European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
Together for decent work and fair pay from farm to fork

Secretariat

General Secretary

  • Harald WIEDENHOFER

    General secretary

Political Staff

  • Estelle BRENTNALL

    Secretary for the food, drink and tobacco sector

  • Maddalena COLOMBI

    Head of communications

  • Kerstin HOWALD

    Secretary for the tourism sector

  • Enrico SOMAGLIA

    Company policy officer

  • Arnd SPAHN

    Secretary for the agriculture sector

Administrative staff

  • VICTORIA INFANTINO

    Organisation and administration - Food sector

  • PRIYA KLINKENBERG

    Organisation and Administration - Company Policy

  • BLERINA BRUCAJ

    Organisation and administration - Agriculture sector

  • Sylvie DE BRUYCKER

    Organisation and administration

  • Elke LIBBRECHT

    Organisation and administration - tourism sector

Finances

  • Wendy VAN HAVER

    Project administration, accounting and finances

EFFAT is the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions. As a European Trade Union Federation representing 120 national trade unions from 35 European countries, EFFAT defends the interests of more than 22 million workers towards the European Institutions, European employers’ associations and transnational companies. EFFAT is a member of the ETUC and the European regional organisation of the IUF.