Despina spanou biography examples
Despina Spanou is the Director for Consumers at the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
Despina Spanou began her career at the European Commission in the Directorate-..
Despina Spanou
Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
European Commission, Belgium
Despina Spanou is the Head of the Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas.
In this capacity she coordinates the Vice-President’s work on security, migration and asylum, health, skills, education, culture and sports.
She also coordinates the Vice-President’s EU Security Union work, ranging from counter-terrorism, organised crime and cybersecurity to hybrid threats.
Previously, she was Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity at the Directorate-General for Communications Network, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission.
Ms Spanou was responsible for the European Union’s cybersecurity policy and law, served as a member of the management board of ENISA, and of the Steering Board of the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions (CERT-EU).
She is a founding member of the Women4Cyber initiative and ad