Sofie provides training courses on the European Union and leads on our European monitoring.

Before joining Whitehouse, Sofie worked for a Brussels-based consultancy specialising in European public affairs. There she led the client relationship with one of the UK’s largest retailers, Tesco, specialising in European food law, consumer protection and environment policy, and played a key role in the policy development and training of in-house legal and policy teams.

Sofie has a Masters in Law and a Masters in International Relations from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Having grown up in Belgium and studied for a time in Australia, she is fluent in Dutch, French and English.

Before joining Whitehouse, Carl worked as a Research Assistant to the Rt. Hon Theresa May MP while she was Shadow Secretary of State for the Family and for Culture, Media and Sport. He then worked as Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Chief of Staff to the Rt. Hon John Redwood MP in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation and Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Economic Competitiveness Policy Review. He has also worked as a Public Affairs Consultant for the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

Carl was a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate at the 2005 General Election and has co-authored a paper on public spending for a leading think-tank.

He has a Master of Arts in Modern History and Political Science from the University of Dundee and a Master of Philosophy in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Glasgow. As part of his Masters degree he lived in Russia and Estonia. He holds the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment’s professional qualification for administration and operations staff in the financial services industry.

Before joining Whitehouse, Gary worked in the office of the Conservative Shadow Minister for Business and Enterprise, Mark Prisk MP, handling correspondence, arranging events for the shadow trade and industry team and carrying out detailed research and intelligence work across the portfolio.

He also worked at the National Skills Forum researching and producing articles on the skills agenda. Gary has a strong interest in health and is a member of the health policy committee for a leading think-tank.

Gary has a Bachelors degree in Contemporary History and Politics from the University of Salford, specialising in UK politics. He also spent time at the Anglo-American College in Prague where he studied European history.

Natasha has an excellent understanding of the issues which affect the third sector and how to influence policy and deliver change through high profile campaigns. Previously she worked at the well-known disabled children’s charity Whizz-Kidz lobbying the government and driving campaigns on children's health, education and disability. She also worked as a legal researcher for Disability Rights Promotion International. Natasha has experience of analysing international and European legislation and has written articles and papers on international and European human rights policy. She has an in-depth knowledge of international affairs.

Natasha has a Bachelors of Law and a Master of Laws in International and European Human Rights Law from the University of Leeds.

She also provides general support across this area, undertaking research, drafting target lists, attending relevant events, and organising meeting programmes.

Before joining Whitehouse, Frances worked in the Brussels office of the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, Gary Titley MEP, where she worked on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, and arranged meetings, liaised with constituents, and researched briefing notes. Previously, she worked within the NHS helping improve the commissioning of health services.

She has a Bachelors degree in Politics from the University of Nottingham.

He also provides general support across the above areas, undertaking research, identifying key stakeholders, supporting and attending events, and organising meeting programmes.

Before joining Whitehouse, Sam served an internship for another public affairs consultancy, where he was responsible for Parliamentary monitoring and producing written research and analysis on a wide range of health topics. Prior to this, Sam worked in the office of Labour Member of Parliament for Hendon, Andrew Dismore, supporting his work as Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and as an active backbencher.

Sam has a Masters degree in Global and Comparative Politics from Queen Mary, University of London and a Bachelors degree in History from the University of Sheffield.

Before joining Whitehouse, Janine worked for BT Local Business as a team leader, where she headed the issuing team, liaised with local and national clientele and was the information source for the sales team and BT partners. She has a Bachelors degree in English Literature from Roehampton University.