PAC Chair:
Koen Kennis - Vice-Mayor of Antwerp (Belgium)

Koen Kennis is a Flemish politician with more than 20 years of political experience. He is currently the first Deputy Mayor of the city of Antwerp, Belgium, and the President/Chairman of the Transport Region of Antwerp. Since 2013, he has been Deputy Mayor for finance, mobility, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), tourism and intra-municipal decentralisation. Initially, he started his career in the private sector as a manager for Belgavia, and later became a managing consultant for Stork Asset Management Solutions from 1997 until 2009. From 2009 to 2012, he was the Chief of Staff/Head of the Cabinet to Geert Bourgeois, the then Vice Minister-President of the Flemish Government.
PAC Vice-Chair:
Grigoris Konstantellos - Vari Voula Vouliagmeni (Greece)

Grigoris Konstantellos is Mayor of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni. His previous positions include Vice Chairman of the Town Council and Vice Mayor. With an academic background in public administration, political science, and management, as well as in aviation, he brings a multifaceted perspective to his role as Mayor. Prior to being Mayor, he worked as Commander for Olympic Airways and Olympic Airlines. He also worked as a pilot for United Nations (UN) peace-keeping operations.
Other members of the PAC:
Tiziana Benassi - Deputy Mayor for Environmental Sustainability of Parma (Italy)

Tiziana Benassi is Deputy Mayor for Environmental Sustainability for the City of Parma. In this position, she is responsible for sustainable mobility, European projects, and environmental and energy policies. She is active on several boards and committees related to transport. During her mandate, she aspires to make Parma a more sustainable, attractive, green and smart city. Benassi has an academic background in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Behavioural Science – a combination that has developed her knowledge of land use, mobility, and traffic planning.
Carlos Bernardes - Mayor of Torres Vedras (Portugal)

Carlos Bernardes is Mayor of Torres Vedras, a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon. Since 2015, he is also “Quality Coast” Ambassador and “Green Destinations” Ambassador. In his role as Mayor, he is responsible for the elaboration and implementation of Torres Vedras’ SUMP, as well as its’ Mobility City Strategy, Sustainable Energy Plan and Climate Change Adaptation Plan. In 2017, Torres Vedras hosted the CIVITAS Forum. It is a founding member of the CIVINET Portugal and Spain Association and currently holds the vice presidency.
Philip Broeksma - Vice-Mayor of Groningen (the Netherlands)

Philip Broeksma is Vice Mayor of Groningen, the largest municipality in the north of the Netherlands. He is responsible for Mobility, Energy Transition, and Digital Innovation. His academic background is in mathematics and computer science. After management positions at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, he was an Alderman for four years in Winsum and then joined the faculty at the University of Groningen. He has extensive experience with renewable energy and green logistics; themes that suit the municipality of Groningen.
Adelheid Byttebier - Vice-Mayor for Mobility, Parking Policy and Traffic planning in Scharbeek (Belgium)

Adelheid Byttebier is Vice-Mayor for Mobility for the Municipality of Schaerbeek (Belgium), where her portfolio covers mobility and Dutch-language education, youth and culture. She has been living in Schaerbeek, one of the 19 municipalities in the Brussels capital region, for 33 years, and has been committed to a better city and planet all her life. With a new mobility plan, bicycle brigade and school streets, among other things, she wants to bring a stronger focus to road safety within the municipality.
Dejan Crnek - Deputy-Mayor of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Dejan Crnek is the Deputy-Mayor of the Municipality of Ljubljana, where he is actively involved in the implementation of the new city traffic policy which emphasises alternative mobility modes and multi-modality. His portfolio also includes health, social affairs, and sport. He previously held the position of PAC Chair from 2018-2020. Crnek is an elected Member of the Ljubljana City Council and has served three terms as President of the District Council of Šmarna gora. In this role he focused on infrastructure development within the district.
Carl Hanssens - Vice-Mayor for Mobility of Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)

Carl Hanssens has been Vice-Mayor for Mobility in Sint-Niklaas (Flanders, Belgium) since 2013. Since 2019, he has also been Vice-Mayor for Public Space and Urban Development. He studied languages (Dutch – English – Spanish) before embarking on a sixteen year career in finance with JP Morgan/Euroclear, Euroclear Bank and Group, where he held roles including Director of Risk Policy. Over the past decade, Sint-Niklaas has built upon its SUMP alongside its Urban Development Plan, Climate Plan, and Masterplan Public Space, in order to develop a broader plan for sustainability in its public spaces.
Daniel Helldén - Vice-Mayor of Traffic (Stockholm)

Daniel Helldén is the Vice Mayor of Traffic in Stockholm, a position he has held since 2014. He is known for making the city more accessible for all types of traffic with priority to buses, bicyclists and pedestrians. He has also initiated summer pedestrian streets in Stockholm. He is the Chairman of the city parking company Stockholm Parkering AB. In this role, he has contributed to an increase in new electric charging stations. Helldén’s holds a Doctorate in political science. He is committed to make the city greener, the air cleaner and the city less dependent on fossil fuel.
Georgios Marinakis - Mayor of Rethymno (Greece)

George Marinakis is a lawyer and has been the Mayor of the Municipality of Rethymno (Greece) since 2007, where he has served four consecutive terms. As Mayor, he aspires to transform Rethymno into a city model for sustainable development, blending its two growing sectors of mobility and tourism. Rethymno is a member of the Covenant of Mayor (2011) and the Covenant of Mayor for Climate & Energy (2017). Rethymno is one of the first municipalities in Greece to develop both a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) and Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan (SULP).
Vasilena Mitsiady - Vice-Mayor of Technical Services of Trikala (Greece)

Vasilena Mitsiadi is Vice Mayor of Technical Services and Infrastructure for the Municipality of Trikala. She has been a vital part of Trikala’s efforts to transform into a smart and sustainable city. Since 2014, she has been an elected member of the City Council. Previously she was Vice Mayor of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth and Vice President at the Research Center of Music Museum of Vasilis Tsitsanis. Prior to serving in government, she worked as a freelance engineer in the private sector—primarily as a Technician of Safety. Her academic background is in both Mechanical Engineering and Quality Assurance.
Susanne Muller-Hubsch - Mayor for Mobility, Public Works and Urban Development in Anderlecht (Belgium)

Susanne Müller-Hübsch is Mayor for Mobility, Public Works and Urban Development in Anderlecht, one of the nineteen municipalities in the Brussels-city region. She worked as a political advisor on questions of mobility and European funding at the European Parliament, before starting her own business. Her academic background is in law. Having been active in green politics for years, she is currently working on questions of raising and maintaining a good quality of life in Anderlecht. She deals with road safety, noise, and pollution by working on road safety concepts, low-traffic zones, and future neighbourhood development.
Ana Oregi - Deputy-Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)

Ana Oregi Bastarrika is Deputy Mayor of the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council and Councillor responsible for Land, climate action, mobility and public space. She is also President of the Environmental Studies Centre which supports municipalities develop and implement SUMPs. Previously, she was Minister of the Environment and Land Policy for the Basque Country, Member of the Council of the Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarra Euroregion, and President of the network of Basque Municipalities for Sustainability, Udalsarea. She has also been a Member of Parliament for Álava in the Basque Parliament, where she was coordinator of the parliamentary working group for the monitoring and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Günter Riegler - Councillor of Culture, Science and Finance in Graz (Austria)

Dr. Güenter Riegler is a Tax Consultant and Auditor, and currently Councillor of Culture, Science and Finance of the City of Graz. In his role as Councillor he supports efforts that work towards smart urban planning and decarbonisation of public transport. He is interested in understanding the logic and limits of public management and public choice, especially the reasons for market failure and the exploitation of public goods. He was previously Director of the Graz Court of Revision (2004-2011) and Director of FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences (2011-2017). He has a Ph.D in Business Administration.
Vasileios Tsiakos - Mayor of Karditsa (Greece)

Vassilios Tsiakos is the Mayor of the Municipality of Karditsa, which aspires to be a fully sustainable, circular and climate neutral. Prior to his election as a Mayor, he held the position of Deputy Regional Governor of the Region of Thessaly. The Region of Thessaly is a pioneer throughout Greece in the fields of environment, circular economy, cohesion and integrated mobility planning. Tsiakos has extensive experience in the field of education and has worked throughout his career in a variety of fields, including environment, mobility, and cohesion.