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Communications Team
Below you can find information about our Communications Team.
Paul Bell
Senior Director, Communications and Campaigns
Paul Bell
Senior Director, Communications and Campaigns
Paul joined T&E in April 2021. He has a background in strategic communications and external affairs gained in a range of national and international not-for-profit organisations, often in partnership with the private sector, international organisations, and civil society groups. He learned a vital lesson that change requires commitment and perseverance while working to make the UK's Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) a reality - a campaign started by a handful of dedicated individuals in 1932. Buy him a drink and he’ll tell you about the delights of advocating at the US Congress on the merits of funding international family planning programmes. Originally from the UK, Paul studied history at the University of York. Whether hiking, climbing or cycling, he has been passionate about the outdoors from an early age, a consequence of growing up in the Lake District National Park.
Eoin Bannon
Media Manager
Eoin Bannon
Media Manager
Originally from Ireland, Eoin joined T&E’s comms team in September 2013 after stints at the European Commission and a Brussels communications company. Before that, Eoin worked as a subeditor at the Irish Times and other national newspapers in Dublin. He studied English literature and law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and then a masters of arts in politics at University College Dublin. As media manager of the T&E comms team, Eoin sees that our campaigns get the exposure they need across all media platforms. He also helps to write and publish the monthly T&E bulletin, capturing our work in eye-catching headlines and snappy prose. His passions include ferocious political debate and exploring flemish backstreets – both while discovering new varieties of the best beer in the world: Belgian.
Sam Hargreaves
Communications Officer
Sam Hargreaves
Communications Officer
Sam joined T&E in 2020. He is responsible for media relations, the bulletin and boosting the organisation’s overall communications efforts. Sam has a master’s degree in global studies from the universities of Leipzig and Vienna. After graduating, he continued to live in the Austrian capital for four years where he gained experience working in the area of the internet of things and then later as communications and marketing manager for a mobility tech startup. Hailing from Britain, Sam has always been obsessed with current affairs, which naturally fed his interest in climate issues. As a keen cyclist, he is an ardent champion of more liveable cities where public space and cleaner air take precedence over private cars. Away from T&E, Sam volunteers at the Blockchain & Climate Institute, a think-tank pushing for the deployment of emerging technologies to tackle climate change. Through his work in the tech world, Sam is well versed in the language of innovation. He speaks German, too.
Diane Vitry
Communications officer
Diane Vitry
Communications officer
Diane joined T&E's comms team in 2021. Originally from France, Diane previously worked in a communications consultancy in Berlin. Prior to that, Diane was based in Frankfurt working in external communications in the automotive sector. She studied Spanish and German at Cambridge, followed by a Masters in Media and International Development at the LSE in London. As a communications officer at T&E, Diane is responsible for media relations for the aviation and climate teams. She makes sure these important topics get the visibility they deserve in the press. Outside of T&E, Diane is an avid runner, so you may catch her in one of Brussels’ parks. She also plays the flute in a jazz band. Diane speaks German and Spanish too.
Zsigmond Kovács
Video Creator
Zsigmond Kovács
Video Creator
Zsigmond worked at T&E's Hungarian member, Clean Air Action Group as a communications officer for two and a half years. Before that, he was a content creator for Hungary's leading green news website. Currently his work at T&E focuses on video production, digital marketing and social media. He studied communications with a focus on marketing and PR in Budapest. He loves movies, nature and technology.
Sofia Alexandridou
Graphic Designer
Sofia Alexandridou
Graphic Designer
Sofia joined the communications team in 2017 and creates graphics to support and visualise T&E’s work. She has worked for a number of years in Brussels on artistic and commercial projects as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. Sofia comes from Greece and, besides her native Greek, speaks English and French. She studied ecology and environmental management at Imperial College in London before taking a new career path to train in painting and illustration in the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. She likes comic books, long nature walks with family and friends, and spending creative time in her studio. Skype: t-e_sofia
Chris Bowers
T&E Bulletin Co-Editor
Chris Bowers
T&E Bulletin Co-Editor
Chris has been involved with T&E since shortly after its foundation in 1990. He was T&E's first Coordinator in 1991-1992, and during that time began the 'T&E Bulletin' which he still edits today. Since the start of 1993 he has been a freelance writer and broadcaster. Alongside his work for T&E, he is an authority on tennis, reporting and commentating on the global tennis tour and writing several books about tennis. He has also written a biography of Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, and was a councillor in local government in England. He lives with his daughter about an hour's train ride from London.