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Paola COLOMBO

 

Paola Colombo holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine. She joined the Commission in 1995 and spent seven years in the Directorate General for Agriculture and then in the Directorate General for Health and Consumers Protection dealing with food safety matters. In 2002 she moved to the Secretary General where she was responsible of ensuring overall coherence and quality of Community policies in the area of health and consumer protection, research & development, and life sciences and biotechnology. She also assisted and advised the Cabinet of the President of the Commission on these areas of activity.

She was member of the cabinet of Commissioner Viviane Reding dealing with research & development policy, Information and Communication technologies for citizens and business, emerging technologies and infrastructures, and information and communication. Since March 2007, she is head of the Co-ordination Unit of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers.