Fertilizers Europe Team
Director General
Antoine Hoxha
Antoine Hoxha has been working for the association since 2010, playing an active role in driving industry’s decarbonization efforts.
Before joining Fertilizers Europe, he worked for 8 years in the fertilizers industry where he held positions in R&D and licensing. Prior to that, he was a teaching assistant at the University of Liège (BE) and at Warwick University (UK). Antoine holds a PhD in Chemistry from University of Liège as well as an Executive MBA from Louvain School of Management and has completed the Certificate in International Association Management from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Antoine speaks French, Albanian, English, Portuguese and Italian.
We are proud to be a truly
multi-cultural and multi-lingual team.
Jenny Wahlman
Jenny was born in Sweden, grew up in Belgium and spent nearly ten years in Italy. Her latest professional experience was at EFTA’s Financial Mechanism Office in Brussels where, during six years, she used her skills as Office Administrator.
She speaks English, French, Italian, Swedish and is improving her Dutch every day. In her free time she enjoys playing golf.
Łukasz Pasterski
Łukasz Pasterski joined Fertilizers Europe in April 2018.
Łukasz is an all-round communicator with over 7 years experience as a communication professional in Brussels. Prior to joining Fertilizers Europe, he worked for over 6 years for the European Petroleum Refiners Association and a year for the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation. He holds a Master degree in Political Science (University of Birmingham) and a Bachelor degree in European Studies (Maastricht University).
Łukasz speaks Polish, English, French and a little German. In his free time he enjoys playing football.
Marcia C. Pulcherio
Marcia Pulcherio has 14+ years of international professional experience across Europe, the United States, and Latin America.With a focus on international trade law and policy, compliance, and regulatory law, Marcia has assisted clients in multilateral negotiations, investigations, and dispute settlement.
Among Marcia’s specialties are disputes before the World Trade Organization, trade remedy/trade defence investigations (anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard investigations) before the European Commission, the U.S.International Trade Commission, and the U.S.Department of Commerce. She also works on U.S., EU and UK sanctions regulations and export controls regimes.
Jasmine Barahman
Jasmine joined Fertilizers Europe in February 2021.
Before joining Fertilizers Europe she worked for 10 years in the European Parliament focusing mainly on Industry, Energy, Social Affairs, Foreign policy and Human Rights. She also has experience working in the Italian Parliament and as a press officer.
Jasmine holds two master’s degrees: in Euro-Mediterranean Integration and in Literature and European studies.
Jasmine speaks Italian, English, French and has a basic knowledge of Farsi. In her free time, she loves reading, writing, sailing and being by the sea.
Cecilia Dardes
Cecilia Dardes joined Fertilizers Europe in March 2022.
She holds a MSc in Law, from the University of Rome. Before joining Fertilizers Europe she worked for 7 years as a Policy Advisor for the farmers organization Coldiretti in Brussels, mainly focussing on EU agriculture and sustainability policies.
Cecilia speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish. In her free time she enjoys travelling and outdoor activities.
Lucia Castillo Nieto
Lucia Castillo joined Fertilizers Europe in January 2024.
Lucia holds a BSc in Chemistry and a MSc in Management of the Chemical Industry. Before joining Fertilizers Europe, she worked for 5 years in the International Fertilizer Association as the Senior Sustainability Analyst where she led the development of global and local decarbonization roadmaps for ammonia production, developed initiatives to promote the responsible, sustainable and safe production of fertilizers, and coordinated IFA’s product stewardship certification, benchmarks on employee safety, production emissions and energy efficiency.
She also gained experience in relevant trade associations in Brussels as Policy and Scientific Officer in the areas of agricultural commodities and fertilizers.
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, baking and listening to music. She speaks Spanish, English and French.
Gabor Marton
Gabor Marton is our Senior Data & Statistics Analyst. He has two master university degrees. One of chemistry and one of economics. He used to work in Budapest for the Hungarian National Innovation Office. He also represented Hungary in the Seventh Framework Program of the European Union in the themes of Energy and Environment.
Gabor speaks Hungarian, English, German and Dutch. In his free time he enjoys travelling and photography.
Sofia Tsaliki
Sofia Tsaliki joined Fertilizers Europe in 2018.
Sofia holds a BSc degree in Business Administration from University of Florence and a MSc degree in International Business Management with Sustainability Management from Heriot Watt University. Her professional background includes experiences in Communication, Marketing and Community Management with a strong focus on digital strategy. She has previously worked for the Italian Association for Corporate Social Responsibility.
Sofia speaks English, Italian, French and Albanian and a little Greek. Her passions are music, sport and visual arts.
Adriana Ravara
Adriana joined Fertilizers Europe in January 2022. She has a BSc. in Economics and a Double MSc. in Development Economics. Adriana started her career as a Research Assistant for a Finance Professor at Imperial College, working in Mozambique and in Lisbon for one year, and then came to Brussels, where she gained experience at the EU institutions and then in the health sector as data analyst.
Adriana speaks Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor activities, yoga and reading.
Hannah Todd
Hannah Todd joined Fertilizers Europe in March 2023.
She graduated from the University of Durham (UK) with a degree in Chemistry. Prior to joining Fertilizers Europe, Hannah worked at the UK Atomic Energy Authority as a Process Plant Engineer working on nuclear fusion hydrogen fuelling systems.
Hannah speaks English and is learning French and Italian. In her free time, she enjoys playing sports, particularly basketball, singing in her pop punk band, and learning the piano.
Chris Poole
Chris Poole joined Fertilizers Europe in September 2022.
He graduated from the University of Malta with a degree in Geography and is currently completing his MSc in Biosphere Reserves Management from the University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde. Prior to joining Fertilizers Europe Chris spent several years working in the agricultural sector and completed his training as a journeyman winemaker at Weingut Georg Breuer.
Chris speaks English, German and French. In his free time, he enjoys playing board games and repairing pocket watches.
Leticia Salvador
Leticia Salvador joined Fertilizers Europe in March 2020.
She graduated from the University of Navarra, Spain. During her studies in International Business Administration she spent two semesters studying abroad, one in Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the other in Rennes School of Business. She also holds a Master Degree in Digital Marketing from ESIC Business and Marketing School.
Before joining Fertilizers Europe, Leticia was a marketing analyst in the American multinational company 3M in Madrid where she worked for the automotive and aerospace industry.
Leticia speaks Spanish, English and French. She loves art and creativity, specially she enjoys painting. She is open minded, adaptable and efficient.
Liam Stein
Liam Stein joined Fertilizers Europe in August 2023.
He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Economics and Sociology before furthering his studies in Economics through a master’s at KU Leuven.
Prior to joining Fertilizers Europe Liam was active in the Trinity College Student Managed Fund where he served as Senior Analyst for the industrials sector and spent time prior working Hospitality in the United States.
Liam speaks English, Irish and Spanish, and has also started learning French since coming to Fertilizer’s Europe. In his free time, he enjoys books on history and is an avid collector of fossils and antiques.