The Team

Office Manager
Anne Hamelin is in charge of the smooth running, coordination and supervision of the Efus office, and provides logistical support to the network life.She has several years of experience in international groups in the private sector. She holds a degree in Corporate Communication from Formasup Écoles – Bordeaux and a Master’s degree in Management and Communication Strategy from ISIFA.

Programme Manager 
 Pilar De La Torre follows, among others, the topics: discriminatory violence, security of senior citizens, innovation and security.  She is also in charge of Efus’ training programmes and Efus’ relationships with countries outside Europe. Prior to that, Pilar worked in Colombia at the National Institute For Research and Prevention of Fraud (INIF) for 2 years. She holds a master’s degree in Population and Development Expertise from Paris Descartes University and a degree in Economics from the Externado University of Bogotá (Colombia).

Programme Manager
Marta Pellón Brussosa follows, among others, topics such as discriminatory violence, public spaces and terrorism. Prior to that, she worked as Programme Coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and as Programme Assistant at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). She also interned at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the United Nations in New York and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. She holds a Master’s degree in International Security from Sciences Po Paris and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University of London.

Programme Manager
Bamba Niang follows the themes of Crisis Management and Technologies. Prior to joining Efus, he worked for Expertise France, the French public agency in charge of technical cooperation for international development and solidarity projects, which is a subsidiary of the French Development Agency (Agence française de Développement, AFD). 
Bamba holds two Masters in International Relations and in Strategic and Military Sciences from the University of Turin, as well as a Masters in International Politics and Transition Analysis from the University of Lyon 2 Lumière.
He also had a short career as an officer in the Senegalese army with training at the Military Academy of Modena in Italy. Last but not least, he is an athlete specialised in the 400 m sprint, and a huge fan of sports of all kinds.

Programme Manager
Ilyana Skalli works in particular on the Be Secure – Feel Secure (BSFS) project and on topics related to the full inclusion of citizens and their perceptions in the co-creation of urban security policies and tools, of which they are the main recipients.
She holds a double degree in Political Sciences and International Relations (Sciences Po Grenoble, France/Sciences Po Rabat, Morocco), and a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, with a specialty  in European Studies (Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs). She also coursed the Conflict Studies and Human Rights Program of  the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Prior to joining Efus, Ilyana worked in an NGO providing educational support and emotional care to orphaned students (Ashinaga Senegal), as well as for the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Council of Europe and the European Commission.

Administrative Assistant for European Projects
and Data Manager
Rasa Verseckaite provides logistical and administrative support to the European projects. She has 10 years of experience in the NGO sector, in the United States, Portugal, Lithuania and France. She was notably project coordinator at the National Office for the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission for Youth in Lithuania. She completed a double degree programme in History and International Studies at the University of Richmond in the United States.

Administrative and Financial Director
Maryse has a degree in Economics with a focus on economic policies (Master 1) and in Economics of Regional Planning and Local Development (Master 2) from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne. She has held positions as Administrative and Financial Director and General Secretary in the associative sector, as well as in the private and para public sector. She has significant experience in the financial, legal and human resources matters encountered in SMEs and Midcaps and the solutions to be found to resolve them. Maryse is in charge of all these aspects within the Forum.

Accounting Assistant
Eric Loustauneau is accounting assistant to Efus’s Administrative and Financial Director. He holds a vocational high-school diploma with a management and accounting option, as well as a first and a second degree in accounting.
He regularly takes refresh trainings in accounting. Eric Loustauneau has worked as a secretary-accountant at CNP Insurance and as an office worker in the financial department of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (Deposits and Consignments Fund).

European Projects Officer
Inès Khachkhouche is in charge of the administrative and financial follow-up of Efus’ European projects. Previously, Inès worked as a trainee as a European Projects Assistant, supporting the European Projects Officer and Data Manager at Efus. She also has work experience in the UK. Inès holds a degree in Foreign Languages Applied Economics and Law (English-Spanish), specialising in Business and Commerce from Sorbonne University, and a Master’s degree in Political Science in European and International Studies from Sorbonne University.

European Projects Officer
Lauranne Homyrda is in charge of the administrative and financial management of European projects for Efus. Prior to joining Efus, she worked as a Partnership and Valuation  Manager at the Paris School of Economics and European project manager  within Expertise France, the French international cooperation public agency. 
Lauranne  holds a Master’s degree in Political Science in European and International Studies from the Sorbonne III University, and a degree in International Studies which led her to course one academic year at University College Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. 

Communications Manager
Silvia Icardi is Communications Manager for the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) and the French Forum for Urban Security (FFSU). She leads the communication strategy to promote the image, the achievements and values carried by Efus/FFSU and their networks. Silvia holds a Master’s degree in international administration and a double master’s degree in French and German law. Before joining Efus/FFSU, she worked in the international NGO sector in the field of emergency humanitarian assistance, development support and sustainable development, as well as in international institutions in the field of cooperation and international commercial mediation.

Communications Officer
Olga Malosh is a Communications Officer responsible for the communication of European projects. She completed her apprenticeship at Efus and holds a Master 2 degree in CAWEB at the University of Strasbourg and a Master 2 in Intercultural Communication from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. She was previously a member of the team leading the National Educational Project in Moscow, Russia.

Apprentice Communications Officer
Salma El Bekkali is an Apprentice Communications Officer. Holding a B.A in Information and Communication, she is currently a fourth-year student in Public and Political Communication at the European Communication School (ECS), based in Paris.

Logistics and Event-Planning Apprentice
Samia Guillet is logistics and event-planning apprentice. She is coursing a B.A. in event-planning at the Paris School of Tourism and Communication. She holds a Baccalaureate + 2 years of tertiary education.