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Discover our expert on EU Subsidies

Lorraine de Bouchony

Lorraine is a co-founder of Welcomeurope where she developed the consulting side of the business. She heads strategy guidance missions for companies and public organisations and has developed a unique expertise in assisting professionals in positioning themselves within the institutional mechanisms. She has a diploma from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris and is an expert in European Geopolitics. She had an experience in the Secretariat General of The European Commission that made her understand the need to facilitate the dialogue between the institutions and professionals on the ground. She has been member of TEAM EUROPE, network of speakers initiated by the European Commission
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Valérie Buisine

Valérie BUISINE, following an academic background in Community affairs, joined the Welcomeurope team in 2001 and is now hDeputy Manager. Since 2003, Valérie has devoted her activities to project development and the formalization of applications for European subsidies (Structural Funds and Community action programmes). Being a State aid expert, Valérie ensures optimal fi nancial management for project leaders.
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Mireille Van der Graaf

Mireille is a co-founder of Welcomeurope and has been actively involved in the evaluation of European policies and programmes since 1993. She is the editorial manager of the Eurofunding tools and has a unique knowledge of all the programmes of the European Commission. She has a Master's Degree in European Studies from the University of Amsterdam as well as another Master's Degree from the Institut Europeen des Hautes Etudes Internationales.
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Malgorzata Hizska

Malgorzata is specialist of European policies, strategies and partnerships. Fascinated by European issues, she manifests of a great personal interest for the European construction by her involvement to European environment. She has a Master2 in European economics and a diploma in European law. She always has been active in European market developments and benchmarks since very young age. She had an experience at the European Parliament and at the Council of Europe. Since 2004, she acquired a unique expertise in EU funds, thanks to her position within the European affairs department of the French Ministry.
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Sophie Legrand

Sophie LE GRAND took a European project Professional Master’s degree at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, which gave her sound skills in the setting up of European projects. Sophie, who has run the Monitoring and Information Department at Welcomeurope and led edition of Eurofunding Guides, has a unique expertise in all the various aspects of European Commission funding and structural funds.
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