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ESC Executive Management Team

The ESC employs staff to support its professional volunteers in the development, production and management of these activities. This staff is managed by a chief executive officer who reports to the president and management group of the ESC Board.

ESC Executive Management Team

The ESC employs staff to support its professional volunteers in the development, production and management of these activities. This staff is managed by a chief executive officer who reports to the president and management group of the ESC Board.

Chief Executive Officer

Jean-François Riffaud, France

Executive Management Team

Ghislain Daval – Chief Operating Officer

  • Corinne Cristin – Human Resources Director
  • Robert Herman – Media Production Associate Director
  • Nata Nambatingue – Congress & Event Director
  • Laure-Emmanuelle Peyret - Projects & Systems Associate Director 
  • Olivia Seward - Communications Associate Director

Aoife Delmas – Chief Development Officer

  • James Kennedy - Public Affairs Director
  • Steve Lang - Strategy & Audiences Associate Director
  • Malek Lebsir - Strategy & Partnership Associate Director

Nathalie Lefebvre – Chief Financial Officer

Valentina Tursini – Chief Scientific Officer

  • Aline Abravanel, Epidemiology and Data Science Director
  • Abigail Rickard, Education and Congress Programmes Director