First Name Last Name Position Organisation Sophie Amoros Public Affairs Intern Carrefour Başak Babaoglu Manager EU Affairs METRO AG François Barry Consultant Cambre Associates Head of Funding Vienna Christian Bartik City of Vienna Business Agency Lithuanian Permanent Representation to Jolita Bociaroviene Internal Market Attache the EU Eric Bos Chair Groningen City Club Julien Bouyeron Policy advisor FCD Annemiek Brontsema Policy officer City of Groningen Ilya Bruggeman Adviser, Single Market EuroCommerce Maurits Bruggink Secretary-General EMOTA Real Estate & Hans-Joachim Bruschke IKEA Retail Germany Development Manager Nele Bzdega Deputy Property Manager IKEA Retail Germany Permanent Representation of the Rinalds Celmiņš Counsellor Republic of Latvia to the European Union European Affairs Delphine Chilese-Lemarinier Edenred Delegate Senior Policy and Legal Francesco Cisternino Confcommercio Advisor Barbara Dallinger Policy Advisor WKÖ Job de Visser Trainee European Retail Round Table Director, Competitiveness Christel Delberghe EuroCommerce & Commercial Relations Jan Delfosse Director General Comeos Femke den Hartog Advisor INretail European Public Affairs Guillaume Dumoulin Carrefour Manager Pieter Faber Head of EU Office Cities Northern Netherlands Géraldine Fages Senior Expert DG GROWTH Veronica Favalli Policy Advisor Confcommercio-Imprese per l'Italia Johannes Ferber Property Manager IKEA Retail Germany Christian Gieseke Attorney Lenz-Johlen Andy Godfrey Public Policy Manager Wallgreen Boots Alliance Mathilde Godichaud Consultant EURALIA Juan Alfonso Herrero EU Affairs Manager MERCADONA Julie Hervé Senior Policy Advisor Eurocities Patricia Hoogstraaten Member of the Board Detailhandel Nederland Helene Hotellier EU Affairs Federdistribuzione Todor Ivanov Secretary General Euro Coop Velimatti Kankaanpää Director General TMA Margriet Keijzer Head of EU Office Detailhandel Nederland Lukáš Kovács Office of MEP Štefanec European Parliament Stefan Kvarfordt Head of Brussels Office Svensk Handel Fanny Lannoy Public Affairs advisor FairValue Corporate & Public Affairs Director, Public Policy Tuula Loikkanen Finnish Commerce Federation and Advocacy Antonio López-Istúriz White MEP European Parliament Petra Maaskant Political advisor City of Groningen Permanent Representation of the Czech Denisa Machačková Intern Republic to the EU Simone Mancini Senior Policy Advisor IKEA Group Paulina Matczak Trainee European Commission Wim Martens Advisor Internal Market Benelux Union Laura May Intern Edeka AG Real Estate Project Thilo Mayer IKEA Retail Germany Manager Anne Mazoyer Presidente FairValue Corporate & Public Affairs Director, Advocacy & Neil McMillan EuroCommerce Political Affairs Stefania Moise Intern EuroCommerce Jan Molema Teamhoofd Benelux Unie Ivan Neirotti Policy Support Officer Eurocities Lora Nivesse Advisor Regulatory Affairs Comeos Efthymia Ntivi Senior Consultant Cambre Associates Member Employers’ European Economic and Social Laurentiu Plosceanu Group Committee Lucas Porsch Principal Consultant VVA Europe Emilie Prouzet Directrice Europe FCD Head of Unit Business to Maria Rehbinder DG GROWTH Business Services Julia Riss Head of Office REWE Group Frances Robinson Moderator Freelance Journalist Julia Rzepecka Principal Consultant VVA Sabine Schnabel Consultant SPAR Austria DG Internal Market, Industry, Irmfried Schwimann Deputy Director-General Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission Alexandra Simon Junior Manager EuroCommerce Corporate Anna Spiess Communications and METRO Group Public Policy Eelko Steenhuis EU project advisor Cities Northern Netherlands Anna Strandbacke Internal Market attaché SE Permanent Representation Gerrit-Milena Strätling Editor LebensmittelZeitung Kinga Timaru-Kast Head of Communications EuroCommerce Pieter Van Bastelaere Head of E-Commerce COMEOS Anneleen Van Bossuyt MEP European Parliament Joost van Keulen Acting Mayor City of Groningen Head of EU Public Affairs Hendrik Jan van Oostrum Ahold Delhaize Office Christian Verschueren Director-General EuroCommerce Bernd Wagner Head of Public Policy METRO AG Amsterdam University of Applied Jesse Weltevreden Professor Sciences Head of Legal Services Jan Werner METRO AG International Jeroen Westendorp Manager City of Groningen Leenq Whittaker Legal Officer European Commission Attaché for Internal Ulrike Wilfling Austrian Permanent Representation Market Claire Williams Junior Manager EuroCommerce