Guillaume Loriot is Deputy Director-General for Mergers in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), a position he has held since May 2021. He previously served as Director responsible for competition cases in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors from 2014 to 2021.
Earlier in his career, Loriot served as Deputy Head of Cabinet to Joaquín Almunia, then European Commissioner for Competition Policy, and held several positions within DG COMP. Before joining the European Commission in 2002, he worked in private legal practice and at the General Court of the European Union. He studied law at Paris II University, University College London and the College of Europe in Bruges.
