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EU Careers: Alumni Panel - Building a Career in Brussels
04 June 2024, 3:15 pm–4:15 pm
As part of the UCL Political Science Careers Week 2024, we are hosting a session with UCL alumni who will share their experiences and advice on building a career in Brussels in both the private and public sectors.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Joshua Jones
Location
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Bentham House4-8 Endsleigh GardensLondonWC1H 0EG
About the event
This session, comprised of UCL alumni, explores how our panellists have found themselves working in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission and a central location for key international institutions. Panellists will uncover their career development and give insight into what working for international institutions and corporations entails. Come along to find out about the most important ingredients for success and how you can build a career in Brussels.
Find out more about EU Careers on our 'Students Resources' page here
About the Speakers
Zymante Zemaityte
Policy Officer (DG NEAR) at European Commission
Zymante Zemaityte graduated from UCL with MSc in International Public Policy in 2018. After graduation she worked as a Policy Assistant (Trainee) at the Lithuanian Embassy in London focusing on political and economic affairs. In 2019 she started her career at the European Commission, DG NEAR as a Blue Book trainee working on Ukraine and its reform agenda. She then moved to DG's horizontal Briefings team and supported work on Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations writing briefings and speeches for Senior Management, including the Commissioner. For the past three years Zymante has been working on issues related to Democracy and Rule of Law in candidate countries and has been supporting the launch of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in 2022 and most recently - prep works for the opening of accession talks with Moldova and Ukraine.
Lukas Maly
Associate Legal Counsel, EU Legal Affairs at Google
Lukas Maly graduated from UCL with LLB Law with French Law in 2013. Following a Master’s law degree at the University of Oxford, he spent the next seven years working as a lawyer focusing on EU regulation, first in London and then Brussels. In 2022, Lukas joined the Brussels office of Google. His role is to provide legal advice on emerging EU tech legislation, such as the AI Act.
Marta Zakrzewska (Remote)
Economic Analyst, DG ECFIN at European Commission
Marta graduated from UCL in 2017 with an MA in Economics, States and Societies. Following her graduation she moved to Brussels where she started her career at an EU-policy focused think-tank, the European Policy Centre. She joined the Commission in 2019 where she first worked at the Directorate General for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, focusing on the EU Neighbourhood East. She then moved to work in the Directorate General for Economic and Financial affairs where she is until today, working on the recovery and resilience plan for Bulgaria as well as the country’s eurozone accession process. Marta’s background is in history and economic policy. Along with her EU-based career, she continues her studies, pursuing a post-graduate diploma in economic policy at the Centre for Financial and Management Studies, London.