Catherine Day

Catherine Day

Catherine Day is the current Secretary-General of the European Commission. She has been in that position since 2005 during the Barroso Commission, having previously been the Director General for the Environment.

Ms. Day was part of a reshuffle among Commission officials in favour of liberal economic reformers. She had become notable in the Commission for taking on French state aid policy. [http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3615/]

Biography

She has an M.A. in "International Trade and Economic Integration" from University College Dublin and went on to be the loan officer at the Investment Bank of Ireland in 1974. In 1975 she became "EC Information Officer" at the Confederation of Irish Industry entering the European Commission in 1979 becoming the Administrator of Directorate-General III.

From then she served in the cabinets of Richard Burke, Peter Sutherland and Leon Brittan. Before becoming Director General for the Environment she served in Directorate-Generals of Enlargement and Directorate-General for External Relations (European Commission). [http://www.oecd.org/document/41/0,2340,en_21571361_27379763_31498217_1_1_1_1,00.html]

External links

* [http://www.euractiv.com/en/constitution/interview-european-commission-secretary-general-catherine-day/article-158149 Interview with European Commission Secretary-General Catherine Day] euractiv.com 26/09/06


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