Meet the ESSA 2024 Judges!
The panel is selected based on their strong experience in social service management, planning, funding, provision and research. The composition of the judging panel aims to reflect the diversity of the ESN community by achieving a balance of gender, countries, areas of social services, sectors, levels of government, seniority, and expertise of the theme.
The panel scores the applications which forms the shortlist for each category.
- Chief Executive of Social Work England
- Founding Director, Nurture Development, Ireland
- Head of EU Affairs, Edenred
- Independent Expert in Care System Reform and former CEO Who Cares? Scotland
- Expert in Social Care Workforce Development, Training, and Education
- Executive Director of CONFECOOP
- Executive Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna
- Coordinator for Age-friendly Uppsala, Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
- Director of the (Dutch) Association of Professionals Public Social Domain
- President of the General Assembly for several NGOs
- Partner, Consulting at EY
- Expert in Public Administration, Civil Protection, and Social Policy
- Director of Inclusion Europe
- Adviser at the Cabinet Office of Biscay Government - Head of the Nagusi Intelligence Center
- Sociologist (support to the department director) at Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa
- Chief Executive of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
- Executive Director of Carers Finland