Speaker
Sandra Gallina
European Commission
Belgium
Ms. Sandra Gallina, Director-General – Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Sandra Gallina joined the European Commission in 1988. She is today Director General for HEALTH & FOOD SAFETY.
Before joining DG SANTE, between 2018 and 2020 she was Deputy Director General for TRADE.
Between 2014 and 2018 she was Director for DG TRADE Directorate D “Sustainable Development; Economic Partnership Agreements - African, Caribbean and Pacific; Agri-food and Fisheries”. Sandra Gallina was also the EU chief negotiator for the EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement.
Between 2001 and 2009 she was the EU L