The Board
The Autorité’s Board has 17 members with an irrevocable term of office. The President and the four Vice-Presidents perform their functions on a full-time basis, whereas the 12 other members are non-permanent.
The members come from the public sector but also the private sector: consequently judges, professors, economic leaders, and representatives of professional and consumer organisations share their points of view during deliberations.
This diversity of profiles fosters rich debate and is a guarantee of its impartiality.
Permanent members
The President and the four Vice-Presidents perform their functions on a permanent basis.
The President is appointed by decree of the French President on the advice of the competition committees at the French National Assembly and Senate. The Vice-Presidents are appointed by decree of the French President.
Discover their biographies below:
Career summary
- Economist at INSEE (1992-1995)
- Assistant to the Head of the Foreign Exchange Market Office at the Treasury Department (1995-1997)
- Economic advisor to the Director of the Treasury (1997-2002)
- Head of the Foreign Exchange and Economic Policy Office at the Treasury Department (1999-2001)
- Deputy Director General of Agence France Trésor (2002-2006)
- Director General of Agence France Trésor (2006-2008)
- Head of the Multilateral Affairs and Development Department at the Directorate General Treasury and Economic Policy (2008-2009)
- Deputy Director General of the Treasury (2009-2011)
- Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (2012-2019)
- Head of the Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (2020-2021)
Decree of appointment
Social networks
Career summary
- Chairperson of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Tulle (General court of first instance) (1990-1992)
- Budget Unit at the French Ministry of Justice, General Affairs Directorate (1992-1993)
- Directorate of Criminal Affairs and Pardons at the French Ministry of Justice (1993-1996), Sub-Directorate for Criminal Legislation
- Rapporteur of the Conseil de la concurrence (1996-2000)
- Member of the Comité consultatif de diffusion cinématographique (French Film Advisory Committee) (2000-2009)
- Counsel for European and bilateral affairs at the Conseil de la concurrence (2001-2002)
- Case officer for legal affairs at the Conseil de la concurrence (2002-2003)
- Deputy General Rapporteur of the Conseil de la concurrence (2004-2008)
- Head of the Legal Department of the Conseil de la concurrence (2008-2011)
- Film expert of the Centre National de Cinéma (French National Film Centre) (2009-2015)
- Member of the Board of the French Commission for Access to Administrative Documents (Commission d'Accès aux Documents Administratifs) (2009-2019)
- Judge at the Cour d’appel de Paris (Paris Court of Appeal), Chamber 5-4 (2011-2015)
- Judge at the Cour d’appel de Paris, Chamber 5-7 regulation (2015-2016)
- Associate Professor at the University of Versailles-Saint Quentin in Yvelines (2016-2019)
- President of Chamber 5-4 of the Cour d’appel de Paris competition-distribution (2016-2019)
- Vice-President of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Writer at the Direction générale des impôts (French Directorate of Taxation) (1987-1992)
- Economic and financial expert at the Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau (Directorate General for Civil Affairs and Justice) (1992-1999)
- Seconded National Expert at the Legal Service of the European Commission, Competition Law Team (2000-2001)
- Substitute Public Prosecutor at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Evreux (General court of first instance) (2003-2005)
- Judge at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Bobigny (2005-2007)
- Case officer to the Autorité de la concurrence 2007-2009
- Vice-President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Nanterre (2009-2014)
- Vice-President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris (2015-2018)
- Vice-President of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2018)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Legal clerk (référendaire) in the office of Judge Marc Jaeger (Luxembourg), General Court of the European Union (since 2009)
- Lawyer in French and European competition law (2002-2009)
- Honorary member of the European Lawyers’ Union
- Lecturer in competition law, Paris II Panthéon Assas University, the Catholic University of Paris (ICP), the University of Pau and the Adour Region (UPPA) and the University of Lorraine (UL) (since 2014)
- Non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) for the Luxembourg Competition Authority
- Member of the Board and of the Scientific Committee, Research Institute Advancing Competition Law and Economics in Small Market and Insular Economies (ISLE)
- Member of the “Training of national judges on EU competition law” team, DEFCOMCOURT
- Alternate member, Polynesian Competition Authority
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Lecturer in Economics, University of Bristol (2000-2002)
- Lecturer in Economics, University of Southampton (2002-2005)
- Researcher, CREST (LEI) (2005-2010)
- Chief economist, Autorité de la concurrence (France) (2010-2013)
- Visiting professor (Professor II), Norwegian School of Economics (Bergen) (2013-2017)
- Professor (part time), Ecole Polytechnique (2017-2019)
- Senior Academic Consultant, Charles River Associates (2013-2020)
- Professor of Economics, ENSAE Paris/CREST (since 2013)
Decree of appointment
Non-permanent members
Members from the public sector
6 members come from the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État), the French Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) or universities.
Discover their biographies below:
Career summary
- Rapporteur in the Litigation Division (Fourth Chamber) and then rapporteur in both the Litigation and Home Affairs Divisions of the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État) (2000-2009)
- Deputy rapporteur at the French Constitutional Council (Conseil constitutionnel) (2012-2015)
- Public rapporteur in the Fourth Chamber of the Litigation Division of the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État) (2010-2016)
- Member rapporteur of the Badinter Committee on the key principles of labour law (2015-2016)
- Assessor in the First Chamber of the Litigation Division of the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État) (2016-2020)
- Member of the French Labour Inspectorate Council (Conseil national de l’inspection du travail) (2016-2022)
- Alternate member of the French Jurisdiction Court (Tribunal des conflits) (since 2017)
- Vice-President of the Ethics Board of the French Ministry of Culture (since 2021)
- Member of the Sanctions Committee at the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de resolution – ACPR) (since 2020)
- Urgent applications judge (juge des référés) at the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État) (since 2016)
- President of the First Chamber of the Litigation Division of the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’État) (since 2021)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Auditor at the École Nationale de la Magistrature (French National School for the Judiciary) (1985-1986)
- Magistrate at the Tribunal d’instance of Roubaix (District Court) (1986-1988)
- Writer at the Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau (French Ministry of Justice, Directorate General for Civil Affairs and Justice), Nationality Office (1988-1990)
- Head of Unit at the Direction des Affaires Civiles et du Sceau, Nationality Office (1990-1997)
- Rapporteur at the Autorité de la concurrence (1997-2001)
- Legal adviser to the Second Civil Chamber of the Cour de cassation (French Supreme Court) (2001-2011)
- First Deputy Vice-President of the General court of first instance of Paris (2011-2015)
- Hearing Adviser at the Autorité de la concurrence (2014-2019)
- Advocate General at the Cour de Cassation (since 2015)
- Ethics Adviser at the Autorité de la concurrence (2017-2019)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Operation Research and Econometrics – Catholic University of Louvain (2000-2003)
- Researcher at CREST- Laboratoire d’Economie Industrielle (2003-2005)
- Tenured Associate Professor at the École polytechnique (2005-2008)
- Director of the Economic Analysis and Policy Master's and PhD programme (2009-2013)
- CNRS researcher at the Paris School of Economics and senior lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) (2009-2017)
- Deputy Director of the UMR Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques (2014-2017)
- CNRS researcher at the University of Cergy-Pontoise since 2018 and associate professor at ESSEC Business School (since 2018)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Aix-Marseille III (1992-1994)
- Senior lecturer, University of Aix-Marseille III (1994-1995)
- Lecturer at the University of Toulon and Var (1995-1997)
- Lecturer at the Faculté de droit of Aix-en-Provence (University of law) (1997-2007)
- Vice-President of the University of Aix-Marseille (2001-2004)
- Co-director of the Revue trimestrielle de droit européen (since 2005)
- Founding member of the European Network of Legal Experts Trans Europe Experts (2007)
- Director of the Competition Section, Trans Europe Experts (2007-2016)
- Lecturer at the Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne (Sorbonne Law school) (since 2008)
- Head of the double degree course in French and English law, Paris 1 (2009-2011)
- Member of the scientific board of the journal Concurrences (since 2012)
- Head of the Bachelor's and Master's degree in Law and Economics, Paris 1 (2011-2017)
- Co-director Sorbonne - Public and Private Economic Law (since 2018)
- Director of the Master's 2 Competition, Distribution, Consumption (since 2019)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Litigation Division of the Conseil d’Etat (French Administrative Supreme Court) (1994-1997)
- Head of the Documentation Centre of the Conseil d'Etat (1997-1999)
- Legal Adviser to the General Secretariat of the French Interministerial Committee for European Economic Cooperation (1999-2002)
- Legal Adviser to the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union (2002-2007)
- Deputy Secretary-General for European Affairs (2007)
- Adviser for European Affairs to the President of the French Republic (2007-2012)
- Assessor of the Litigation Section of the Conseil d'Etat (2012-2016)
- President of the 6th Chamber of the Litigation Section of the Conseil d'Etat (2016-2022)
- Deputy-President and General Rapporteur of the Report and Studies Section (since 2022)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence since (2017)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
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2001-2003: Associate within the Social Law section, CMS-Bureau Francis Lefebvre
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2006-2011: Auditor (2006-2009) and then a referendary advisor (2009-2011), to the 4th Chamber, Court of Auditors (Cour de Comptes)
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2011-2012: foreshadowing of the National Music Centre (Centre national de la musique)
Director of the Association to foreshadow the Centre
music ("Association de préfiguration") chaired by M. Didier Selles -
2012-2013: "Acte 2 de l’exception culturelle" Mission
Coordinator of a mission given by the President of the French Republic to Mr. Pierre Lescure -
2013-2015: Chief of Staff to Mr. Olivier Schrameck, chairman of the French Audiovisual Regulatory Authority (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, CSA)
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2016-2022: Deputy director for cultural development (January-April 2016), Head of the media department, deputy director general (April 2016-December 2019), Director general (January 2020-October 2022), Ministry of Culture's Directorate-General for Media and Cultural Industries
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Since October 2022: Senior Judge at the Fifth Chamber (Labour and Employment, Cities and Housing, Territorial Cohesion, Immigration and Integration, Social Cohesion and Solidarity, Public Generosity), Court of Auditors (Cour des Comptes)
Decree of appointment
Members from the private sector
The other 6 members are economic leaders, lawyers or consumer association representatives.
Discover their biographies below:
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Career summary
- Administrator at the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Treasury Department (1996-2000)
- Adviser on Competition and State Aid in Brussels (EUPR) (2000-2002)
- Adviser to the French Minister of Economy and Finance (2002-2004)
- Adviser to the Cabinet of Michel Barnier, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004-2005)
- Minister-Adviser for economic and financial affairs, Head of the Financial Mission, Permanent Representation of France to the European Union in Brussels (2006-2010)
- Judge at the Cour des Comptes (French court of Auditors) (2010-2014)
- Director of "Concessions and Territories" - Enedis (2014-2017)
- Director to the General Secretariat of the EDF Group (2017-2019)
- Secretary General and General Counsel of the Plastic Omnium Group (since 2019)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Rapporteure (advocate-reporter) in the 9th subsection for dispute resolution of the Conseil d'Etat (2003-2007)
- Rapporteure (advocate-reporter) in the Social department of the Conseil d'Etat (2006-2007)
- Head of the Documentation centre of the Conseil d'Etat (fiscal) (2007-2008)
- Government commissioner in the 10th subsection of the Litigation department of the Conseil d’Etat (2008-2010)
- Vice President of Veolia China in Shanghai, in charge of transformation (2011-2014)
- Deputy Chief-of-Staff to the President of the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) (2014-2016)
- Deputy Chief-of-Staff to the Minister of the Interior and then Prime Minister (2016-2017)
- Rapporteure publique (Public rapporteur) in the 6th chamber of the Litigation department of the Conseil d’Etat (2017-2019)
- Group Secretary General and member of the Eutelsat Executive Committee (2019-2022)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Logistics Manager, South Africa – L’Oréal (1995-1997)
- Financial Controller, South Africa – L’Oréal (1997-2000)
- Internal Auditor, Groupe - L'Oréal (2000-2001)
- Deputy Director Mergers & Acquisitions, Groupe - Orange (2001-2004)
- Corporate Finance Director, Group – Danone (2004-2005)
- Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Groupe - Danone (2005-2008)
- Vice Finance Dairy Western Europe - Danone (2008-2010)
- VP Finance Worldwide Dairy division - Danone (2010-2015)
- EVP Chief Financial Officer, Strategy, IS/IT and member of the Executive Committee (2015-2017)
- General Manager of Finance, Strategy, Information Systems, Purchasing, Cycles and Sustainable Resource Development, member of the Executive Committee and sponsor of inclusive diversity – Danone (2017-2021)
- Member of the Board of Directors of Danone (since 2018)
- Deputy Managing Director of Tikehau Capital, in charge of Human Capital, ESG/CSR, Communication and Brand Marketing (since 2021)
- Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Ccommittee of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (since 2021)
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric (since 2016)
- Chair of the Audit Committee of Schneider Electric (2016-2021)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Councillor for Paris in the 16th arrondissement (district) of Paris (1995 -2014)
- Senator for Paris (2001-2004)
- Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of housing (2001-2014)
- Chairperson of the Office public d'aménagement et de la construction de Paris (Paris Public Office for Development and Construction) (2001-2014)
- President of the Consumer Association CLCV (since 2016)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence (since 2019)
Decree of appointment
Career summary
- Legal Director France and Europe of the Ebay Group (Paypal, Skype) 2006-2009
- Legal Director France and Benelux of Accenture 2009-2011
- Secretary General and Executive Vice President of ATOS (2011-2022)
- Group Legal Director, L’Oréal SA (since september 2022)
- Member of the Autorité de la concurrence since 2019
Decree of appointment
Members deliberating on matters relating to the regulated professions
Since the Law of 6 August 2015, two additional members may be called upon to sit when the Autorité deliberates on matters relating to the regulated professions (L 462-4-1 of the French Commercial Code).
Discover their biographies below:
Career summary
- 2018-2020: Lecturer at the University of Grenoble
- 2020-2021: Lecturer at the University of New Caledonia
- 2021: Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Law, Economics and Management department at the University of New Caledonia
- 2021: Passed the French national agrégation examination in Private Law and Criminal Science
- Since 2020: Member of the Board of the Competition Authority of New Caledonia
- Since 2022: Co-director of the Yves Serra Centre for Economic Law and Development and Lecturer in Private Law and Criminal Science at the University of Perpignan
Decree of appointment
- Decree of 6 March 2023 appointing members of the Board
Career summary
- Economic Science university lecturer in several higher education institutions (University Institute of Technology of Le Havre and University of Le Havre, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) (since 1999)
- Deputy director of La Sorbonne’s Centre for Economics (since 2019)
- University lecturer “hors classe” (since 2020)
- Associate researcher at the French High Council for Family, Childhood and Age (HCFEA) (since 2020)
- President of the Social Economy, Protection and Society (ESoPS) chair at the Panthéon-Sorbonne Foundation (since 2021)
- Director of Université Paris 1’s Master II’s degree for Executives in Mutual Insurance, Insurance and Life Insurance and co-director of its Ivorian branch in Abidjan
Decree of appointment
- Decree of 25 May 2023 appointing a member of the Board of the Autorité de la concurrence
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Terms of office and ethics
Half of the Board is renewed every two and a half years (except for its President). The other six members have a term of office of five years.
To guarantee the Autorité’s impartiality, all members must inform the President of any interests they have or acquire and the functions they perform as part of any economic activity. Similarly, members must submit a declaration of assets and a declaration of interests to the President of the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique). Members also undertake to perform their duties independently, impartially and in good conscience, and to comply with the obligations stemming from these duties. No member may deliberate in a case in which he or she has an interest.
Different formations of the Board
The Autorité’s decisions are made collectively, except where the President or a Vice-President appointed by the President can rule alone. This happens in “single judge” hearings (e.g. for merger control decisions or in cases of inadmissibility, rejection or closure of proceedings started ex officio.
Plenary hearings are relatively rare; the majority of cases are reviewed in permanent committee sessions (the President and the four Vice-Presidents) or in divisions.
