FoodDrinkEurope’s permanent secretariat, based in Brussels, maintains close contacts with European and international institutions and is a major partner in consultations on all issues affecting Europe’s food and drink industry.

The secretariat coordinates the work of more than 700 experts though it’s Committees and Expert Groups around four themes: food and consumer policy (food safety and science, nutrition and health), environmental sustainability and competitiveness. It is divided into five departments:

Director General Mella Frewen
Office Manager Régine Mynsberghe	Assistant Office Manager Jacqueline Maréchal	PA to the DIrector General Maryline Crooijmans
Food Policy, Science and R&D	Consumer information - Diet and Health Issues	Economic Affairs	Environment	Communications
Director Beate Kettlitz	Deputy Director Dirk Jacobs	Director Roxane Feller	Director Tove Larsson	Director/Deputy Director General Lisa McCooey
Manager Miguel Prieto Arranz	Manager    Maria Xipsiti	Senior Manager Evelyne Dollet	Manager Balázs Pályi	Junior Manager Communications Margaret Kelly
Manager Lorcan O´Flaherty	Junior Manager Vacant	Manager Kinga Malinowska	Secretary/Assistant Catherine Stadion	Junior Manager Congress 2012  Laura Reynders
Manager & ETP Secretariat Laura Prieto Munoz	Secretary/Assistant Laurence Moratello	Junior Manager Consuelo Pacchioli		Junior Manager EP Relations Vacant
Secretary/Assistant Sophie Margetis		Secretary/Assistant Donata Nickel