Tanya Chetcuti appointed Director for Digital Workplace and Infrastructure at the EC

Tanya Chetcuti has been appointed as Director for Digital Workplace and Infrastructure at the European Commission.

Ms Chetcuti has been with the Digit European Commission for over 16 years, where she has held several senior roles such as Head of Unit in Organisation, development and communication and Head of Unit in Customers, communication and governance.

In her new role, Ms Chetcuti will be reporting directly to Director-General Veronica Gaffey.

For the past two years, Philippe Van Damme has been serving in this role alongside his role as Deputy-Director-General Digital Services (DG DIGIT), where he said that he "continued to lead our Directorate for Digital Workplace and Infrastructure while we searched for the right successor.”

Mr Van Damme said that within the DG DIGIT, Ms Chetcuti “has led the units for Organisation Development and Communication and for Customers, Communication and Governance, and before that, she served as Deputy Head of Unit across digital transformation, data services and corporate, financial and procurement solutions.”

“What stands out for me about Tanya is her unique combination of technical depth, strategic vision and a genuine focus on people. That is exactly what this directorate needs. Digital Workplace and Infrastructure is where our work touches every colleague, every day, and where security, resilience and business continuity are non-negotiable,” he wrote.

This unit is currently led by Henna Virkkunen, who is the Executive Vice-President, alongside Director-General Veronica Gaffey and Mr Van Damme.

Before joining the European Commission, Ms Chetcuti worked as a Technical Software Analyst at RS2 Software Group for 2 years and also worked at the Central Bank of Malta for five years.

Back in 2013, she graduated with a Master of Science in Computer Software Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Computing and Information Systems from the University of London.