Ambassador Karolina Stasiak has twenty years of experience in the European Union’s external action, with focus on Africa. She has occupied various positions in the Africa Department of the European External Action Service in Brussels and served in EU Delegation to Gabon as political officer and EU Delegation to Senegal as Deputy Head of Mission. Before her appointment as EU Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA, she was the Deputy to the Director for Budget and Human Resources in the EEAS Headquarters in Brussels. Ms Stasiak holds a Master of Arts in European Public Policy and Administration from the College of Europe and a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the Warsaw University.