Ecorys UK

Michael is key operational lead in the delivery of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, with a focus on Vocational Education and Training. He has over 15 years' experience of working in European programme and account management.

Vicki coordinates the EU28 market across Ecorys UK, and leads on EU28 work in the fields of employment, social inclusion, education and training, and non-discrimination.

Anja leads mixed-method research and public policy evaluation work with a focus on employment, education, skills, migration and youth policy. She is an expert in counterfactual impact evaluation and econometric modelling.

Anna is a consultant in the Business Development team, managing and implementing EU projects in the EU28 and in the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood countries.

Cecile specialises in education policy, with a particular emphasis on the EU28 and higher education. She is experienced in qualitative and mixed methods. 

Christine works in research and evaluation projects in the areas of employment, social inclusion, (vocational) education, and sport. She has specialist qualitative research skills and expertise in mixed methods approaches.

Corrina has over 13 years experience of grant management, systems development and project support for European funding programmes in the fields of education, training and youth.

Elizabeth specialises in research and evaluations relating to vocational education training, further education, adult learning and digital skills.

Emma is a project manager in the Erasmus+ Communications team. She has experience in event management and creating digital content.

James specialises in evaluating programmes relating to children, young people and families and social investment.

James specialises in sports policy (covering sports participation, sport for development and the economic dimensions of sport) and programmes relating to young people, employability and enterprise development.

James is an economist, working on economic studies, cost-benefit analysis and evaluations of approaches to 'whole family' working and health and wellbeing. 

Jenny specialises in evaluating programmes relating to health and wellbeing and children, young people and families.

Julian coordinates business development across the Unit, leads the Unit’s Tax and Customs work, and holds Project Director roles on large projects.

Kath leads Ecorys’ work on crime and justice as well as working on research and evaluation projects across the themes of children and families, employment and welfare.

Keith has over 25 years of creative design experience working across all media. Keith leads the design team on a wide range of projects in Europe and the UK.

Madeleine is a highly experienced programme manager, who specialises in overseeing the management and delivery of large scale European funding programmes within the UK. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Erasmus+ UK National Agency, which is delivered in a partnership between the British Council and Ecorys UK.

Matt is the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for Ecorys UK, who is heavily involved in Project Management, Social Media and Graphic Design. With over 8 years’ experience, Matt works across the ECORYS group providing support and resources for a wide range of projects and clients.

Maurizio leads on employment and social inclusion in the EU. He has been working in the socio-economic research domain for more than 15 years, focussing on topics related to labour market, working conditions and quality of work, international development and evaluation.

Nikki manages the Web and Social Media team, together helping clients to communicate effectively online through the development and management of websites and social media channels.

Ray leads our Survey Centre within the Policy and Research team. A Data Collection Specialist he has a wide-ranging knowledge of research practices, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies and is responsible for our Online CAWI, Telephone CATI and Face to face CAPI data collection surveys.

Tarek is a Net Developer designing and implementing Business Systems Software using ASP.net (MVC & Webforms), as well as C-Sharp, VB.net, and SQL Server.

Gregor is a senior manager, responsible for project management and leading the delivery of international development projects in a range of countries. He is the Project Director for the Independent Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (Nigeria) and the Civil Society Environment Fund 2 (Zambia). He is also the Managing Director of PMTC Zambia.

Jonathan leads the team’s research in the fields of culture, sport and development, and is a specialist in conducting mixed-methods evaluation studies. His research improves policy at national, European and international levels.

Laurie leads Ecorys' children, young people and families research. His main areas of expertise include child participation; family intervention, safeguarding, and multi-agency partnership working between children’s services and schools.

Rachel has 20 years' programme management experience specialising in UK social policy grant management and EU funding, including programme start-up and systems development.

Dani is responsible for leading financial strategy and management of the International Development Division including oversight of country offices in Bangladesh, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Ian leads on Ecorys’ employment and labour markets work in the UK. His research background and interests include employability interventions, social inclusion and results-based payment mechanisms.

An experienced director in programme management, Carolyn is Director of Digital Services at Ecorys and Director of the EPALE (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe) contract.

Tim is an Associate Director at Ecorys with 21 years’ experience of working at the EU and UK level, focusing on urban policy and education, training and culture.  

Russell is an experienced programme manager who has managed wide range of UK grant programmes, covering regeneration, sports and families.

Jan’s role is to develop Ecorys’ current and future Programme Management and Communication services in international markets including EU28 and EuropeAid countries. He has 12 years of experience in EU-funded TA programmes and projects and key areas of his work include education and training, employment and social inclusion.

As an Associate Director, Ahsfa is experienced in programme and grant management and work across various policy areas, principally Adult Education and Health and Care. Currently, she is the Team Leader for the EPALE UK NSS (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe).

Korina leads on Ecorys UK’s enterprise and growth work, and contributes to large-scale evaluations across policy fields. She has a research background in evaluation of area-based interventions and her interests include enterprise, development, employability and social inclusion.

As Director of the Americas operation, Andrew has advised international trade and investment agencies on all aspects of operation. He also works with technology firms on business expansion initiatives.

Louise is an economist with over 12 years of experience in public policy research and evaluation. Her research interests include economic development, environment, transport, culture and heritage.

Faye is a communications and technical assistance specialist with over 13 years' experience. She currently manages UK-wide strategies to increase engagement and impact for the Erasmus+ programme, including social media, websites, events and publications.

Nick supports Ecorys UK’s International Development work in Southern Africa which includes business development, delivery of several major Ecorys initiatives and technical work in the area of livelihoods, environment and natural resource management.

Kevin has 18 years' experience of implementing European programmes in the UK, providing funding to support collaborative activities to improve quality in the fields of education, training and youth.