Myrto Zambarta was appointed Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus on 1st September 2021. She joined the European Commission in 2005, in the Directorate-General for Trade, where she spent most of her Commission career, working on issues such as financial services, trade defence and investment and negotiating EU trade agreements. She has also served as a Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides in the Juncker Commission, dealing with humanitarian aid and crisis management. Prior to joining the European Commission, she worked as a solicitor for the London firm Travers Smith. She is a graduate of Cambridge University, UK, where she read Law. Her postgraduate studies were in Banking and Finance Law (LL.M) and Finance (MSc) from the University of London. She speaks English and French; Greek is her mother tongue.