Former Secretariat Staff members

 

Valère Meus
Valère Meus

1 Nov 2018 - 31 Dec 2021

 

Sofia Abreu
Sofia Abreu

Projects Manager
February 2022 - August 2023

Joana Freitas
Joana Freitas

Projects Manager
2021 - February 2023

Joana Sousa
Joana Sousa

Executive Secretary
2019-2021

 

Mariana Sousa
Mariana Sousa

2019-2021 - Projects Manager
2017-2019 - Executive Secretary

Porto, Portugal.

Studied Communication Sciences, did a Master in Economics and a post-graduation course in Marketing Management. She worked in many different fields, mainly in communication agencies and international relations projects.

She helped SGroup with the administrative support, financial tasks and internal communication issues while she was the Executive Secretary. She was the Projects Manager for SGroup from 2019 to 2021.

Wioletta Węgorowska-Mosz
Wioletta Węgorowska-Mosz

2007-2018

MA in Russian and English Philology.

She has postgraduate diplomas in the European Project Management from the University of Poznan, and Knowledge Management in Public and Corporate Organisations from the Warsaw School of Economics. She specialised in competence management and skills development.

She was in charge of the Santander Group in Brussels from the Spring of 2007 and was responsible for the initiation and the co-ordination of international projects, representation of the networks’ members in at international fora, the organisation of specialised workshops, seminars and the financial management of the Group. Previously she worked for five years as an International Project and Training Specialist at the Centre for European Integration at AMU in Poznan, Poland.

César Álvarez Alonso
César Álvarez Alonso

2003-2007

Executive Secretary from 2003 to 2007 under the presidency of both J. M. Sanz Serna and Stefan Jurga.

He holds an M.A. in Law, M.A. in Political Science and Public Administration, M.A. in University Management, and J.D. in Law and PhD in Political Science and International Relations.

After working for the SGroup in Brussels, he became Advisor to the President of the Spanish Rectors Council. He served in a number of roles both at international and national levels in advisory groups and executive positions such as the Bologna Follow-Up Group, the US-Spain Fulbright Commission. He was Observer of the European Union to the EUALC process, and member of the Board of Trustees of High Level Councils of the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in his capacity of Director of Institutional and International Relations of the Governmental Foundation for the Internationalization of Universities (Universidad.es-SEPIE).

Lucília Fonseca
Lucília Fonseca

1992-2003

Born in the Portuguese city of Oporto. Her language skills include Spanish, English, French and Italian.

She studied French and English Literature and Language, with a specialization in Translation, at the University of Oporto from 1990 to 1995. She also has a Master degree in “Interdisciplinary Analysis of the European Construction” from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, in Belgium.

She started working at the Association Santander Group as Executive Secretary in 1995, and was based at its founding University of Cantabria (Santander). In 1997, with the first change of President, the Secretariat was relocated to the University of Murcia where Lucília continued working as its Executive Secretary.

In 2001, by decision of the General Assembly, the Secretariat of the Association moved to Brussels . Lucília contributed to establishing the new office in Brussels.

In October 2003, she moved back to Murcia and worked in the management of a project called “Listen to Europe” that had the objective to disseminate the European Union’s Social Policy.

She then worked in the International Relations Office of the University of Murcia.

Gemma Castro
Gemma Castro

1989-1992

The first SG Executive Secretary.

She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in English Philology at the University of Valladolid and her Master's Degree in Comparative Literature at S.U.N.Y. Binghamton (U.S.A.)

In 1990, she started the International Office at the University of Cantabria and in 1994 she became the Director of the Office.

Ever since, she has been responsible for all mobility activities and programmes in the field of education, while participating and coordinating European programmes such as Alfa, Tempus, Tempus Tacis, Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus and Atlantis.

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