People
Jack Malan is a founding partner of CSES. He previously worked for Ernst & Young where he was responsible for leading the firm's evaluation and regional policy work. He has more than twenty years of consulting experience, and has a strong standing in Europe as an evaluation practitioner. Jack has led many assignments for the European Commission including EU-wide studies in the employment, justice and home affairs, and regional development fields as well as in relation to EU-supported agencies and networks. He has also worked extensively in areas such as business incubation, science parks, risk capital and economic development. Jack holds a degree from Cambridge University.
Mark Whittle is a CSES Partner with more than 12 years experience in carrying out public policy consulting work for clients including the European Commission and national and regional authorities in the UK and elsewhere. He has expertise in carrying out evaluations across the evaluation lifecycle. Policy specialisms include: regional policy and economic development, labour markets, equality and diversity, incubators and science parks. Prior to joining CSES, Mark worked for Ernst & Young Management Consultancy Services in London. He has a first-class degree from Swansea University.
Jan Smit is a CSES Partner with over a decade of consulting experience. Jan was formerly a senior consultant with Ernst & Young International Location Advisory Service (ILAS), London. Prior to joining E&Y, Jan worked for The Economists Advisory Group (EAG). He has carried out assignments for both the public and private sector in location consulting, economic development and particularly inward investment promotion. Recent clients have included UNCTAD, SEEDA (South East England Development Agency), UK Trade and Investment, and the London Development Agency (LDA).
Achilleas Tsamis is a CSES Consultant. Achilleas holds a doctoral degree in regional planning from the LSE, prior to which he studied chemical engineering and technology policy in Greece and at the MIT in the US. In the past, Achilleas worked for the Technology Park of Thessaloniki and for a brief period for the European Commission's DG Enterprise. Since joining CSES, Achilleas has worked on a number of evaluation and impact assessment assignments for European institutions. His areas of specialisation include innovation policy, regional development, incubators and Science and Technology parks.
Quentin Liger is a CSES consultant. Prior to joining CSES, Quentin has worked as a consultant and managed projects and feasibility studies for clients in the private and public sectors. His areas of expertise include Justice and Home Affairs as well as employment policies and social dialogue. Earlier work included the evaluation of Third Sector programmes. Quentin graduated from University College London with a degree in History and Politics and afterwards obtained a Masters Degree in South East European Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (London).
Daniel Beresford is a CSES consultant. Daniel holds a Master's degree in Central and Eastern European Studies from the University of Vilnius, prior to which he studied Politics and International Relations at Oxford Brookes University. Before joining CSES, Daniel gained work experience with the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe and in journalism with the monthly magazine Standpoint. Daniel has worked on a number of evaluation studies for European institutions. His areas of policy specialisation include EU security policy, EU energy policy and justice, liberty & security related issues.
Andrew Howard is a CSES consultant and is predominantly involved in EU evaluation and impact assessment work. He was previously a non-permanent expert for the European Network for Rural Development where he researched the impact of Rural Development Programmes and initiatives. He has worked on evaluations in the fields of EU social policy and has project managed EU justice and home affairs assignments. In addition, he researched business incubation activities for a DfID assignment in the Russian Federation. He holds a first class degree in Politics BSc (Hons) and a European Public Policy MA from the University of Manchester.
Michael Gardiner is a founding partner of CSES. Earlier in his career, Mike was a partner in Ernst & Young's Economics Group. He specialises in evaluation work and pan-European research studies for the European Commission. Policy interests include the internal market, regional policy and economic development, labour markets, equality and diversity. He has worked in most EU countries, Central Europe, the Middle East, the US and some far eastern countries. Mike is a Chartered Accountant and has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Mike Coyne is a CSES Partner with wide experience in EU affairs. Originally an academic at a Business School, Mike worked for ten years in Brussels on SME policy, first in a Coopers and Lybrand team and then as an official in DG ENTR, collaborating with Member State authorities and business organisations on a programme of best practice exchange. For five years he was then managing director of a modern software company, before joining CSES where he has specialised in impact assessment methodology and evaluation work, in the areas of IPR, enterprise policy, innovation and the creative economy, and the Internal Market.
Barry Bright is a CSES Associate He leads the firm's international location work with companies. Barry has over 20 years consulting experience gained at CSES and at Ernst & Young where he was Director of the International Location Advisory Services. Barry has advised many of the world’s leading firms with their location and site selection including American Express, Avis, Black & Decker, COLT Telecom, Diageo, Kimberley Clark, Merrill Lynch and Whirlpool. Barry also provides strategy, organisation design, training and marketing advice to International Promotion Development Agencies. Prior to Ernst & Young Barry worked at UK HM Treasury and Ford of Europe.
Anna-Maria Krarup is a senior consultant at CSES. She has 15 years of professional experience in Brussels, where she first worked as an external consultant on a variety of EU programmes managed by Coopers and Lybrand and Deloitte & Touche, before becoming a Commission official in the EuropeAidCo-operation Office. Since joining CSES she has undertaken a wide range of evaluations and impact assessments in the areas of employment and social policy, education and training and health and safety. Anna-Maria studied business administration and languages at the Copenhagen Business School.
Sonia Cook is the CSES survey manager and administrator. She has extensive experience in managing and analysing surveys including, in recent years, an on-line facility for data collection. Sonia has worked on numerous pan-European evaluation assignments since joining CSES in 2003, using statistical software tools such as SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Sonia holds a degree in geography from the University of Greenwich.
Michael Richardson is a CSES consultant. Michael received a first degree in international economics from Universite Paris-Est in France and was awarded a Master's degree in European public policy from University College London (UCL). Michael completed a traineeship with the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Before joining CSES, he gained experience in lobbying and policy research at a trade association, where he developed expertise in EU environmental and food safety issues.
Natalia Cecot is a CSES consultant. While studying in Poland, Natalia gained work experience at the Foreign and European Regions’ Cooperation Unit of the Lower Silesian Local Government Office. Before joining CSES, Natalia subsequently completed an internship at Brussels-based European Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, where she was responsible for monitoring and conducting research on various EU policy dossiers effecting SMEs. Natalia holds a Master's Degree in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Sussex and a Master Degree in Political Science from the University of Wrocław (specialisation: European Integration and Regional Policy). Since joining CSES, Natalia has worked on studies for the European Commission, such as a study on Ecodesign for DG ENTR and a forthcoming study for DG MARKT on reserved activities within regulated professions.