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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Curriculum vitae
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle has been EFSA’s Executive Director since July 2006 and was previously one of the two Vice-Chairs of EFSA's
Management Board from 2002.
Throughout her career, Ms Geslain-Lanéelle has held several positions of responsibility within the food sector. In 2000, she was appointed Director
General of the Food Department within the French Agricultural Ministry at the height of the BSE crisis in France. In this post, she was responsible for
managing health risks related to food, animal health and welfare, and plant protection as well as risk communications.
Ms Geslain-Lanéelle remained in this post until April 2003 when she became Regional Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the Ile de France region.
She has held a number of international positions, notably as Chair of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on General Principles in 2001 and 2002, as
well as Deputy Director of the French Department of International Trade from 1998 to 2000, managing French food aid. Here she worked closely with
the European Commission and several other international organisations, working to promote the European agricultural model.
She also worked at the European Commission from 1991 to 1993 as a National Expert at DG III (DG Industry and Internal Market) in the area of food
safety.
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle has a Master of Science from the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon and from the Ecole Nationale du Génie
Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts.
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Born in Toulouse (France) 1963
Master of Science the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon in 1986
Graduate from the Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts in 1987
DEA (Diplome d'Études Approfondies) de droit communautaire à Paris II, auditeur libre, in 1987
National Expert at the European Commission at DG III (DG Industry and Internal Market) in the area of food safety 1991-1993
Head of department of milk and dairy products in the French Ministry of Agriculture 1994 to 1997
Counsellor in the Cabinet of French Agricultural Ministry 1997 to 1998
Deputy Director of the department of international trade 1998 to 2000
Director-General of Food of the French Agriculture Ministry 2000 - 2003
Chair of the Codex Alimentarius Committee 2001-2002
One of the two Vice-Chairs of the EFSA Management Board 2002 -2006
Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the Ile de France region 2003 – 2006
Since 1 July 2006 Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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