Filipe Martins SJ - Director
Filipe Martins SJ is the Director of JESC since September 2022. He arrived to the team in September 2021, for the organisation of the JCEP Loyola 2022 Justice and Ecology Congress. He graduated and worked in Lisbon as an Electronics Engineer, spent a year in Mozambique as a volunteer, and joined the Society of Jesus in 1995. He has worked since then in university pastoral care, education, safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, and extensively in the social field.
Email:Â filipe.martins@jesc.euÂ
Telmo Olascoaga
Telmo Olascoaga Michel is JESC´s Ecology Officer and works at the intersection between Ecology, International Economics, Public Policy and Justice. Telmo holds a Double BA in Law and Business Management from the University of Deusto and a Double Master’s Degree in International Relations and International Political Economy from King´s College London. A former Trainee at the European External Action Service, he has previously worked on Human Rights and European Governance and is passionate about International Development, Green Economics and Transnational Law.
Email: telmo.olascoaga@jesc.eu
Emmanuelle Huet
Emmanuelle Huet joined JESC as an Ecology Advocacy Officer in July 2026. Before joining JESC, she worked for several years as an Ecology Officer for Jesuit schools in France and Belgium. She also completed internships with UNHCR in Kenya, the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition, and several consulting firms specializing in the low-carbon transition. She holds a double master’s degree in International Relations from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Environmental Management from ESSEC Business School. She is passionate about applying well-being economics and behavioral science to support structural socio-ecological transitions.
Email: emmanuelle.huet@jesc.euÂ
Lucia Trubenová
Lucia Trubenová is the European Leadership Programme (ELP) Officer. She holds a Master in International Politics from KU Leuven. Before joining the JESC team in March 2024, Lucia interned for NGOs in Slovakia, Belgium and Denmark with Erasmus + Projects or the European Solidarity Corps, focusing especially on youth engagement.Â
Email:Â lucia.trubenova@jesc.eu
Tamás László
Tamás László is the European Leadership Programme (ELP) Assistant. Before joining the JESC team, he completed the ELP and worked at the European Commission’s DG ECHO, specialising in evidence-based policy-making and impact evaluation of EU humanitarian aid operations. He has gained seven years of policy experience in the Hungarian civil service, working in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development. He holds a BA and an MA in Political Science from Eötvös Loránd University, an MA in Economics from the University of Public Service in Budapest, and an MA in Public Policy specialising in Quantitative Policy Analysis from Central European University in Vienna.
Email:Â assistant.elp@jesc.euÂ
Stella Cheng
Stella Cheng is JESC’s Communications Officer, contributing to strategic communication and public outreach across the Centre’s flagship programmes. Her work brings together skillful stroytelling, visual media and Catholic social values in the European context. Stella holds a Master’s in Cultural Studies from KU Leuven, and pursued studies in Theology. She previously worked in European cultural policy consulting, managed EU project communications and conducted original research on EU cultural frameworks. She also has experience coordinating projects and events across various academic and institutional contexts.
Email: stella.cheng@jesc.eu
Eleonora Vitale
Eleonora Vitale is JESC Development Consultant. She has been involved as collaborator of the Jesuit since 2018 firstly in assisting the re-organization of the Brussels office and in the development of new leadership and youth projects. She contributed to the launch of the Ignatian leadership training for young professional ELP. Currently, she collaborates with the Director and Deputy Director to create a development plan and to provide strategic opportunities for increased fundraising and development of JESC and the related networks. She is a multilingual Project Manager with particular reference to Development, Networking and Fundraising. She holds a Double Degree Master’s in International politics and Economic Relations from the University of Macerata and MGIMO University. She also holds an Executive Degree on Development Law, Policy and Advocacy from University Sant’Anna of Pisa and Caritas Internationalis.Â
Email:Â eleonora.vitale@jesc.eu
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