Dr. Alexander Italianer

Dr. Alexander Italianer, former Secretary-General and Director-General for Competition of the European Commission, provides strategic insight to clients on a range of global and EU business issues including competition, sanctions, international trade, foreign investment, and regulatory affairs.

Alexander spent more than 30 years at the European Commission eventually rising to the position of Secretary-General under President Juncker. As Secretary-General, he provided policy advice on a wide range of issues in the regulatory, institutional, economic, and financial fields to the President and his Vice-Presidents. From 2010-2015, Alexander served as Director-General for Competition, handling key antitrust, merger, and state aid cases across all critical economic sectors.

During his distinguished career at the Commission, Alexander played a role in some of the most significant Commission initiatives, including negotiation of the Maastricht Treaty, the introduction of the euro, enlargement to the East, and he was involved in relations with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

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