Research Chair

Speakers of the Chair

Academics, senior officials, judges and industry leaders who have taken part in the Chair's conferences, seminars and dinner-debates.

Public and European institutions

Benoît Cœuré

Benoît Cœuré

President, French Competition Authority

Lucia Bonova

Lucia Bonova

Head of Unit for Digital Platforms, DG Competition, European Commission

Antoine Babinet

Antoine Babinet

Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, European Commission

Pēteris Zilgalvis

Pēteris Zilgalvis

Judge, General Court of the European Union

René Plank

René Plank

Deputy Head of DG Competition’s Unit responsible for antitrust enforcement in payment systems and retail banking, European Commission

Julia Brockhoff

Julia Brockhoff

Head of Unit, Reform and Investment Task Force, European Commission

Luca Prete

Luca Prete

Référendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union

Benoît Loutrel

Benoît Loutrel

Member of the Board, French Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom)

Myriam Gufflet

Myriam Gufflet

Head of Litigation and International Affairs, European Data Protection Board Secretariat

Arthur Barichard

Arthur Barichard

Director, French Council for AI and Digital Affairs

Brice Allibert

Brice Allibert

Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission

Yann Guthmann

Yann Guthmann

Head of the Digital Economy Unit, French Competition Authority

David Viros

David Viros

Member of the Legal Service, European Commission

Academics

Nicolas Petit

Nicolas Petit

Professor, European University Institute, Florence

Thibault Schrepel

Thibault Schrepel

Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam — Affiliate, Stanford University

Gaël Varoquaux

Gaël Varoquaux

Computer science researcher, head of the Soda project team at Inria — member of the French interministerial committee on generative AI

Samuel Dahan

Samuel Dahan

Associate Professor, Queen’s University — Chief Policy Officer and Chair of the Deel Lab

Adrien de Hauteclocque

Adrien de Hauteclocque

Part-time Professor, European University Institute, Florence — Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics (LSE)

Anne Perrot

Anne Perrot

Inspector General of Finance, Professor of Economics (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), former Vice-President of the French Competition Authority

Godefroy de Boiscuillé

Godefroy de Boiscuillé

Associate Professor (Université Côte d’Azur), Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Co-Director of the Chair CoDE

Business and industry

Alexia Delahousse

Alexia Delahousse

Group General Counsel and Head of Public Affairs, Qonto

Georges Dirani

Georges Dirani

Group General Counsel, BNP Paribas

Nicolas Benady

Nicolas Benady

CEO and Co-Founder, Swan

David Djaïz

David Djaïz

Partner, Ascend Partners — former adviser to the French Presidency

Yann Lechelle

Yann Lechelle

Chairman, Probabl — former CEO of Scaleway

Michaël Krajecki

Michaël Krajecki

CEO, GENCI

Arnaud David

Arnaud David

Director, European Union & France Public Policy, Amazon Web Services

Rata Jacquemart

Rata Jacquemart

CEO and Co-founder, Differs

Damien Jacquemart

Damien Jacquemart

CTO and Co-founder, Differs

Julien Niziri

Julien Niziri

Chief Executive Officer, AFNOR Certification