An experienced EU civil servant, she has significant experience of working closely with a wide range of civil society organisations inside the EU and in the Muslim world.
Lalisse graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, the College of Europe and University of Toulouse Le Mirail.
She served as deputy EU Ambassador to Yemen and Chargé d’Affaires and held different positions at the EU Delegations to Ghana, Mauritania, Morocco and within the EU aid programme for the Turkish-Cypriot community.
It said that Lalisse will work with Member States, European institutions, civil society and academia to strengthen policy responses in the field of anti-Muslim hatred.
