OII Europe

Organisation Intersex International Europe

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The OII Europe Board & Staff

Our Team:
  1. The OII Europe Board
  2. The OII Europe Staff

The OII Europe Board

The Executive Board & Steering Board

Magda Rakita

Co-Chair (Executive Board)

Magda is an intersex woman, coach, crisis consultant and activist. 
Her education background is in economics, however after successful career in finance she now focuses on building support networks for intersex people as well as advocacy for intersex human rights.
She took part, presented and co-organised several events, gathering and conferences on subject of intersex. She co-founded Fundacja Interakcja – first intersex organisation in Poland and Interconnected UK. Previously she co-organised first ever intersex groups taking part in London pride and collaborated with Intersex UK.

Kristian Ranđelović, Steering Board, OII Europe

Kristian Ranđelović

Co-Chair (Executive Board)

Audrey Aegerter, Executive Board, Treasurer, OII Europe

Audrey Aegerter

Treasurer (Executive Board)

Tobias Humer

Secretary (Executive Board)

Tobias is involved in the intersex community and activism since 2011. He co-founded VIMÖ (OII Austria) and Plattform Intersex Austria and has been working e.g. in advocacy, community work, peer counselling and trainings / consulting. 

Kaisli Syrjänen

Steering Board

Previous Steering Board Members
  • Daria Aleksandrova
  • Kitty Anderson
  • Mael LeBraz
  • Alessandro Comeni
  • Dan Christian Ghattas
  • Kris Günther
  • Miriam van der Have
  • Ins A Kromminga
  • Irene Kuzemko
  • Ev Blaine Matthigack
  • Pol Naidenov
  • Luan Pertl
  • Loé Petit

The OII Europe Staff

Dan Christian Ghattas, Executive Director, OII Europe

Dan Christian Ghattas

Executive Director

Dan is responsible for providing overall leadership and management, working towards increasing the organisations funds and, together with the team, establish a working environment that allows the team to thrive and OII Europe’s strategic goals to be pursued effectfully. Dan is also acting as OII Europe’s advocacy director and coordinates and leads OII Europe’s policy work towards EU, CoE and UN bodies. Dan has been an international intersex activist since 2009. He holds a PhD, has a mixed ethnic background, collects nationalities (Tunesian, German, French) and likes to read and paint miniatures.

Aleks Jahn, Finance & Administration Officer (F&AO), OII Europe

Aleks Jahn

Finance & Administration Officer

Aleks has profound practical experience in accounting, controlling, organization and implementation of processes and reporting, as well as building administrative and financial structures. As financial coordinator for Asia in the foreign department of a public foundation he had the chance to work with and in teams from different cultural backgrounds.

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Irene Amoroso

Policy Officer

Irene contributes to OII Europe’s policy and advocacy work towards advancing the rights of intersex people. She joined the team in 2020 as a trainee, afterwards she stayed as a Policy Associate and now she acts as a Policy Officer. Irene has a background in law (Master’s degrees) and legal practice. She comes from the South of Italy, where she has been volunteering as an LGBTI activist.

photo of Jana Hugo, Policy Officer

Jana Hugo

Policy Officer

Jana is one of our Policy Officers. Her work focuses on policy monitoring, reporting and advocacy in relation to intersex people’s human rights. Originally from South Africa, Jana has a background in Gender studies and is particularly passionate about intersectionality and celebrating diversity.

Irene Kuzemko Capacity & Community Building Officer

Irene Kuzemko

Capacity & Community Building Officer

Irene is the Capacity & Community Building Officer of OII Europe. Her work focuses on community building and organizing, on creating training and educational measures for the intersex movement and on supporting OII Europe’s member organisations. She’s an intersex person and activist from Russia and Ukraine, active in the intersex movement since 2015.

Ins A Kromminga, Awareness Raising & Campaigns Officer, OII Europe

Ins A Kromminga

Awareness Raising & Campaigns Officer

Ins field of work include tasks related to develop and create awareness raising materials and media (print, web, social), campaigns, visualization and design of OII Europe awareness materials. Ins has a background in fine arts (MFA) and has been an international intersex activist since 2000.

Luan Pertl Training & Education Officer

Luan Pertl

Training & Education Officer

Luan changed to this position in September 2021 after being OII Europe’s first Finance & Administration Officer. Luan’s work includes carring out OII Europe’s program for intersex refugees and aylum seekers and training for professionals and allies. Currently Luan works on a intersex asylum seeker and refugees toolkit for professionals working with asylum seeker and refugees/in this field. Luan is an intersex person and activist from Austria.