Belgium: Femke de Jong has been appointed as Climate & Energy Manager at European Insulation Manufacturers Association (EURIMA). She will be responsible for all the climate and energy related topics within the multidisciplinary EURIMA-staff relating to energy efficiency first, energy efficiency in buildings, building renovation, the implementation of the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package, Long Term Climate & Energy Strategies, the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the support of and cooperation in EURIMA’s partners and allies network.
De Jong is a graduate in Econometrics. She holds over a decade of experience in climate, energy and environmental policies in consultancy, politics and the non-profit sector. She worked for almost five years at Carbon Market Watch as the organisation's policy director. Before that, she was a political advisor in the European Parliament and a researcher at environmental consultancy CE Delft.
