Kristin Schreiber

Kristin Schreiber


Director at DG Grow, European Commission

Main expertise in summary

Kristin Schreiber leads the Directorate F: Chemicals, Food, Retail, Health in DG GROW, the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.

Professional experience

Prior to her current Director position, she served as Director for Governance of the Single Market and International Affairs in DG MARKT (until 2015) and Director for SME policy in DG GROW (until March 2021). 

Kristin Schreiber was Head of Cabinet of Employment Commissioner Vladimir Špidla, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier and member of the Cabinets of Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen and Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert. She also served as Head of Unit for International Affairs in DG Employment and Social Affairs and was a member of the Merger Task Force of DG Competition. 

Education

After graduating with honours from L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and gaining a Master's degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury and the Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies of the College of Europe in Bruges in International Relations, Economics and European Law, she worked as a researcher on the Single Market at the Institut für Europäische Politik in Bonn, before joining the European Commission as policy officer on biotechnology in 1990 where she held a large variety of positions since. 

Other relevant information

Kristin speaks German, French, English and Spanish. 

She is Member of:

  • the management board of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA).
  • the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking Governing Board (IHI JU)
  • the Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking Governing Board (CBE JU)
  • the Global Health Joint Undertaking Governing Board (EDCTP3)