Since 2001, Myriam Ferran has worked for the European Commission in various capacities: in the Directorate-General for Enlargement, the Directorate-General for Transport and Energy, the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, the Directorate-General for International Partnerships - as well as in the Cabinet of the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. She was working as a Head of Unit managing EU relationships with Iceland, Serbia and Turkey, later as a Director in charge of the Commission’s Neighbourhood and Enlargement Strategy and Turkey. Since November 2021 she is appointed as Deputy Director-General in DG INTPA in charge of three geographical Directorates. Prior to joining the Commission in 2001, she held various positions in the French government.