Nadine Burquel
Director General
Nadine is the Director General of HUMANE. She works closely with the Chair and the governing bodies on HUMANE’s strategic developments. She manages the HUMANE Office to offer the membership an attractive portfolio of professional development and networking activities. She has been involved with HUMANE since its foundation in the mid-nineties, until December 2022 as Executive Director of the three residential schools (the Barcelona Winter School, the Berlin Summer School and the Asia School).
Nadine has extensive director level experience, having worked with multiple international non-profit organisations, university networks and international boards. She has wide knowledge of leadership, governance and management in higher education institutions, and the global trends in the higher education sector. As EFMD Director of Business School Services she was responsible for a wide portfolio of large global events and communities of practices, interacting with business schools and universities in the wider Europe, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, the Gulf, as well as North and South America. More recently in Maastricht University she was strategic adviser to the leadership of the School of Business and Economics, advising on international accreditation, the internationalisation strategy, and delivering societal impact.
She has significant experience with EU (higher) education policy and programmes since the early days of the Erasmus programme. She has a strong track record of EU projects, leading large EU-funded European university networks and providing technical assistance to the European Commission. She is high level EU policy expert, working at system level in Brussels and beyond, carrying out capacity building and evaluations of EU interventions, having worked with EU Delegations in many countries.
Tim Evans
Network and Membership Management
Tim is the Network Administrator of the HUMANE network since 1997. In this role he is responsible for overall coordination (membership services; board and general assembly; events organisation and financial management of the association).
With 25 years in the higher education field Tim brings to HUMANE his extensive experience in management, including financial management, network membership, IT and EU project management.
Tim has a strong track record of contract and financial management (including audits) of complex EU projects, consultancy and technical assistance, mainly but not exclusively in Europe, working with the European Commission, project partners, consultancy companies and third parties worldwide.
Cecilia Heidelberger
Event Manager
Cecilia is providing support and coordination to deliver all the HUMANE events, from the annual conference, the residential schools, professional pathways programme and seminars.
She has significant experience in the field of EU Higher Education and Culture gained through EU project support and coordination. These include among others project on Adult Learning policies and the EU Pact for Skills (DG Employment); DG Education and Culture (DGEAC) Network of Education Experts (all educational levels); the DGEAC University-Business Cooperation Network and the EU Graduate Tracking Initiative.
She has carried out research for different studies for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Madrid, has worked previously in international event coordination for EFMD, and in different cultural institutions.