General Council
Adriana Pérez Encinas
Adriana Pérez Encinas completed her MBA and PhD on strategies for welcoming international students, with a special focus on services provided and volunteer associations. She is lecturer and researcher on business organisations and internationalisation of higher education. Adriana was formerly head of the International Relations Office in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in Spain, and is currently an evaluator for Spain’s Erasmus+ national agency. Since 2005 she has volunteered for the Erasmus Student Network, serving as a national representative, president of the UAM chapter, project coordinator and researcher.
Adriana won the EAIE Rising Star Award in 2017. She is an EAIE trainer on international student experience, served the Expert Community Mobility Advising from 2020 to 2022 term and is currently a member of the EAIE General Council. Adriana was recognised as the 2017 EAIE Rising star.
Agata Mannino
I firmly believe that internationalisation of higher education will contribute to making the world a better place.
Agata works at the University of Padova, Italy, as Management and promotion of National and International educational projects. Previously, she has worked as International Partnerships Coordinator at the University of Trieste, Italy, where she also managed international networks. She worked as a project manager in designing and launching Bachelor degree courses in Economics in English, then as event manager and web and communication manager at the Erasmus office, and finally in international relations. She gained extensive experience in partnership agreements, coordination of international networks and managing projects on different levels.
Since October 2018, Agata is also a member of the Executive Committee of the SGroup European Universities’ Network. She holds a Master’s degree in Translation and Interpretation, a Teaching license for German as a Second Language and a Vocational Master’s in Public Communication. Agata is pursuing her PhD at the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI). Since 2020, she is a member of th EAIE General Council.
Edyta Lachowicz Santos
“The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only a page" - St. Augustin
Edyta is Director of Internationalisation Strategy at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. She has been engaged in diverse activities related to the process of internationalisation of higher education institutions within various positions for the past 20 years. She has coordinated and participated in many international projects involving higher education institutions and employers. She has also co-founded and is a board member of the Silesian Universities Network (SUN).
Since 2018 Edyta cooperates with the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) as an expert and consultant. She has been involved with the EAIE since 2002, received the EAIE Rising Star Award in 2015, has been the Chair of the EAIE Expert Community Employability for two terms and, since 2020, is a General Council member.
Francisco de Borja Martin Garrido
Highly involved in network projects to develop university cooperation worldwide
Francisco de Borja Martín Garrido is Director of International Relations (SIO) at Universidad Loyola Andalucía. Reporting to ULA President, Borja has contributed to the founding process of the first southern Spain private non-profit university. He works directing and facilitating global strategic partnerships in this Jesuit higher education institution. He is also part of the steering committee of IAJU (International Association of Jesuit Universities). He joined this vibrant project after eight years working in international trade at Williams and Humbert. He is Director of Extenda Chair in Internationalisation at Loyola Andalucía. Borja was a visiting scholar in Loyola Marymount University, USA and lecturer in executive education programs at Georgetown University and Loyola University Chicago (USA), Spain and Latin-American countries. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration from ETEA, Spain, Marquette University, USA, and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Law from Universidad of Córdoba, Spain and Universitá degli studi di Siena, Italy. Borja is a registered lawyer in Spain. He has a Master’s degree in International Trade by Escuela de Organización Industrial, Spain, and holds an International PhD in Economics from ETEA-Universidad de Córdoba, Spain with a research stay at LMU, Los Angeles, USA.
Within the EAIE, Borja served as a member of the Conference Programme Committee from 2020 to 2022 and is currently a member if the EAIE General Council.
- Twitter:
- @borjamartG
Joanna Kumpula
Joanna is a Senior Specialist in international student recruitment at Tampere University in Finland. Before joining Tampere University, Joanna worked in several positions in international student marketing, recruitment and admissions in the university sector, was the marketing manager for Study in Finland brand and she also managed her own university consulting agency. Joanna’s professional interests lie in service design, student journey development, and content and digital marketing. Joanna has a marketing degree as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Philology from the University of Oulu, and she has also studied in Spain and the USA. Since 2020 Joanna is a member of the EAIE General Council.
- Twitter:
- @joannakoo
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/joannakumpula/
Joanne Pagèze
Committed to the transformation of higher education for the global common good.
Joanne Pagèze is Vice-President for Internationalisation at the University of Bordeaux, and university lecturer at the Department of Languages and Cultures. She has worked in university language education for over 25 years and has a research interest in the internationalisation of the curriculum and education for global engagement. She has wide experience in teacher development having set up an award-winning programme at the University of Bordeaux (national PEPS prize 2017) and participated in EQUiiP (an E+ Strategic Partnership). Her current position covers all aspects of internationalisation but she still enjoys working alongside lecturers in the classroom. Assistant-editor of the European Journal of Language Policy, she is a board member of RANACLES affiliated to CERCLES. She holds a research Master's degree from Ecole Normale Supérieur de Cachan/ University Bordeaux Segalen and another Master’s degree from St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.
She served as the Chair of the EAIE Expert Community Language and Culture from 2020 to 2022 and is currently a member of the EAIE General Council.
Jos Beelen
Jos Beelen is Professor of Global Learning at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands as well as Visiting Professor at the Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University in England. He has facilitated workshops and coached academic staff in internationalising academic programmes at universities in the Netherlands and across Europe, as well as in Colombia, Brazil, South Africa and Australia. He edited the EAIE’s Toolkit publication Implementing Internationalisation at Home (2007) and has since written a range of articles on the same topic, often co-authored with researchers from Europe and Australia. Jos is currently researching the internationalisation of learning outcomes in academic programmes, focusing on developing the skills that enable academic staff to assume ownership of curriculum internationalisation. In addition to being an EAIE senior trainer, he was also Chair of the Expert Community Internationalisation at Home and a member of the EAIE Publications Committee. In 2022, he was elected to the General Council for the 2022–2024 term.
Jos was honoured with the 2018 President's award by the President at the time, Sabine Pendl in recognition for his productive commitment to the Association.
Marie Heraughty
Specialist in managing international partnerships and improving the student experience
Marie is a management consultant in international higher education. She specialises in managing European programmes, intercultural training and the international student experience. Formerly head of international affairs at Dublin City University, Ireland, she successfully developed and managed international partnerships and networks for research, education and exchange with China, India, South East Asia and Latin America. She also worked in the University of Limerick and as manager for EU programmes in Léargas, Ireland’s national agency for youth exchange and education. A member of the panel of experts for Erasmus Mundus, she is also a consultant on quality assurance for transnational collaborations for higher education institutions. Marie has a Bachelor’s degree in languages from University College Dublin and a Master’s in French from the National University of Galway, Ireland. Between 2014 and 2020, she was Chair of the EAIE’s Professional Development Committee and since 2020 she is a member of the EAIE General Council.
- Twitter:
- @Inishmurray?lang=en
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/marie-heraughty-596ba715/
Michael Rosier
Michael works at the University of Hertfordshire in southeast England as Associate Dean (International) of Hertfordshire Business School and Director of International Education of the University. He holds a BSc in Economics, an MBA and an MSc in Computer Science. His subject area is industrial relations. He has substantial experience in the field of international education, both nationally and internationally, and has given seminars and workshops on internationalisation, mobility and business school accreditation. He was previously Head of Undergraduate Programmes and Head of International Collaborative Programmes at Hertfordshire Business School and Director of Studies at Oslo School of Management (Markedshøyskolen). He is Secretary of the Association of UK Higher Education European Officers (HEURO) and a member of two UK HE International Unit Communities of Practice for European and Outward Mobility. In addition, he is a member of the UK Association of Business Schools (ABS) International and External Relations Committee.
Michael served as a member of the EAIE Board from 2018 to 2022.
Michelle Stewart
Michelle Stewart is the Immediate Past President of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) and Director Internationalisation (Humanities & Social Sciences) at the University of Strathclyde. She has worked in higher education for over twenty years. After graduating in Public Administration she worked for four years in Spain where she developed executive education courses. When she returned to Scotland she was an adviser to the Lord Provost, Glasgow City Council. Having worked in internationalisation for several years, Michelle has a strong commitment to partnership development and student mobility. At the University of Strathclyde she established many overseas links including the Mexico UK Study Abroad Consortium in partnership with a number of UK universities. Michelle has served on external boards including: Operating Board Education UK Partnership; Chair, Scottish Universities International Group (SUIG); Chair, BUTEX (British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association). She has an extensive network of colleagues across the UK and overseas.
René Teunissen
Rene Teunissen works as a Senior Advisor International Education and Acquisition at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Rene holds a Master’s Degree in Human Movement Science, a IPMA-C/D Project Management certification, and a Bachelor's Degree in Educational Dance Teaching and Theatre, and in Social Work. He works on strategic policy development, creating an international and intercultural context and internationalisation at home. Through partnerships and collaborating with other institutional and (inter)national departments and networks, he focuses on bringing together people to share, connect and gain awareness. Creating options for others, staff and students, to gain life experiences that will allow them to become globally competent citizens understanding and enjoying diversity and intercultural awareness. Rene served as Chair of the Expert Community Health and Welfare Education from 2020 to 2022 and is currently a member of the EAIE General Council.
- Twitter:
- @Rene_Teunissen
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/ragteunissen/?originalSubdomain=nl
Robert Buttery
Advancing meaningful mobility and knowledge transfer in higher education.
Robert is Head of International Relations at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz – FHNW). He has served on the EAIE General Council, and he was previously Chair of the EAIE Expert Community Business Education. His academic background includes graduate work in Spanish area studies and applied linguistics, postgraduate work in European law politics and economics and a postgraduate certificate in education, as well as various professional business and management diplomas. Robert’s work portfolio includes international issue monitoring for key operational and strategic decisions in internationalisation and their implementation. Robert lectures in management and international studies at FHNW and attends all major higher education international conferences and events, giving presentations and workshops on student and faculty mobility, the use of social media and the study of destination marketing. In 2008, Robert successfully launched an intensive and ground-breaking programme for faculty from business schools and was awarded the BCCIE Award for Outstanding Programme in 2013 and the CBIE Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education Program (Capacity Building) in 2014. Robert is an expert on programme innovation, curriculum internationalisation and mobility and was elected as an EAIE General Council member for the 2022–2024 term.
Sabine Sainte-Rose
Sabine Sainte-Rose is Associate Director for Promotion and Internationalisation in the International and External Affairs of the Université Grenoble Alpes, France. She has worked in five different countries, being in leadership positions in the French diplomacy and cultural network, developing extensive skills in management, academic policy, marketing; PR, and curriculum development. Since 2002, she has enjoyed managing diverse teams of international professionals. Sabine served as a Steering group member of the Expert Community Strategy and Management from 2020 to 2022 term and is currently a member of the EAIE General Council.
Simone Hackett
An international educator with a passion for innovative learning and strategic collaboration
Simone works at The Hague University of Applied Sciences as Researcher & Senior Lecturer. She previously worked at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences for eight years, where she coordinated internationalisation activities and developed and implemented internationalisation strategies. She established international agreements and strategic relation management with partner universities and networks worldwide. She also set up Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiatives, developed international curricula and lectured in sociology and psychology. Simone holds a Master’s of Education degree and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology from the National University of Ireland.
Simone has been involved in the EAIE since 2010 presenting workshops and sessions, as well as being a session evaluator, a mentor and member of the EAIE Conference Programme Committee. She is currently a member of the EAIE General Council for the 2022–2024 term.
- Twitter:
- @Simone_Hackett
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/simone-hackett-9a79638/
Stephen Orme
Stephen Orme is Senior Vice-President at Studyportals after previously being employed by Navitas, Study Group, Nuffic and Leiden University. He has a wide range of experience in the field, covering admissions, international recruitment, pathway education and management. Stephen was born in Northern Ireland but was educated in the Netherlands. He holds a Master of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. Stephen was awarded the EAIE Rising Star award in 2009 and, since 2020, is an EAIE General Council member.