Maya Matthews

Maya Matthews has worked in public health for the past 25 years. Since 1 October 2022, Ms Matthews is the Acting Director for Digital, EU4health and health systems modernisation as well as Head of Unit for State of health, European Semester, Health Technology Assessment at the European Commission’s Health and Food Safety Directorate General. Ms Matthews was previously Deputy Head of Unit in the Strategy and Coordination unit. From 2013-2016, Maya worked at the European Union’s Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva where she covered health issues and relations with the World Health Organisation. Before joining the European Commission in 2008, Maya worked in Brussels for Eurohealthnet and consulted on reproductive health, HIV prevention and Tuberculosis. Maya holds a BA in Human Sciences from Oxford University and a Masters in Health Promotion Sciences from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where she also worked as a researcher from 1993-1995.