Steering Committee
ECHO is composed of healthcare leaders and professionals from its member hospitals, working together to provide strategic guidance, strengthen engagement and ensure structured feedback.
(Alphabetically by city)
Fátima Nuñez Mangado
Deputy Director of Innovation, Research and Knowledge Management, Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children’s Hospital.
Barcelona, Spain
Sidsel Lindberg Gregersen
Executive, Mary Elizabeth's Hospital-Rigshospitalet for Children, Teens and Expecting Families, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Leth Frandsen
Chief Medical Project Officer, Mary Elizabeth's Hospital-Rigshospitalet for Children, Teens and Expecting Families, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Shane Russell
Deputy CEO, Children's Health Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Francesca Menegazzoo
Medical Director, Meyer Children's Hospital – IRCCS
Florence, Italy
Pekka Kahri
Development Manager, HUS New Children's Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Andrew Taylor
Head of Innovation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London, United Kingdom
Louisa Desbough
Strategic Partnerships Advisor to the Chief Executive, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London, United Kingdom
Nicola Götzenberger
Strategic Partnerships Advisor to the Chief Executive, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, LMU
Munich, Germany
Sturla O Solheim
Senior Consultant, Coordinator of New Hospital, Oslo University Hospital.
Oslo, Norway
Alban Amselli
Interim Deputy Director General, University Hospital Group Centre-Université Paris Cité, Necker-Enfants Malades Universitary Hospital AP-HP
Paris, France
Betty Helfer
Executive Secretary, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Petach-Tikva, Israel
Agnese Strazda
Head of Strategic Development, Children's Clinical University Hospital
Riga, Latvia
Iris Schouwstra
Advisor to the CEO, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ulrika Holmén
Chief Operating Officer, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Liina Harjus-Soostar
Head of Nursing and Patient Experience, Tallin Children’s Hospital
Tallin, Estonia
Michael Peterlunger
Managing member of staff of the CEO, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Sandra Kronewetter
Manager of Comprehensive Paediatric Center, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Aleksander Wiśniewski
Head of CTU, Children's Memorial Health Institute
Warsaw, Poland