Vivian Loonela is the head of cabinet for Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. Previously she worked as the Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Estonia and as Coordinating Spokesperson for the European Commission. She has served as diplomatic and security advisor to European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip, responsible for the Digital Single Market. Earlier in her career, Vivian worked on EU-U.S. negotiations on security and data protection, rule of law and economic governance, and justice and home affairs cooperation with Ukraine. Before joining the European Commission, she was an Estonian diplomat, including a posting at the Estonian Permanent Representation to NATO. Ms Loonela holds a law degree from the University of Tartu in Estonia.