Long-serving administrator appointed Director General of Department of Social Affairs Valérie Viora-Puyo, Director of Human Resources and Public Service Training, has been appointed General Manager of the Department of Social Affairs and Health, effective from March 12, 2018. She succeeds Virginie Cotta.
A graduate of Commerce and Business Administration at Nice Sophia-Antipolis University, Ms Viora-Puyo joined the Administration in 1987 as the Secretariat of the Department of the Interior. She was employed at the Secretariat of the Department of Public Works and Social Affairs from 1990 to 1995.
In 1995, she joined the Secretariat of the Department of the Interior where she held various positions before being appointed Technical Advisor.
In 2004, she became Secretary General of the National Council and then Director of Human Resources and Training in 2010.
“Attentive to the modernisation of the Administration, I pay particular attention to the human component,” she said.