Academic background: environment protection engineering and linguistics. Worked in the European Commission for 13 years in the following departments: Legal Service, Directorate-General for Environment and since 2021 in DG GROW unit ‘Green and circular economy’. In DG Environment, area of work covered such fields as Research and Innovation funding programme’s coordination, managing the European Green Leaf award (sustainability award for smaller cities) and coordination of the Joint Research Centre’s work for DG Environment.