Frédéric Jenny

Chair at OECD Competition Committee (1994-2024)

Speaker

Frédéric Jenny holds a Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University (1975), a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Paris (1977) and an MBA degree from ESSEC Business School (1966).He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School in Paris; Adjudicator Officer, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland; Fernand Braudel Fellow in the Department of Law at the European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy.He was previously Chairman of the OECD Competition Committee (1994 - 2024) and Chair of the Global Forum on Competition, OECD ( 2001-2025), Non-Executive Director of the Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (2007-2014), Judge on the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation, Economic Commercial and Financial Chamber) (2004 to 2012), Vice Chair of the French Competition Authority (1993-2004) and President of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition (1994-2003).
He was visiting professor at Northwestern University Department of Economics in the United States (1978), Keio University Department of Economics in Japan (1984), University of Capetown Business School in South Africa (1991), University College London Law School (2005-2010), Haifa University School of Law in Israel (2012),. He was Global Professor of Antitrust, New York University School of Law’s Hauser Global Law School (2014, 2017 and 2022), Senior Fellow in the Online Global Competition and Consumer Law Masters Program, University of Melbourne (Australia) (2016-2018) and Visiting Professor, Chinese University Law School Hong Kong (2025).

Frederic Jenny has written extensively about trade, competition and economic development and has served as an adviser to many developing countries on competition and trade issues.