Ewelina Oksiuta

Secretary General

Ewelina is Polish and has been living and studying in Poland, France, and Belgium. In 2014 she graduated with distinction as Master of European Studies specialized in History and Cultures of Europe at the Free University of Brussels. Prior to joining EHH, she was coordinating the members’ network and projects of the Liberation Route Europe, an association focusing on the remembrance tourism of the Second World War. Before that, she gained experience in communications, public relations, and event management first at the Polish Embassy, then at the Polish Tourism Organisation in Brussels.

e.oksiuta@europeanhistorichouses.eu

Alba Calderón Castro

Communications and Projects Manager

Alba rejoined European Historic Houses in August 2023 after her internship as a Cultural and Political Communications trainee from August 2022 to March 2023. She holds two bachelors’ degrees in French and English languages and literatures from the University of Santiago de Compostela and graduated from the universities of Göttingen and Palacky Olomouc with a joint master’s degree in European Politics, Culture and Society (Euroculture). With a passion for languages, communication and cultural heritage, Alba is now in charge of the communications and projects that EHH is part of.  

a.calderon@europeanhistorichouses.eu

Alycia Van Gele

 Cultural Heritage Officer

Alycia has joined the EHH team in February as an intern as part of her Master’s degree. She is French, but lives in Quebec, Canada. Always interested in history and concepts of cultural heritage, she pursued an Undergraduate Master of Arts in History and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK). Now, Alycia is about to finish her ERASMUS MUNDUS MASTER DYCLAM+ in Management of Cultural Heritage.

a.vangele@europeanhistorichouses.eu

Martina Gueli

Communications and Project Assistant

Martina joined EHH in June as a Communication and Project Assistant intern after completing her Master’s in Art History at Sapienza University in Rome. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Heritage. Martina has gained experience in the private cultural heritage sector, having worked in auction houses in both Rome and Brussels. She is passionate about the art market, research in the filed of heritage studies, and is also interested in the applications of artificial intelligence in this sector.

m.gueli@europeanhistorichouses.eu

Rodolphe de Looz-Corswarem

Honorary President

Alfonso Pallavicini

Executive President

An experienced businessman and passionate about built cultural heritage, Alfonso Pallavicini was elected as the president of the European Historic Houses Association in 2018. He is a true European: he was born in Italy into a Hungarian-Italian family, lived in Austria and France, and currently lives in Belgium with his family.

After a long career in Investment Banking, he left BNP Paribas as Head of Europe and then moved into private equity to Belgium and Luxembourg. He serves on several boards as non-executive director. Mr. Pallavicini does not only own a historic house, but also has helped in restructuring and reviewing different private heritage houses’ business models.

Carlos Romero Duplá

Vice President

With extensive experience in politics having worked for 10 years as the Digital Transformation attaché at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU and now being the director of a public policy consultancy, Carlos was appointed Vice-President of the European Historic Houses in June 2024.

He holds a Bachelors in Administrative and European Law (UAM) and speaks Spanish, English, French fluently.

Nicoline Schaub

Vice President and NextGen Group Coordinator

Nicoline Schaub lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.

She holds a master’s degree in Art History from the University of Zurich.

After graduating, she was press officer for a large music and art festival in Switzerland before setting up her own business in the cultural and design sector. She is the NextGen President of Domus Antiqua Helvetica.

Wenceslas de Lobkowicz

Special Advisor to the President on EU matters

A senior expert of European decision-making, Wenceslas de Lobkowicz has been appointed as Vice-President of the European Historic Houses in 2018. He has served over thirty-eight years in the European Commission in several directorate generals and units.

Most lately, up until 2016, he worked in the Directorate General for Enlargement as Head of Unit of “Information and inter-institutional relations”. Currently, he is a lecturer of European Policy at the Sciences Po Paris and IEP of Lille. Mr de Lobkowicz has also great experience with historic houses, as he owns one in France.