Nathalie Berger took her present position as Head of Unit, Insurance and Pensions at European Commission in 2015. Previously, she was responsible for leading the reform of the statutory audit legislative framework in the EU and the cooperation with third countries on audit oversight, as well as for the credit rating agencies legislative framework. After joining the European Commission in September 2000, she worked on the modernization of the financial markets legislation and was later seconded to the Commission Task Force on the Future of the Union, taking part in the work of the European Convention and the Intergovernmental Conference. She started her career as an academic and public speaker, working in parallel as a consultant in European Affairs for the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, and also spending six months as Legal Advisor for the Bertelsmann Liaison Office in Brussels.