Maya Matthews

Head of the Performance of Health Systems Unit at the European Commission’s Health and Food Safety Directorate-General

Belgium

Maya Matthews has worked in public health for the past 20 years. She is head of the Performance of Health Systems Unit at the European Commission’s Health and Food Safety Directorate-General. Ms Matthews was previously deputy head of the EC’s Strategy and Coordination Unit. From 2013 to 2016 she worked in the European Union’s delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, covering health issues and relations with the World Health Organisation. Before joining the EC in 2008 Ms Matthews worked in Brussels for Eurohealthnet and consulted on reproductive health, HIV prevention and tuberculosis.