​​​​​​Pia Lindholm

Deputy Head of Unit for Civil Justice in Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission Pia Lindholm works as a Deputy Head of Unit for Civil Justice in Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission. She studied law in Helsinki and London and economics in Brussels and trained as a judge in Finland.… Continue reading ​​​​​​Pia Lindholm

Tiemo Wölken

Member of the European Parliament (SPD-S&D), JURI Rapporteur on the Anti-SLAPPs Directive Tiemo Wölken is a politician from northern Germany. He has been active in local politics since 2003 in his home region. He holds a LL.M. in International Law from the University of Hull, England. Since 2016, he has been a lawyer, in addition… Continue reading Tiemo Wölken

​​​​​​Susan Coughtrie

Project Director, Foreign Policy Centre (United Kingdom) Susan Coughtrie is Deputy Director at the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), leading the Unsafe for Scrutiny project, which examines risks and threats to journalists investigating financial crime and corruption. She is the co-founder and co-chair of the UK anti-SLAPP Coalition, established in January 2021, and lead author of… Continue reading ​​​​​​Susan Coughtrie

​​​​​​Tom Gibson

EU Representative and Advocacy Manager, Committee to Protect Journalists Tom Gibson joined the Committee to Protect Journalists in January 2017 and is CPJ’s lead advocate in Brussels covering the institutions of the European Union. Between 2014 and 2016, Gibson managed Protection International’s Burundi and Congo desks, advocating for stronger state accountability for the protection of human… Continue reading ​​​​​​Tom Gibson

​​​​​​Walter Strobl

Head of Legal Service Journalism, Presseclub Concordia Walter Strobl is running the “Rechtsdienst Journalismus“ [Legal Service Journalism], a department of Presseclub Concordia in Vienna, Austria, since October 2021. He combines comprehensive expertise in copyright and media law with many years of experience in media management and teaching. After gaining his law degree at the University of… Continue reading ​​​​​​Walter Strobl

​​​​​​Marie Hélène Boulanger

Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers Deputy Director – Equality and Union citizenship, European Commission Marie-Hélène Boulanger began her career in the field of data protection working with Professor Poullet for six years at the University of Namur. She then spent five years at the Belgian Data Protection Authority, two of which years as its Secretary… Continue reading ​​​​​​Marie Hélène Boulanger

​​​​Karmen Turk

Chair of the Council of Europe Expert Committee on Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (MSI-SLP), Lecturer, University of Tartu and Partner at the Law Firm TRINITI, Estonia Karmen Turk (mag iur) is a litigation attorney and partner at pan-baltic Triniti Law Firm with an expertise in artificial intelligence regulations, human rights, intellectual property, and media… Continue reading ​​​​Karmen Turk

​​Gordana Miladinovic

Member Center Coordinator, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Based in Sarajevo, Gordana Miladinovic joined OCCRP in 2018 and is the coordinator for the growing OCCRP member center network. She supports the centers on building sustainable organizational operations and securing funding opportunities. She works to understand each member center and its needs and with teams… Continue reading ​​Gordana Miladinovic