Filomena Chirico leads the European Commission’s DG CONNECT unit responsible for implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Previously, she served in the Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton, where she helped lead the development and negotiation of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, and was a case handler in DG Competition focused on the ICT sector. Before joining the Commission, she was an assistant professor at Tilburg University and remains a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. She holds advanced degrees in law, law and economics, and institutional economics, with academic expertise in competition, telecommunications, and digital regulation.
