Guillaume Loriot

Deputy Director General, Mergers, DG Comp at European Commission

Speaker

Guillaume Loriot is Deputy Director-General for Mergers in the Directorate-General for Competition since 16 May 2021. From 2014-2021, he was the Director in charge of Telecom, Media and Technology competition cases (e.g. Hutchison/02, Hutchison/Wind, Google Shopping, Google Android, Pay TV, Videogames, ISU, etc). He previously served as Deputy Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Joaquín Almunia, EU Commissioner for Competition Policy (2010-2014) and from 2002-2010, he held different positions in DG COMP. Before joining the Commission, Guillaume worked in a law firm on competition matters and subsequently as a referendaire with the EU General Court. He studied law in Paris II University, University College London and the College of Europe in Bruges.