Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.25 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
10
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
acumen public affairs
EU Transparency Register
85679286747-21 First registered on 20 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
acumen public affairs is an independent consultancy set up in 2010 to combine the very best of big agency experience with hands-on senior support. Founding partners Elaine Cruikshanks, Abigail Jones and Giles Keane have an unrivalled track record in public affairs and strategic communications gained over more than 50 years of working for corporations, governments, trade associations, NGOs and international institutions in Brussels, Geneva and beyond.
acumen public affairs' philosophy is to provide clients with value adding strategic counsel and high quality execution – by the same people. When we commit to an assignment, this means personal supervision and implementation by Acumen partners from beginning to end. That way we can ensure that we deliver results and surpass expectations – and do so at competitive prices that only an independent agency can offer.
acumen public affairs believes in the power of taking an integrated approach to advocacy and communication to achieve outcomes that have a tangible impact on business performance. We have a track record of developing winning strategies that are sustainable, by identifying a confluence of interest among key stakeholders. In other words, we are skilled at squaring the circle between the private and public sectors and ordinary citizens by addressing the human aspects of issues in a regulatory or business context.Main EU files targeted
CAP Reform,
Clinical Trials,
Copyright,
Cybersecurity Strategy,
Digital single market,
F-Gas Regulation,
GDPR,
MIFs Regulation,
MIFID,
NIS Directive,
Novel Foods,
Orphan Medicines Regulation,
Paediatric Medicines,
Payment Services Directive,
Pharmacovigilance,
REACH,
SPCs,
Unitary Patent,
Veterinary Medicines RegulationAddress
Head Office
Rue de la Loi, 227
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 8 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
10 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Feb 2018
Name Start date End Date Ms Brittney Elisabeth BECKER 09 Feb 2023 08 Aug 2023 Mr Alastair John CROOKS 09 Feb 2023 08 Aug 2023 Ms Melanie Rhea WAHL 09 Feb 2023 08 Aug 2023 Mr Marco CARAGNANO 09 Feb 2023 08 Aug 2023 Ms Laura VILLA 09 Feb 2023 08 Aug 2023 Ms Angelica GALPERTI 02 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 Ms Hanna NIEPENBERG 01 Feb 2023 31 Jul 2023 Ms Alicia ROJO SANTOS 01 Feb 2023 31 Jul 2023 Ms Maria TEIJEIRO GARCIA 01 Feb 2023 31 Jul 2023 Ms Willy CRAIG JAMES 31 Jan 2023 31 Jul 2023 Mr Ivan ZALINKEVICIUS MORETTI 07 Dec 2022 06 Dec 2023 Ms Letisia CIOARIC 01 Dec 2022 30 Nov 2023 Carlotta VILLA 01 Dec 2022 30 Nov 2023 Mr Efthymios SKOUFAS 01 Dec 2022 30 Nov 2023 Mr Julius Oskari JAATINEN 30 Nov 2022 29 Nov 2023 Maxime LAMBERT 29 Nov 2022 28 Nov 2023 Enrica OBIZZI 29 Nov 2022 28 Nov 2023 Ms Marta Provencio Del Olmo 25 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2023 Ms Silvia RODRIGUEZ MURUZABAL 29 Oct 2022 27 Oct 2023 Mr Adam Stephen Faul NEVILLE 25 Oct 2022 24 Oct 2023 Mr George Niland 22 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Ms Valentina MAZZANTI GOMEZ 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Mr Gabriele LA FATA 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Ms Margherita BUGIANI 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Ms Lize Chris E MARTENS 20 Oct 2022 19 Oct 2023 Ms Charlotte India EPINAY 15 Oct 2022 13 Oct 2023 Ms Stella MATHIOUDAKI 04 Oct 2022 03 Oct 2023 Ms Anneleen GHEKIERE 01 Oct 2022 29 Sep 2023 Ms Iveta KAZLAUSKAITE 30 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023 Ms Georgios XENOKRATIS 29 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Mr Ivan Alf Gerald BARGHEER 27 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Mr Alexander KING 24 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2023 Ms Valentina CARRARA 23 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2023 Mr Giorgio SEVERI 23 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2023 Mr Alexandra GLIGA 16 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023 Mr Luca SCHOMBERT 10 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Ms Qiushuang HU 10 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Ms Felix Toggi SAMES 07 Sep 2022 25 Nov 2022 Jonathan MALCORPS 07 Sep 2022 06 Sep 2023 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 07 Sep 2022 06 Sep 2023 Mr Joao Ricardo DE NORONHA CORREIA 06 Sep 2022 05 Sep 2023 Ms Valerie JENTZSCH 06 Sep 2022 05 Sep 2023 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 06 Nov 2021 07 Sep 2022 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 03 Sep 2022 30 Sep 2023 Mr Cedric SCHMIDTKE 01 Sep 2022 14 Jan 2023 Ms Benedetta GIOLI 01 Sep 2022 31 Aug 2023 Ms Evelina JAHIMOVICA 31 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Ms Athena QIUSHUANG HU 31 Aug 2022 10 Sep 2022 Mr Cedric SHMIDTKE 31 Aug 2022 03 Sep 2022 Ms Aruzhan KARIMZHANOVA 31 Aug 2022 01 Feb 2023 Mr Max VON OLENHUSEN 31 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Ms Sara JAKUPOVIC 31 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Mr Giles Keane 31 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Mr Paul Frederik SILD 01 Jul 2022 30 Jun 2023 Ms Klara ORLOWSKA 01 Jul 2022 30 Jun 2023 Mr Simon DEL NIN 21 Jun 2022 20 Jun 2023 Mr Guy PARKER 21 Jun 2022 20 Jun 2023 Ms Julia KULPA 11 Jun 2022 09 Jun 2023 Mr Jack Christopher B LATTEUR 25 May 2022 24 May 2023 Mr Rodrigo VAZ 21 Apr 2022 26 Jul 2022 Mr Efthymios SKOUFAS 07 Dec 2021 01 Dec 2022 Mr Alastair John CROOKS 11 Nov 2021 11 Nov 2022 Mr Brendan Moran 06 Nov 2021 05 Nov 2022 Mr Alexandra GLIGA 06 Nov 2021 16 Sep 2022 Enrica OBIZZI 06 Nov 2021 05 Nov 2022 Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 06 Nov 2021 05 Sep 2022 Ms Brittney Elisabeth BECKER 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Maxime LAMBERT 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr Theofilos ABRAHAM 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr James Kennedy 04 Nov 2021 03 Jun 2022 Ms Stephany Victoria VARGAS EGAS 04 Nov 2021 29 Jun 2022 Ms Ingeborg Esmee BENNINK 30 Oct 2021 26 Jul 2022 Ms Melanie Rhea WAHL 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Mr Zachary Francis MC GUINNESS 30 Oct 2021 29 Jun 2022 Ms Silvia ROMEO 30 Oct 2021 22 Aug 2022 Ms Marta Provencio Del Olmo 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Ms Manon Liesbeth P VANDEWALLE 30 Oct 2021 26 Jul 2022 Lea Louise SCHLUTER 30 Oct 2021 20 Oct 2022 Ms Silvia RODRIGUEZ MURUZABAL 09 Oct 2021 08 Oct 2022 Vanda SUHA 09 Oct 2021 22 Aug 2022 Ms Sara JAKUPOVIC 09 Oct 2021 31 Aug 2022 Ms Anna WURM 09 Oct 2021 29 Jun 2022 Carlotta VILLA 08 Oct 2021 08 Oct 2022 Mr Luca SCHOMBERT 08 Oct 2021 10 Sep 2022 Ms Felix Toggi SAMES 08 Oct 2021 07 Sep 2022 Mr Daan BAETEN 08 Oct 2021 29 Jun 2022 Mr Gianluigi VONA 08 Oct 2021 26 Jul 2022 Ms Iveta KAZLAUSKAITE 08 Oct 2021 30 Sep 2022 Ms Anneleen GHEKIERE 30 Sep 2021 30 Sep 2022 Ms Georgios XENOKRATIS 30 Sep 2021 29 Sep 2022 Mr Max VON OLENHUSEN 30 Sep 2021 31 Aug 2022 Ms Anne Sophie TRAVERT 30 Sep 2021 29 Jun 2022 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 30 Sep 2021 03 Sep 2022 Mr Alexander KING 30 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Mr Giles Keane 30 Sep 2021 31 Aug 2022 Ms Laura VILLA 29 Sep 2021 22 Sep 2022 Mr Jonathan CONIAM 28 Aug 2021 25 Aug 2022 Yae STRYCKERS 11 Mar 2020 11 Mar 2021 Mr Alastair CROOKS 30 Jan 2020 30 Jan 2021 Kristin SAAR 25 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Brendan Moran 15 Jan 2020 15 Jan 2021 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 10 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Ms Anna WURM 11 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021 Ms Laura VILLA 11 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021 Ms Sara JAKUPOVIC 11 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021 Ms Anna Caroline Zwagemakers 22 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr Giles Keane 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Pauline DESSARD 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Denise WALTER 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Georgios XENOKRATIS 14 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Ms Alexandra GLIGA 08 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2020 Ms Iveta KAZLAUSKAITE 07 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2020 Ms Anne Sophie TRAVERT 07 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2020 Mr George Niland 17 Oct 2019 17 Oct 2020 Mr Max VON OLENHUSEN 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 18 Sep 2019 18 Sep 2020 Mr Alexander KING 18 Sep 2019 18 Sep 2020 Ms Theresa Stiegler 04 Jul 2019 04 Jul 2020 Mr Scott BROWN 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Ms Miriam HOLM 30 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Kay BINDER 23 Jan 2019 07 Mar 2019 Ms Laura PASCUAL 23 Jan 2019 15 Jan 2020 Ms Abigail Jones 12 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 12 Jan 2019 10 Jan 2020 Brendan MORAN 08 Jan 2019 08 Jan 2020 Mr Giles Keane 20 Nov 2018 19 Nov 2019 Ms Anna Caroline Zwagemakers 20 Nov 2018 20 Nov 2019 Ms Georgios XENOKRATIS 20 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019 Ms Denise WALTER 20 Nov 2018 19 Nov 2019 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 19 Oct 2018 18 Sep 2019 Mr George Niland 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Iveta KAZLAUSKAITE 15 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Erik ZOLCER 08 Sep 2018 06 Apr 2019 Alexandra GLIGA 29 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Ms Agnès LEROUX 29 Aug 2018 03 Aug 2019 Mr Alexander KING 29 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Eva GROBBINK 26 Apr 2018 29 Aug 2018 Katarina HUNTER 15 Mar 2018 26 Apr 2018 Melanie YAMMINE 15 Mar 2018 29 Aug 2018 Julia BURKHALTER 09 Feb 2018 18 Nov 2018 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 01 Feb 2018 12 Jan 2019 Mr Misachi OGAWA 01 Feb 2018 05 Jan 2019 Ms Anna Caroline Zwagemakers 20 Nov 2017 16 Nov 2018 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 17 Oct 2017 17 Oct 2018 Mr Giles Keane 17 Oct 2017 17 Oct 2018 Ms Abigail Jones 17 Oct 2017 17 Oct 2018 Ms Agnès LEROUX 31 Aug 2017 29 Aug 2018 Mr Alexander KING 31 Aug 2017 29 Aug 2018 Mr George Niland 25 Apr 2017 25 Apr 2018 Mr Nikolaos Manaras 07 Feb 2017 01 Feb 2018 Ms Anna Caroline Zwagemakers 12 Nov 2016 11 Nov 2017 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 19 Oct 2016 17 Oct 2017 Mr Giles Keane 19 Oct 2016 17 Oct 2017 Ms Abigail Jones 19 Oct 2016 17 Oct 2017 Ms Emma Brown 19 Oct 2016 17 Dec 2016 Ms Fabienne ECKERt 19 Oct 2016 26 Apr 2017 Ms Ana-Maria Nia 05 Sep 2016 21 Jul 2017 Ms Anitra Sprauten 05 Sep 2016 21 Jul 2017 Mr George Niland 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 28 Oct 2015 19 Oct 2016 Mr Giles Keane 28 Oct 2015 19 Oct 2016 Ms Abigail Jones 28 Oct 2015 19 Oct 2016 Ms Emma Brown 28 Oct 2015 19 Oct 2016 Ms Fabienne ECKERt 27 Oct 2015 19 Oct 2016 Ms Ana-Maria Nia 15 Jul 2015 13 Jul 2016 Mr Francesco Vince 24 Jun 2015 27 Mar 2016 Ms Malgorzata Figwer 09 Jun 2015 25 Oct 2015 Ms Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 19 Dec 2014 28 Oct 2015 Ms Abigail Jones 18 Oct 2014 15 Oct 2015 Mrs Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 19 Dec 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Giles Keane 19 Dec 2014 28 Oct 2015 Ms Uzoamaka Madu 19 Dec 2014 17 Dec 2015 Mrs Abigail Jones 18 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Emma Brown 14 Oct 2014 10 Oct 2015 Ms Ana-Maria Nia 24 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Daan Bijwaard 16 Apr 2014 24 Jul 2014 Mrs Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 17 Jan 2014 19 Dec 2014 Mr Giles Keane 17 Jan 2014 19 Dec 2014 Ms Uzoamaka Madu 17 Jan 2014 19 Dec 2014 Ms Emma Brown 24 Sep 2013 21 Sep 2014 Mrs Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 29 Jan 2013 17 Jan 2014 Mr Giles Keane 29 Jan 2013 17 Jan 2014 Ms Uzoamaka Madu 30 Jan 2013 17 Jan 2014 Mrs Sandamali Zbyszewski 01 Feb 2013 17 Jan 2014 Mrs Elaine Jean CRUIKSHANKS 03 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Elaine Cruikshanks (Partner)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Elaine Cruikshanks (Partner)
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham)
American European Community Association (AECA)
European Public Affairs Consultancies' Association(EPACA)
Brussels Press Club
EurActor by EurActiv
European Centre for Public Affairs (ECPA) knowledge Partner
InternsGoProMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
Other financial info
None declared
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Cargill 25,000€ - 49,999€ ECOO - European Council of Optometry and Optics 100,000€ - 199,999€ EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations 50,000€ - 99,999€ ELI LILLY 50,000€ - 99,999€ EuroCloud 0€ - 9,999€ FEANTSA - European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless 0€ - 9,999€ IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 0€ - 9,999€ LEOPharma 10,000€ - 24,999€ Mastercard Europe 50,000€ - 99,999€ Merck Sharp & Dohme 100,000€ - 199,999€ Merial - Boehringer Ingelheim 100,000€ - 199,999€ Nominet 10,000€ - 24,999€ Novartis International AG 10,000€ - 24,999€ Public Libraries 2020 25,000€ - 49,999€ Shire 10,000€ - 24,999€ spiritsEUROPE 10,000€ - 24,999€ Syngenta 50,000€ - 99,999€ Toy Industries of Europe 0€ - 9,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 25 Jan 2023 Location Online Subject How we can partner with the European Commission’s work on the Green Deal’s Farm to Fork Strategy and its upcoming Framework for Sustainable Food Systems as well as the Bioeconomy strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Commission - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Open Finance Framework Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Commission - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Mar 2022 Location video call Subject Exchange on the upcoming review of the F-gas regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject New College and Better Regulation Commission - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - Novartis International AG
- FoodDrinkEurope
- Oracle
- European Chemical Industry Council
- RTL Group
- GIGAEurope aisbl
- SANOFI
- Toy Industries of Europe
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- RELX
- CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association
- Cargill
- Dow Europe GmbH
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
- European Centre for Public Affairs
- spiritsEUROPE
- The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA
- MERIAL
- CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association
- European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject New College and Better Regulation Commission - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - Dow Europe GmbH
- spiritsEUROPE
- Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- MERIAL
- European Centre for Public Affairs
- The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA
- European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
- CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association
- Novartis International AG
- FoodDrinkEurope
- Oracle
- GIGAEurope aisbl
- Toy Industries of Europe
- European Chemical Industry Council
- RTL Group
- SANOFI
- RELX
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association
- Cargill
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles