CEPF warmly welcomes Maja Drča who joined the CEPF Secretariat as a Policy Officer from December 2019 until the end of June 2020. Ms Drča will replace CEPF Policy Officer Hélène Koch during her maternity leave in spring 2020. Ms Drča is originally from Slovenia with a background in European studies and Diplomacy from the University of Ljubljana. Before joining CEPF she worked for a Brussels-based packaging industry association in the area of advocacy and communication and in her role gained experience on forest-related EU policies as well as circular economy, bioeconomy and waste.