Ms Emer Cooke

Executive Director
European Medicines Agency

Ms Cooke is the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency. Starting her mandate in November 2020 amid a public health crisis of unprecedented scale, she announced “My number one priority will be to drive forward EMA’s response to the pandemic and the work already ongoing to support the development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.”

Doing precisely that in her role at EMA, alongside her Chairmanship of ICMRA (2020-2025), she has earned her various accolades including the ‘European of the Year 2022’ award by European Movement Ireland and Honorary Doctorates in Science (RCSI – 2023 and NUI - 2025). Ms Cooke obtained a pharmacy degree and master’s degrees in both Science and Business Administration from Trinity College Dublin.