Executive leadership

Our network is led by 12 elected cities and their mayors. Six Forum chairs lead our thematic work. And our team in the Brussels office supports them all.

Executive committee

Burkhard Jung Mayor of Leipzig President
Mathias De Clercq Mayor of Ghent Vice President
Jevgeni Ossinovski Mayor of Tallinn Treasurer
Vasil Aleksandrov Terziev Mayor of Sofia
Sara Funaro Mayor of Florence
Juhana Vartiainen Mayor of Helsinki
Haris Doukas Mayor of Athens
Jaume Collboni Mayor of Barcelona
Ricardo Rio Mayor of Braga
Johanna Rolland Mayor of Nantes
Eirik Lae Solberg Governing Mayor of Oslo
Michael Ludwig Mayor of Vienna Secretary

Forum chairs

Dejan Crnek Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana Culture
Valladolid economic development
Tine Heyse Deputy Mayor of Ghent environment
Faouzi Achbar Deputy Mayor of Rotterdam Digital
Borja Carabante Muntada Deputy Mayor of Madrid mobility
Annette Christie Deputy Mayor of Glasgow social affairs

Strategy team

André Sobczak Secretary General
Guillermo Alvarez Garcia Director of Projects Finance and Data-Driven Performance
Brooke Flanagan Climate and Environment Director
Nathalie Guri Projects and knowledge sharing director
Maurice Bock Head of Digitalisation & Data Protection Officer
Alex Godson Communications Director
Olivier Baeselen Finance, HR and Office Manager
Patricia de Wouters People and Operations Director
Sinéad Mullins Director of Outreach and Member Engagement
Louise Coffineau Head of Advocacy
Thomas Lymes Head of Advocacy