People

With more than 15 years of experience in communication and design, Alexandra has been driving the transformation of text-based public affairs towards a visual communication to a much larger audience group when she integrated with her company into RPP in 2015.

Andreas is a highly experienced public affairs and communication professional with experience in both the digital economy and the automotive industry. Before joining RPP, Andreas headed up the Ericsson’s Berlin office where he participated in the development of digital policies focusing on the Internet of Things, cyber security and mobile communications. For eight years, he was also head of DEKRA’s office, dealing with a large range of issues and policies around safety and certification. Prior to that, Andreas was the deputy speaker of the German Car industry association (VDA) and the spokesperson to the chair of European Affairs Committee at the German Bundestag.

Andrew is a Brussels veteran with 20 years of experience in EU law and public affairs. After several years practice at the Bar, he has managed the public affairs practices of many leading public affairs agencies and led many high-profile campaigns. A Management Committee member of EPACA (the European Public Affairs Consultancies Association) since 2007, Andrew teaches EU public affairs at the Université Paris-Dauphine. Having joined RPP in 2016, Andrew is developing the establishment of RPP as a leader in public affairs in the EU.

Based in Brussels & the UK since the mid 1980s, Charles has worked in regulatory health policy for more then fifteen years and in public policy throughout his career. Recently his work has focussed on EC law, liaison with patient & physician representative groups and international harmonisation.

Prior to his current position he was Vice President, Europe of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association and previously worked in New York, San Fransisco and London in crisis management and investor relations.

Edoardo, who has been an independent consultant the last six years in public policy, government affairs and communications, brings over 25 years of experience in health, chemicals, agriculture and farming policies including 20 years with global leaders for innovative agriculture, healthcare and information technology. Edoardo works with both Healthcare-Clients and Non-Healthcare-Clients for the Italian office.

Since joining in 2011, James has worked on almost every healthcare and health-science legislation that has emerged at EU level. With experience in a wide range of political dossiers, he specializes in translating the needs of business into political priorities for policy makers interested in their market.

Kit joined RPP Group in 2014 and, having worked in the UK, then moved to the Brussels office where he has merged his experience and insight on UK and EU affairs as the Associate Director of EU and UK Healthcare. Kit leads projects at EU level and, since 2018, is the head of the RPP London office. Through his work at RPP he has also developed a particular focus on rare diseases and oncology as well as multi-stakeholder dialogue and patient advocacy.

Lars joint RPP in 2010 and has since extended the RPP Healthcare operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He previously gained in different functions a strong understanding of the political decision-making process on national and international level, including work for the WHO where he contributed to the development of the legal framework for international tobacco control (FCTC).

Salomé joined RPP Paris in 2013, and has since developed RPP Healthcare activities in France. Prior to that, she gained understanding and knowledge of the French political scene through experiences in French national media and in a public affairs and health economics consultancy. She has been in charge of the Paris office since July 2015, leading advocacy, strategy and operations for various French and EU projects. Since 2018, Salomé is also director of Service Excellence for RPP Group, working towards assuring the quality of services delivered throughout the RPP offices.

A veteran of the EU institutional and political scene, Thomas is in charge of RPP’s institutional contacts in Brussels and beyond. Before joining RPP, Thomas was Deputy Secretary-General of the ALDE Group, the EU Liberal and Democratic political group in the European Parliament. He also served as a member of the cabinet (private office) of former EU Commission Vice President Olli Rehn and held a number of senior positions in industry.