In June 2008, Adeline was appointed Secretary General of FEVE, the EU Federation for Container Glass. She is also currently Secretary General of Glass Alliance Europe and member of the Board of CETIE the European inter-professional organization of customers and producers. Adeline has spent 25 years in Brussels working for various private and institutional organisations including the EU Commission, EU Parliament, Deloitte, and EuropaBio – the EU association for biotechnology industries. Born in Ireland in 1963, Adeline holds a degree in political science from University College Dublin (UCD) and later earned a marketing qualification from the Marketing Institute of Ireland. She is an active member of the Countess Markievicz group supporting women for election.