Mission

ACLEU is an international non-profit organisation, established in 2007 to promote the charity lottery model and to give a voice to charity lotteries and their beneficiaries in the European debate on games of chance and in all matters relating to fundraising through charity lotteries.

Vision

The members of ACLEU believe that:

• Charities in every European country should be enabled to use a charity lottery as a fundraising tool;

• Charity lotteries should operate nation-wide, financing national civil societies, and working with a licence issued by the national government.

What we do

ACLEU intends to achieve its objectives through:

• Actively developing, communicating and promoting the collective interests of the members;

• Championing members' interests to EU and all (inter)governmental institutions in Europe;

• Providing a platform for the exchange of best practices and the dissemination of crucial information among members.

Malcolm Fleming
^{President of the Board}

Malcolm has been President since 2023. He is the Head of Public Affairs at People’s Postcode Lottery alongside his role as Director of Public Affairs with the Postcode Lottery Group. Prior to this, Malcolm worked as a Special Adviser in the Scottish Government, and before this he spent eight years working for Oxfam, working both in the UK and in Africa and East Asia. 

Eva Struving
^{Board Member}

Eva has over 30 years of experience working in the charity lottery sector and in several European countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany. She has been on the board of ACLEU since 2018 and was President of the board from 2019 until 2022.  

Marie Wilén
^{Board Member}

Marie began working for the Swedish Lottery in 2006. With a background in knowledge management and business intelligence, she has held various roles focused on business development. She is currently the Politics & License Manager for both the Swedish and Norwegian Postcode Lotteries. Marie has been on the board of ACLEU since 2018.  

Michiel van Dijk
^{Board Member}

Michiel is an entrepreneur with years of experience in the lottery sector. He is one of the founders of Fairshare Netherlands which, in the Netherlands, launched the successful charity lotteries ‘Lot of Happiness’ in 2018 and ‘Care-a-Lot' in 2020.    

John Fleming
^{Board Member}

John has over 20 years of Executive Level experience within the not-for-profit sector in the Netherlands, Ireland, UK, USA, UAE, Italy and India. He became involved with ACLEU through his role as Director of Fundraising & Lotteries. Since 2016 he has led Saint John of God Foundation in diversifying and growing income.

Roar Daatselaar
^{Executive Director}

Roar has worked for charity lotteries since 2010, mostly in the Netherlands, and now works as International Affairs Manager for the Postcode Lottery Group. He has been involved with ACLEU since 2017 and became Executive Director of the Secretariat in 2023. 

Molly Cobain
^{Deputy Executive Director}

Molly is the Senior Public Affairs officer at People’s Postcode Lottery, having joined in 2023 Previously, she worked in Scottish politics as a senior Researcher and advisor at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. She has been Deputy Executive Director at ACLEU since early 2024. 

Sébastien Garnier
^Adviser

Sébastien brings more than 15 years of experience in EU public affairs. He has worked with civil society organisations, mission-driven companies, national governments, think tanks and sectoral associations to help them increase their positive impact through EU policies and projects.

Joost Muller
^Adviser

Joost is a European affairs expert with two decades of active experience influencing EU legislation. Joost has previously worked in the European Parliament as a political assistant, as a financial industry consultant, and as Head of Public Affairs at an NGO. He regularly gives trainings on EU decision-making and has a deep sectoral knowledge of the financial sector. 

Hendrik Mersseman
^Adviser

Hendrik has experience with assisting associations, national governments and mission-driven companies to increase their positive impact on EU policies. In addition to his policy work on consumer rights, his experience has led him to develop insights into policies related to the work of Charity Lotteries, sustainable development and civil society in Europe.