Ms Matuella has taken up various management positions in the Commission in the past two decades. With a background encompassing, external relations, enlargement negotiations, and development cooperation, she brings with her a wealth of cross-cutting policy experience. Notably, she has played a crucial role in the enlargement policy and in the relations between the EU and the Western Balkans with the successful completion of a series of complex interinstitutional negotiations. In her new role, she will continue to capitalize on her strategic insight and well-honed representation skills.
Michela Matuella, an Italian national, served in the EU Delegations in Eritrea and Lesotho and also worked in the Cabinet of the former Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle. She is currently holding the position of Head of Unit for Albania and North Macedonia and Acting Director for Western Balkans in the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations. Before the start of her career at the Commission in 2003, Ms Matuella worked in the NGO sector as academic lecturer and researcher in the field of development.