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Katarína Mathernová

Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (European Commission)

Since 2015, Katarína Mathernová has been Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission. As Deputy DG and Head of Support Group for Ukraine, she leads on the engagement with Eastern countries and in particular Ukraine. She was previously Deputy DG in DG Regional Policy-in charge of Cohesion Policy Coordination. She has held senior management and advisory posts at the World Bank, and for the government in Slovakia. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Comenius University in Bratislava, a Masters of Law degree from the University of Michigan, is a member of the New York Bar.

Speaker Schedule

Friday, March 24th, 2023

at the Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)

5:15pm – 6:15pm

Panel
The State and Future of EU Enlargement : the Balkans as the New Frontier? Katarína Mathernová , H.E. Marko Đurić , H.E. Zoran Popov , Alexandre Adam Moderated by Elaine Papoulias

Starr Auditorium (HKS)

Saturday, March 25 2023

at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

11:15am - 12:15pm

Panel
EU - Africa: Assessing the Relationship in the Context of War in Ukraine Youssef Chahed , Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana , Katarína Mathernová , Boris Houenou Moderated by Peace Uwase

Wexner W-436 (HKS)

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Panel
The World’s largest Construction Site: Rebuilding Post-war Ukraine Lenna Koszarny , Sandrine Gaudin , Dmytro Gazda , Katarína Mathernová Moderated by Mychailo Wynnyckyj

Starr Auditorium (HKS)