Since 2001, Myriam Ferran has worked for the European Commission in various capacities: in the Directorate-General for Enlargement, the Directorate-General for Transport and Energy, at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) - as well as in the Cabinet of the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. She was Head of Unit managing EU relationships with Iceland, Serbia and Turkey, and was appointed as Director in charge of the Commission’s Neighbourhood and Enlargement Strategy and Turkey at DG NEAR in 2017. Prior to joining the Commission in 2001, she held various positions in the French government.