Valdis Dombrovskis's team

Email: michael.hager@ec.europa.eu

Phone number: +32 2 29 58977

Responsibilities

• Strategy and policy-setting
• Strategic priorities and College coordination for Simplification and Implementation
• Management of the Cabinet
• Relations with the President’s Cabinet, Executive Vice-Presidents’ and High Representative/Vice-President Cabinets and the SG 
• International and inter-institutional relations 
• Senior personnel matters
• Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union
• Eurogroup, ECOFIN
• General Affairs Council

Email: zaneta.vegnere@ec.europa.eu

Phone number: +32 2 29 57732

Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Head of Cabinet
• European competitiveness 
• Commission work programme 
• Inter-institutional relations group (GRI)
• Competitiveness Coordination Tool
• Global governance, G7/G20 
• International economic and financial relations
• Relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organization for International Cooperation and Development (OECD) 
• International role of the euro (IROE) 
• Coordination with the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Séjourné (industry files)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Economic security (TRADE)
• Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW)
• European External Action Service (EEAS)
• International Partnerships (INTPA)
• Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
• Migration and Home Affairs (HOME)

Email: pim.lescrauwaet@ec.europa.eu

Phone number: +32 2 29 67353

Responsibilities

• Economic policy coordination and strategy 
• Budgetary and macroeconomic surveillance
• European Semester
• Competitiveness Coordination Tool
• Council meetings on economic and financial affairs, and Eurogroup
• Relations with the European Fiscal Board
• Relations with the European Central Bank 
• Euro adoption, including ERM-II 
• Coordination with DG ECFIN
• Coordination with the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Séjourné (ECFIN files)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Innovation and Research (RTD)
• Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action (I.D.E.A.) and foresight 
• Skills (EMPL)
• European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
• Health Emergency Response Authority (HERA)
• Equality (JUST)
• Rule of law, free movement of people (JUST)  

Email: sofja.ribkina@ec.europa.eu

Phone number: +32 2 29 64010

Responsibilities

• Group for External Coordination (EXCO)
• Relations with the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Macro-financial assistance (Western Balkans and Southern neighbourhood)
• Relations with the European Court of Auditors (ECA)
• European financial architecture for development
• European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
• European Free Trade Agreement countries (EFTA)
• Western Balkans
• Türkiye
• Central Asia
• Russia

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• InvestEU (GROW)
• Budget and Own Resources, MFF (BUDG)
• Competitiveness Fund
• EU Restrictive Measures (FISMA and TRADE)
• Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO)
• Trade, including FDI screening (TRADE)
• European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (ENEST) for Western Balkans and Türkiye
• Middle East, North Africa, Gulf (MENA)
• Health, Food Safety and Animal Welfare (SANTE)

Email: gabriela.tschirkova@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 87144

Responsibilities

• Recovery and Resilience Facility, transparency and protection of financial interests of the EU
• System of national accounts, statistics and international cooperation on statistics
• Review of the System of Expert Groups
• Subsidiarity and proportionality 
• Coordination with ESTAT (Eurostat)
• Screening and stress-testing EU acquis
• Reporting burden reduction (25% and 35% targets)
• Implementation dialogues coordination
• Reality checks coordination
• Fit for Europe Platform  

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Infringements
• Taxation and Customs, including CBAM (TAXUD)
• Climate Action (CLIMA)
• Energy (ENER) 
• Competition (COMP)
• Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
• Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE)

Email: nicolo.brignoli@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 91167

Responsibilities

• Digital euro and euro cash
• Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure (MIP)
• Better Regulation
• Impact assessments and evaluations 
• Public consultations and calls for evidence
• Better Regulation Toolbox
• ‘One in, One Out’ principle 
• Relations with the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB)
• Delegated and Implementing Acts
• Relations with European financial supervisory authorities (ESAs) 
• Relations with the European Central Bank (financial services-related matters)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA) 
• Environment (ENV) 
• Corporate law, data protection, consumers (JUST)

Email: mirzha.de-manuel@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 13523

Responsibilities

• National investments and reforms 
• Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
• Coordination with the cabinet of Executive Vice-President Fitto (on RRF)
• European Semester, employment and social dimension
• Participation in EPSCO Council
• Relations with EU social partners 
• Economic and Monetary Union architecture
• College coordination and corporate deployment for simplification and implementation
• Interinstitutional agreement on Better Lawmaking
• Simplification for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps 
• SME and competitiveness check
• Annual plan for fitness checks, evaluations and simplification packages
• Coordination of annual progress reports on enforcement and implementation 
• Participation in General Affairs Council

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Secretariat General (SG)
• Human Resources (HR)
• European Pillar of Social Rights
• Social Rights, Quality Jobs and Preparedness (EMPL) 
• Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC)

Email: clara.gonzalez-zunzarren@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 88104

Responsibilities

• Communication, media and social media strategies
• Relations with international press
• Coordination of communications team
• Relations with DG Communication (COMM) and Spokespersons' Service
• Relations with the Ombudsman
• Petitions
• Access to Documents 
• Youth Policy Dialogues

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Demography

Email: maija.celmina@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 64470

Responsibilities

• Ukraine 
• Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loans for Ukraine initiatives
• Macro-financial assistance (Ukraine, Moldova, Eastern neighbourhood countries)
• Reducing administrative burden: e-government/digitalisation/ AI/paperless Single Market 
• Communication, including Latvian press
• Relations with Latvian stakeholders
• Ethics and Transparency 
• Commissioner’s agenda planning
• Relations with the European Parliament 
• Relations with the European Economic and Social Committee
• Relations with the Committee of the Regions
• Relations with national parliaments
• Relations with the Network of Regional Hubs for Policy Implementation Review (RegHub – Committee of the Regions)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT)
• Democracy/foreign interference
• Digital trade, including e-commerce (TRADE)
• Mobility, Transport, Tourism (DG MOVE)
• European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (ENEST) for Ukraine, Moldova, Eastern partnership countries 

Email: arnolds.eizensmits@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 65947

Responsibilities

• European economic forecast
• Relations with the European Stability Mechanism 
• Post-programme and enhanced surveillance
• Social media producer 
• Commissioner’s speeches in Latvian
• Support to coordinating Eurogroup/ECOFIN
• Support to coordinating European Semester 
• Euro coins
• Relations with academia and think tanks   

Email: maaria.wierink@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 67787

Responsibilities

• Coordination with Commission Protocol
• Correspondence of the Commissioner
• Scheduling of the Commissioner’s agenda 
• Publication of the Commissioner’s missions
• Digital ambassador for the Cabinet
• Local security officer (LSO)

Email: bernadette.wild@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 83302

Responsibilities

• Coordination of administrative arrangements 
• Business continuity management
• Missions
• HR Correspondent for Cabinet members
• Coordination of budgetary arrangements 
• Mission budget 
• Trainees and NEPTs 
• Trainings

Email: petra.kuehnen@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 50233

Responsibilities

• Preparation of GRI file
• Preparation of G7 and G20 files
• Overview of invitations  
• HR Correspondent for assistants
• DECIDE: Parliamentary Questions

Email: michele.turzi@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 56337

Responsibilities

• Cross-Cabinet briefing coordinator (until September 2025)

Responsibilities

• Preparation of EXCO files
• Preparation of press files
• Publication of the Commissioner’s agenda

Email: isabelle.homans@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 80853

Responsibilities

• Local security officer (LSO)
• Mission budget (back-up)
• Preparation of the Eurogroup and ECOFIN files 
• Preparation of the European Semester files
• Relations with the European Semester Officers
• Cross-Cabinet briefing coordinator (until September 2025)

Email: mariana.opreana@ec.europa.eu 

Phone number: +32 2 29 84277

Responsibilities

• DECIDE: planning, ISC, decisions
• DECIDE: Petitions, Ombusman
• European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
• E-College
• HEBDO and COLLEGE files
• Access to document requests
• Archives