Our Team

Claire Fernandez (She/Her)

Executive Director

Claire is in charge of EDRi’s leadership, mission and strategy, financial sustainability and oversight, and the daily management of the operations. Before joining EDRi, she worked as the Deputy Director of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), and prior to that as an independent human rights consultant, and as an adviser to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, and represented the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia and Kosovo. She holds a Master degree in Human Rights from the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg, France.

(Languages: French, English, Serbo-Croatian)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Ella Jakubowska (She/Her)

Head of Policy

Ella leads the EDRi policy team, working to increase visibility of, and facilitate connections between, EDRi's work on state surveillance, platform power and tech & society. She has experience advocating and movement-building across digital rights issues, especially relating to biometrics. She also has specific expertise on the EU's AI Act, CSA Regulation and Prüm II laws. She holds an MSc in Human Rights, with a focus on intersectional feminist sociology of science & technology. Prior to joining EDRi, she led digital transformation initiatives at a global engineering and technology company.

(Languages: English, basic French)

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Twitter: @ellajakubowska1
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Chloé Berthélémy (She/Her)

Senior Policy Advisor

Chloé leads EDRi’s policy work on law enforcement, migration and data protection issues, including cross-border access to data, police cooperation, EU agencies and databases. She also has expertise related to online freedom of expression and content moderation in the context of the Terrorist Content Online Regulation. Before joining EDRi, she advocated for youth rights at the European level. She holds a Double Master in European Affairs from Sciences Po Lille (FR) and Aston University (UK).

Chloé is also a staff representative in the EDRi Staff Committee for 2024-25, and also served this role in 2023-24.

(Languages: French, English, German)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Jan Penfrat (He/Him)

Senior Policy Advisor

Jan is leading EDRi’s work on platform regulation, including the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, and covers policies related to disinformation and surveillance advertising. Before joining EDRi, Jan was a freelance technology reporter at the German IT magazine Golem.de where he covered internet regulation, IT security and open source software. He started his career as a policy consultant for the lobbying firm EUTOP and was a co-founder of the Privacy Training Center.

(Languages: German, English, French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Mastodon: @

Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (She/Her)

Policy Advisor

Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, PhD, is an expert in data protection and privacy, with a focus on commercial surveillance and the multidimensional virtual harms caused by online tracking. She also specialises in online freedom of expression, examining the role of security forces in content governance. Her work critically explores the intersection of technology, various forms of surveillance, and the imperative to protect both individual and collective rights, particularly for vulnerable communities within, and outside, European borders. Dr. Domínguez de Olazábal has extensive experience in the field of digital rights, having worked with 7amleh, an organisation dedicated to defending Palestinian digital rights. There, she raised critical questions about the extraterritorial impact of EU digital laws, addressing issues such as content governance, the regulation (or lack thereof) of spyware, and corporate responsibility in violating the rights of the Global Majority.
Her diverse professional background includes roles within the European Parliament and the EU Delegation to Egypt, where she contributed to policy-making and diplomatic initiatives at both regional and international levels. In addition to her work at EDRi, Dr. Domínguez de Olazábal is a professor of international relations and geopolitics. She collaborates regularly with think tanks and academic institutions, using a critical and interdisciplinary approach to global politics. Her research examines key issues such as tech colonialism, racial capitalism, and the evolving dynamics of securitisation, with a particular focus on the SWANA region and the Mediterranean.

Languages: Spanish, English, French, Arabic

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Janine Patricia Santos (She/Her)

Policy Advisor

Janine Patricia Santos, PhD is a social anthropologist working on themes of youth, digitalisation and Global North – Global South relations in digital transformation and digital infrastructure development. She has researched, taught and published extensively on decolonization, marxist and feminist critiques on the digital tech landscape, and continues her affiliations with academic networks and institutions to which she was previously part of prior to working at EDRi (KU Leuven, Monash University Australia, among others). She has also worked as a Policy Officer/Researcher for the Office of the President of the Philippines where she is original from, establishing the National Registry to provide social protection to precarious workers in the audio-visual industry. She remains involved in youth, artist and migrant activist groups in Belgium, Europe and the Philippines.

(Languages: English, Filipino, intermediate French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
Twitter: @Janine_PSantos

Aljosa Ajanovic Andelic (He/Him)

Policy Advisor

Aljosa covers issues related to illegal state surveillance and hacking, online freedom of expression and the effect of technological tools on migrants and asylum seekers' fundamental rights. Before joining EDRi, Aljosa was the Head of International Advocacy in a Barcelona-based NGO, where he coordinated the "Catalangate" denounce campaign against the use of spyware in Spain. He also worked for the Catalan Government in London, Zagreb, Wien and Warsaw. Aljosa is a lawyer and a journalist and holds a Master in Laws (LLM).

(Languages: Catalan, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, English, French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] secondname [at] edri [dot] org
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Bluesky: @aajanovic.bsky.social

Blue Duangdjai Tiyavorabun (They/Them)

Policy Advisor

Blue covers issues related to Artifical Intelligence (AI), as well as climate justice and the materiality of technology at EDRi.

Before joining EDRi, Blue worked at the Oxford Internet Institute. Where they investigated the societal impact of AI tools, leveraging a technical Master’s Degree in AI. In their research, they focus on a holistic, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspective. Prior, they took part in shaping the regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising, at the European Parliament.

Blue intentionally combines their technical background in AI, with their experience in EU digital policy making, as well as their involvment in community organising. This informs their aim to work toward a digital policy landscape that centers human rights, is based on technical expertise and emphasizes the necessity to center affected and marginalized communities.

(Languages: German, English, French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org

Vanessa Buvens (She/Her)

Head of Membership and Community

As Head of Membership and Community, Vanessa steers reflections and consultations to inform EDRi's network engagement and membership strategy, and help improve network health and governance processes. She also liaises with colleagues and members to strengthen collaborations and coalition building efforts.
Before joining EDRi's, Vanessa worked on various civil society strengthening initiatives, for example helping establish a European network of organisations advancing justice for children across 20 countries. She brings a decade of experience working with dozens humanitarian and social justice organisations on organisational development, change management, fundraising and strategy. Vanessa holds a MA in European Studies as well as post-graduate diploma in social innovation.

(Languages: French, English, Portuguese)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org

Guillermo Peris (He/Him)

Senior Membership and Events Manager

Guillermo’s main goal is to facilitate the synergies among EDRi members and affiliates and making sure the different organisations that constitute EDRi work in the best possible conditions. He deals with knowledge-sharing practices, improving internal communication and cooperation and supporting the development of EDRi governance mechanisms. He also organises capacity-building trainings, build coalitions and coordinates for network events. He is also constantly looking for new organisations in order to recruit them to join EDRi. If you’d like to join us, he’s the one you should talk to. In his free time he loves playing Dungeons & Dragons, cooking for his beloved ones and reading all kinds of speculative fiction. He holds a Master degree in Journalism & Communication from the University of Valencia, Spain.

(Languages: Spanish, English, French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Jean Duclos (He/Him)

Senior Finance and Administration Officer

Jean is responsible for the day-to-day management in the EDRi office, including finances and HR. He has a Master degree in European affairs from the IEE-ULB.

(Languages: French, English)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Assita Kone (She/Her)

Junior Administration and Finance Officer

Assita supports EDRi with administration, finance and office management. She has experience in financial auditing in Italy and holds MSc in International Business and Accounting.

(Languages: Italian, French, English)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Katarína Bartovičová (She/Her)

Senior Fundraising Manager

Katarina is responsible for developing relationships and raising funds from foundations, individuals, companies and other sources. Before joining EDRi, she had over a decade of fundraising experience, primarily at Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe, Amnesty International in Slovakia, Post Bellum SK and at the Slovak Fundraising Centre, which she co-established and has been its Deputy Chair since 2009. She holds a Master degree in Film and Television Production & Management from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia.

(Languages: Slovak, English)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Andreea Belu (She/Her)

Head of Campaigns and Communications

Andreea’s life goal is to ensure EDRi’s work is chewable & digestible for the wide public. She is responsible for developing the network’s campaign infrastructure and often co-organises EDRi’s events. In the past, she was the Board Director of the Danish NGO Oi4P, interviewed for DataEthics.eu and worked in a PET Startup. She has a Master in Business and Philosophy from Copenhagen Business School. Tweets as @EveDaRib.

(Languages: Romanian, English, Spanish, Danish)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
PGP: 66B2 48F0 35D5 C203 6561 70EE 0297 F83C C819 D5BF

Chiara Miraglia (She/Her)

Communications and Campaigns Officer

Chiara works closely on the EDRi website, social media platforms and the EDR-gram newsletter. She is a former Schuman trainee for the Secretariat of the European Parliament in the Unit for the Coordination of Editorial and Communication activities (EDCO). Before that, she had several working experiences in the non-profit sector with organisations such as Médecins sans frontières and the Italian Refugee Council. She has a Master's degree in Government and Politics - Communication and New Media and a vast passion for the digital communication sector.

(Languages: Spanish, Italian, English)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Shubham Kaushik (She/They)

Communications and Media Officer

Shubham works on EDRi’s various campaigns and communication products, including the website and social media. Previously, she supported communications for an international anti-corruption organisation in Berlin. She holds a Masters Degree in Media and Journalism, and a Bachelors degree in Economics. Her brief experience as an independent journalist in India makes her especially passionate about the intersections of digital rights and press freedom, and holding power to account. Shubham is also a staff representative in the EDRi Staff Committee for 2024-25.

(Languages: English, Hindi, German)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
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Brian Donnelly (He/Him)

Campaigns Officer

Brian works with EDRi’s members and allies to build coalitions and partnerships for pan-European campaigns on digital rights. He enjoys coordinating creative and collaborative, people-centred processes to bring about social change. Previously, he has worked at Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in Ireland. Most recently, he held the position of Programmes Officer at IGLYO – the world’s largest LGBTQI+ youth network. He holds a Master’s Degree in Gender, Globalisation and Human Rights from the University of Galway in Ireland.

(Languages: Irish, English, French)

E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org

Tim Colmant (he/him)

Graphic Design Officer

Tim is responsible for EDRi’s global visual identity in all web and print assets. He is also the liaison with all others graphic service providers. Before working at EDRi, he was the graphic designer of Ecolo, the French-speaking green party in Belgium. He also worked in the marketing team of Wrangler’s European HQ in Antwerp for several years.
On top of his office job, Tim has created graphics and illustrations for a number of brands and businesses as a freelancer. He is also a co-founder of Aubergine Press, an independent publisher. His personal work focuses on serendipity, naivety and childlike fun.

(Languages: French, English, Basic Dutch)
E-Mail: firstname [dot] lastname [at] edri [dot] org
Website: timcolmant.com