The European Commission today announced the appointment of Joanna Drake as Director of its Directorate General for Enterprise. She will be Director for the Promotion of Competitiveness of SMEs
Dr Drake, who has been the Commission's representative to Malta for the past years, is the first Maltese to be appointed to the highest echelons of the European Commission in Brussels.
She is expected to relinquish her post in Malta shortly to join the Commission in Brussels. Dr Drake's appointment was approved during the last meeting of the current EU executive held today in Brussels.
The Labour Party in a statement congratulated Dr Drake on the appointment.