Public policy advocacy means persuading someone with decision making power to take a course of action that you support. It's that simple. No more (or less) than that.

1. Mr. Mevlüt Çavusoglu has been appointed as the Minister for EU Affairs, Chief Negotiator and Head of the Turkish Delegation for EU Negotiations.
2. Mr. Artur Klopotowski has been appointed Head of Division for HR Policy and Coordination in the Department of HR at the European External Action Service (EEAS).
3. Ms. Sabine Lautenschlager has been approved by the European Parliament to join the European Central Bank's Executive Board for a full eight-year term.

Broadly speaking, public affairs work combines government relations, media communications, issue management, corporate and social responsibility, information dissemination and strategic communications advice. Practitioners aim to influence public policy, build and maintain a strong reputation and find common ground with stakeholders. There may often also be some aspects of public affairs and policy work associated with working in public relations, press and media relations and crisis communications.

This listing is the first attempt ever at providing a Who’s Who of Women occupying leadership positions in the field of public affairs within the European Union and is by no means exhaustive. TOP means a leadership position that implies determining the strategic direction of the firmy. The research was limited to PA consultancies only either Brussels-based or in EU member states and also relied on consultancies that are members of the Europan Public Affairs Consultancies Association.  Positions that were below the ‘Director’s level i.e.