• Infringements 

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Commission Work Programme
• European Semester
• Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)
• DG BUDG where related to the rule of law
• Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST)

Email: simona [dot] constantinec [dot] europa [dot] eu (simona[dot]constantin[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 50615

Responsibilities

• Democracy
• European Democracy Shield
• European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)
• Media Literacy and funding
• Foreign information manipulation and interference and disinformation
• Fairness and integrity of elections
• Anti-SLAPP and safety of journalists
• Citizenship, free movement
• Political parties
• Exco
• Anti-Fraud Architecture: EPPO and OLAF

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Clean, just and competitive transition
• Competition
• Climate
• Energy and Housing
• Environment
• International partnerships

Email: egelyn [dot] braunec [dot] europa [dot] eu (egelyn[dot]braun[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 21765

Responsibilities

• Digital Fairness Act
• Consumer enforcement and redress (CPC, ADR, collective redress)
• Digital Technologies, AI
• Digitalisation of justice systems
• Civil Law

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Digital (CNECT)
• Competitiveness
• Single Market (Digital)
• Taxation
• Defense

Email: jordis [dot] ferroliec [dot] europa [dot] eu (jordis[dot]ferroli[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 92729

Responsibilities

• Criminal Justice, including international criminal justice
• Victims’ Rights Strategy
• Eurojust
• European Arrest Warrant
• Preparation for the Justice Affairs Council
• Relations with EP
• Relations with National Parliaments
• Relations with the Committee of Regions
• Relations with the European Ombudsman
• Coordination of parliamentary questions, Petitions, Ombudsman, EP Resolutions

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• FISMA related files
• Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, including preparedness
• People, skills and preparedness

Email: maria [dot] zafra-sauraec [dot] europa [dot] eu (maria[dot]zafra-saura[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 87121

Responsibilities

• Ukraine (accountability and damages, criminalization of sanction circumvention, Task Force Freeze and Seize)
• Data protection, including external dimension
• Fundamental Rights
• Relations with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
• Justice Funds
• Youth Platform

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Equality
• Budget (non-Rule of Law aspects), MFF and Public Administration
• Culture
• Sport
• Education
• Intergenerational Fairness
• Youth

Email: laetitia [dot] closeec [dot] europa [dot] eu (laetitia[dot]close[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 67073

Responsibilities

• Communication strategy
• Communications (social media)
• Social Media Strategy
• Relations with press
• Relations with the Spokespersons' Service
• Relations with the Economic and Social Committee

Email: Sham [dot] ABDURAHIMec [dot] europa [dot] eu (sham[dot]abdurahim[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 97342

Responsibilities

• Communications (with Communications Adviser; social media)
• Relations with press
• Rule of Law (with Joachim Herrmann)
• Anti-Corruption 
• Justice Scoreboard
• Protection of Whistleblowers

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Agriculture and Food
• Fisheries and Oceans
• Health
• Cohesion and Reforms

Email: lucie [dot] rousselleec [dot] europa [dot] eu (lucie[dot]rousselle[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 91376

Email: verane [dot] pravda-starovec [dot] europa [dot] eu (verane[dot]pravda-starov[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 62620

Responsibilities

• ATMOS (transparency) for the meetings of the Commissioner
• Ethics and Transparency Contact point
• Coordination with Commission Protocol
• BASIS correspondent for cross DG and cross Cab requests
• Business Continuity coordinator
• First Response team leader for evacuation
• Cabinet IT correspondent and Cyber Ambassador

Email: Vittorio [dot] ARGERIec [dot] europa [dot] eu (vittorio[dot]argeri[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 65964

Responsibilities

• Coordination of Cabinet's budget
• HR Correspondent for Cabinet members
• Cabinet Training correspondent
• Courrier du Président et Vice-Présidents contact point (back-up)
• Trainees (Blue Book and NEPT)
• EUCI SPOC contact point with Lavinia Gligor

Email: miguel [dot] luz-soaresec [dot] europa [dot] eu (miguel[dot]luz-soares[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 86164

Responsibilities

• Preparation of files for Inter-institutional relations and Group of Inter-institutional relations (GRI)
• Preparation of files for the General Affairs Council 
• Preparation of Jour Fixe and Strategic Jour Fixe files
• Rule of Law report coordination

Email: lucy [dot] maherec [dot] europa [dot] eu (lucy[dot]maher[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13461

Responsibilities

• Deputy Local Security Officer
• Deputy BASIS correspondent for cross DG and cross Cab requests

Email: Judit [dot] SZARKAec [dot] europa [dot] eu (judit[dot]szarka[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 84397

Email: ruxandra-lavinia [dot] gligorec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ruxandra-lavinia[dot]gligor[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 51922

Responsibilities

• DECIDE coordinator
• Archives and documents management
• Access to documents
• Preparation of Hebdo & College files
• Courrier du Président et contact point
• EUCI SPOC contact point with Judit Szarka