Anthony Whelan, a former aide of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, will lead the powerful competition directorate, according to two officials briefed on the decision.
The job was temporarily filled since the departure of Olivier Guersent last summer and had become emblematic for ideological splits about the future of EU competition policy — and the extent to which it can be used to help the bloc’s companies compete with US and Chinese rivals.
The Whelan appointment, given his proximity to von der Leyen, suggests he may back the Commission president in her pursuit of leveraging competition policy to help European companies scale up.
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