As senior associate, Anneleen is responsible for the management and coordination of the Cyberspace Initiative, including program activities, strategic communications, partnerships and donor relations, and budget management. She is responsible for the coordination, planning and execution of international high-level meetings and dialogues, and the Institute’s Global Cyberspace Cooperation Summits.

Anneleen is part of the Secretariat of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. Launched at the Munich Security Conference in 2017, the Commission works to promote and develop proposals for norms and policies to enhance international security.

A native of Belgium, Anneleen joined the EastWest Institute in 2008 and is a founding member of EWI’s Worldwide Cybersecurity Initiative. Over the years she has worked on a number of projects including the Global Security Program, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Program and the Institute’s Worldwide Security Conferences.

Prior to joining EWI, Anneleen worked at the European Parliament. She holds a Master’s degree in Translation and a Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy. In addition to her native Dutch, Anneleen is fluent in English and German and proficient in French.