Lisa Haapaniemi

North Central Europe Funding Project Manager

Brussels Region, Belgium

About

Experience

  • Air Liquide (Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium)
    • North Central Europe Funding Project Manager
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      NCE Funding Project Manager for Air Liquide's North Central Europe Cluster spanning 15 countries, with a focus on EU & national funding applications and projects in the area of energy transition.

    • Subsidy Expert Benelux
      Jan 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Subsidy Expert at Air Liquide covering the Benelux and working on projects for the Large Industries business line. As part of the Benelux subsidy team, we help prepare energy transition projects for subsidy applications, obtain EU and national funding, and manage project implementation. Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. The Air Liquide Large Industries business line supplies gas and energy solutions to customers in the metals, chemicals, refining and energy industries, which are essential for their own core businesses, to improve process efficiency and to make their plants more environmentally friendly. Through its plants and its pipeline network, Air Liquide provides gases in large quantities.

  • Foodpairing® (Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium)
    • Operations Coordinator & Senior Public Funding Manager
      Oct 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

      New job function at Foodpairing supporting & improving internal operations initiatives: - Continuing public funding duties, - Transitioning & implementing new project & data management tools and platforms, - Improving ways of working within & across teams, - Administrative team management support, - Ad-hoc cross-team support.

    • Associate Public Funding Manager
      Feb 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      New job function at Foodpairing coordinating and leading public funding initiatives: - Grant writing, proposal development, budgeting, - Stakeholder management (EIT Food, NCP, VLAIO, consortia), - External communications, networking, presentation at conferences & events, - Project coordination and work/budget reviews, - Coordination management, roadmapping, ad hoc support.

  • Senior - European Commission Framework Contracts Management at EY
    Nov 2016 - Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Member of EY Belgium's European Commission Framework Contract Management Team: - Coordinating Audit Framework Contracts & Specific Contracts for the European Commission, e.g European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), Sesar Deployment Alliance, DG DEVCO, EuropeAid 2014 & 2018, CFSP, SESAR JU, DG MOVE, DG HOME & DG JUST - Coordinating & supervising over 400 audit engagements (batch & specific engagements) - Resource & financial planning, coordination of audit teams & sub-teams - Progress reporting & tracking engagements and annual reports - Tendering & proposal writing for EU Framework Contracts and Requests for Services - Coordinating & executing internal (e.g. EY EIT Framework Contract) and external training (e.g. EU aviation authorities)

  • International Research Analyst at NewFrontierServices
    Nov 2015 - Jul 2016 · 9 mos

    Research Analyst with work focus on public funding tenders (EU, United Nations, African Union); grant writing & reporting; market and EU policy reviews and desk research; writing and editorial work on client & funding reporting; and project event management.

  • Research Assistant at Europe Analytica
    Jan 2014 - Sep 2014 · 9 mos