Board

The Board, consisting of minimum eight and maximum 12 individuals, is the highest decision-making body under the General Assembly. It normally meets at least four times a year. All Board members are ‘ex officio’ members of the Council. Board meetings are chaired by the EEB President.

Toni Vidan

EEB President

Stefan SCHEUER

EEB Treasurer


Stefan Scheuer leads EU policy advocacy for CHEM Trust, a European member of the EEB, and represents civil society at the European Chemicals Agency. Stefan has been shaping EU environmental policies for the last 25 years. He headed the Coalition for Energy Savings to make it a climate priority and lead the EEB’s campaigns for the Water Framework Directive and the REACH regulation.
EUROPEAN MEMBER ORGANISATION

Andriy ANDRUSEVYCH

EEB Vice President


Andriy Andrusevych is Senior Policy Expert at Resource & Analysis Center “Society and Environment”, an environmental think-tank organization in Ukraine. program of the Ukrainian Catholic University Law School. Mr. Andrusevych has many years of experience working with environmental public interest law organizations. Mr. Andrusevych is active member of the coordination body of the European ECO Forum, a coalition of environmental NGOs from all parts of Eurasia and delegation member for the Aarhus and Espoo Conventions, and SEA Protocol bodies. He has served for many years as European ECO Forum Legal Focal Point for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and has extensive experience in promoting implementation of and compliance with multilateral environmental agreements, especially the Aarhus and Espoo Conventions. He authored several publications in the area of environmental human rights, international environmental law and compliance mechanisms under multilateral environmental agreements. In recent years he has focused on Ukraine’s implementation of the EU environmental and climate acquis.
UKRAINE

Pegah MOULANA

EEB Vice President


Pegah Moulana is a 28 years old British-Iranian, currently working as the Secretary General of Youth and Environment Europe (YEE). Pegah is the current Committee of Ministers Recommendation paper on Climate Crisis and young people rapporteur at the Youth Department of Council of Europe and has been the founding portfolio lead on climate crisis and young people at Council of Europe. She has been the chairperson of European Youth Foundation from 2019 to 2021, tasked with supporting youth led organisations across Europe to receive monetary assistance in running youth led, non-formal education centric programmes across Europe.
EUROPEAN MEMBER ORGANISATION

Anke STOCK

EEB Vice President


Dr Anke Stock is a lawyer and board member of WECF, a European and international network of over 250 women’s and civil society organisations working on transformative gender equality and women’s human rights in interconnection with climate justice, sustainable energy and chemicals, safe water and sanitation for all. Anke is working on gender mainstreaming environmental projects and programmes within WECF’s network and beyond and is advocating for gender equality within multilateral environmental agreements and the European Green Deal.
EUROPEAN MEMBER ORGANISATION

Bernhard ZLANABITNIG

EEB Vice President


Bernhard Zlanabitnig is of Austrian origin, living and working in Vienna. He holds an M.A. in law from the University of Vienna and 2 post-graduate degrees, M.Sc. in humanitarian management & logistics from the University of Lugano and M.A.S. in renewable energy systems from the Technical University of Vienna. He is Director of the EU-Umweltbüro in Vienna and Vice-President of the EEB. He is also Steering Group member of SDG Watch Austria and SDG Watch Europe.
AUSTRIA

Nuria BLAZQUEZ

EEB Board Member


Nuria Blázquez is a biologist and Ms of protected area management. She is the head of international affairs of Ecologistas en Acción, a Spanish grassroots confederation of over 300 environmental groups working in biodiversity, energy, transportation, agroecology, water, air quality, ecofeminism, and mining, among other environmental issues. She conducts EU-related activities and assists local organisations facing serious consequences in their areas in raising their voice in Europe.
SPAIN

Karima HAMMOUCHE

EEB Board member


Karima Hammouche is a lawyer and a member of the Luxembourg Bar and a founding partner of the law firm “Etude Hammouche, Avocats à la Cour ”. She specialises in national and international litigation, with a particular focus on environmental disputes. She is very active in the environmental field. She advices Natur&Ëmwelt ONG which works for the preservation of the biodiversity in a diverse and cultural landscape through awareness raising advice, practical, scientific and political actions. She has been appointed expert of the Luxembourg Bar in the CCBE (Council of European Bars) Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Comittee on Environment and Climate Change. She is editor-in-chief of the legal review "Jurisnews Droit de l'Environnement". Also, she is a regular lecturer in the Council of Europe's HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) programme on environment and human rights
LUXEMBOURG

Ivana MALEŠ

EEB Board member


SLOVAKIA

Andre PRESCHER-SPIRIDON

EEB Board member


GERMANY

Arnaud SCHWARTZ

EEB Board member


Arnaud Schwartz is an organic farmer and board member of France Nature Environnement. FNE is the umbrella organisation of French nature conservation and environmental protection associations. Arnaud has also been FNE’s president (2020-2023) and is representing the French federation in the European Economic and Social Committee since 2017, mainly working on environmental law implementation, biodiversity, climate and agriculture related issues.
FRANCE

Attracta UI BHROIN

EEB Board member


IRELAND