Nico Voorbach

President of ECA Executive Board

First Officer - Aircraft type: Boeing 777/200/300 Airline: KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)

Areas of responsibility:

• Representing ECA vis-à-vis the Member Associations, European Institutions and other relevant International Organisations.
• Together with the Vice-President, managing ECA as a whole.
• ECA Security Working Group (SEC WG).
• ECA External Relations Working Group (ER WG)
• Representing ECA in the EU Social Dialogue

Burkhart 'Pete' Kaumans

Technical Director

Captain - Aircraft type: B744 Airline: Lufthansa

Areas of responsibility:

• In charge of Flight Crew Licensing and Operations
• ECA Training, Licensing and Operations Working Group (TLO WG)
• EASA incl. ESSI, OPS and Licensing, EASA Advisory Board, SSCC
• EASA pilot project
• UAV
• Flight Data WG (incl. Just Culture and related activities of Social Dialogue, etc.)
• ECAST, EHEST and subgroups
• IFALPA-Committees: AAP, ADO, HUPER, HEL (in conjunction with EBDs IND)

Álvaro Gammicchia

Technical Director

First Officer - Aircraft type: A319/A320/A321 Airline: Iberia

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Air Traffic Management & Airports Working Group (ATMA WG)
• ECA Helicopters Working Group (HEL WG)

Odd Haugsbak

Admin & Finance Director

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Financial Working Group
• Oversees ECA’s financial & administrative management

Philip von Schöppenthau

Secretary General

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Flight Time Limitations Working Group (FTL WG)
• Daily management of ECA

Ignacio Plaza Sevillano

Deputy Secretary General

Legal Advisor

Areas of responsibility:

• Legal issues
• Social dialogue
• Support to the Secretary General
• Processing of information and requests

Anna Hagmajer

Office Manager

Areas of responsibility:

• Office organisation & general administrative management
• Point of contact for ECA MAs and external interlocutors
• Accounting & Financial issues
• Management of all practicalities related to staff
• Organisation of ECA conferences

Céline Canu

Policy Advisor

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Security Working Group (SEC WG)
• ECA External Relations Working Group (ER WG)
• ECA Trans-National Airlines Working Group (TNA WG)
• Security, incl. SAGAS, ECAC, etc.
• IFALPA Committees: SEC

Paméla Grillet-Paysan

Communications Officer & Technical Policy Advisor

Areas of responsibility:

• Communications
• ECA Helicopters Working group
• ECA Airports Working group (ATMA WG)

Kris Van der Plas

Technical Policy Advisor

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Training, Licensing and Operations Working Group (TLO WG) – responsible for flight operations’ issues
• EASA, incl EAB, ESSI, general strategy
• EASA : training & licensing issues
• ECAST, and subgroups
• IFALPA Committees: ADO, HUPER (focal point and technical issues)
• Commission/Council /Parliament

Loïc Michel

Technical Policy Advisor

Areas of responsibility:

• ECA Flight Data Working Group (FD WG) – responsible for Occurrence Reporting & Accident and Incident Investigations
• ECA Air Traffic Management & Airports Working Group (ATMA WG)
• IFALPA Committees: AAP, ATS & AGE (focal point and technical issues)
• SESAR Joint Undertaking
• Eurocontrol
• European Commission/Council /Parliament

Sarah Kamer

Administrative Assistant

Areas of responsibility:

• Administrative and organisational support to Office Manager, policy advisors, Working Groups
• Organisational aspects of EB and WG meetings, incl. taking minutes
• Management and regular updating of ECA Meeting Database
• ECA website