Olga Solomon

BSc in Chemistry, MSc in Food Science
Deputy Head of Medicinal products – authorisations and relations with EMA Unit,
European Commission

Olga Solomon studied Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and holds an MSc in Food Science from the Gothenburg University, Sweden. Before joining the European Commission she worked for 5 years for a beverage producing company in Greece.

She joined DG SANCO in 2000 and worked for 10 years in the field of Food Safety in particular dealing with legislation on Food Contact Materials, Food Additives and Enzymes. In 2010, she moved to the Directorate ‘Health Systems and Products’ where she worked in the field of substances of human origin before taking up a post in the pharmaceutical sector in 2011. She is currently Deputy Head of the SANCO Unit responsible for medicinal products – authorisations and relations with EMA.