Ambassador Argimon-Pistre
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Paris
Ambassador Argimon-Pistre took up her duties as Permanent Representative of the European Commission at the OECD on 26 November 2007.
Mrs. Argimon-Pistre has a law degree from the University of Grenoble where she studied European and international law from 1970 to 1975.
After a traineeship in an office of international lawyers, Mrs. Argimon-Pistre joined the European civil service at the Commission in 1978. She first held the post of a lawyer working on finalisation of the customs union before joining the multilateral trade talks' team (GATT). In this capacity, she was involved in preparations for, and the conducting of, the Uruguay Round from 1984 to 1991, representing the European Union first in the Working Party on Codes, then on services.
From 1991 to 1995, Mrs. Argimon-Pistre was associate professor of international trade policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She also gave regular seminars on Europe at the Central University of Barcelona.
In 1995, she was posted to External Relations where she worked on the ASEAN and ASEM Desk, including directing the preparation of the first ASEM meeting in 1996 for the Commission. In 2000, she was appointed Head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan Unit and worked on the launch of a strategic partnership between the European Union and India, signed in 2004.
Before taking up her duties as Head of the European Commission Delegation at the OECD and UNESCO,
Mrs. Argimon-Pistre was Head of Unit for Mercosur and Chile in the Directorate-General for External Relations, and was responsible in particular for negotiating an EU-Mercosur association agreement and for the strategic partnership with Brazil.
Ambassador Argimon-Pistre is married and has three children.
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