Speakers

Ms Darmanin joined the European Commission in 2004 and worked in the field of maritime affairs and fisheries and later in consumer policy, public health and food safety. She has also worked in the field of migration in particular in the field of asylum and as Head of the Operations Department in the European Asylum Support Office in Malta.

Ms Darmanin is a diplomat by training, having served in the Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in various roles including as a First Secretary to the Malta Mission to the United Nations in New York between 1994 and 1998.

In April 2021, Ms Darmanin joined DG ECHO as Head of Unit responsible for Humanitarian Aid Thematic policies and since February 2024 she is the Head of Unit responsible for Humanitarian Aid Policies and International Humanitarian Law.