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Linsey McCallum

Linsey McCallum

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Linsey McCallum is Deputy Director-General for Antitrust in the Directorate-General for Competition as of 1 October 2020.

She joined the Commission in 1993 from private practice, initially as a trade negotiator during the Uruguay Round. After joining DG COMP in 1995, she held a series of antitrust and merger case-handling and policy posts.  From 1999-2002, she was a member of cabinet of Vice-President Kinnock before rejoining DG COMP as the assistant to the Director General for antitrust and mergers.  From 2005-2011 she was Head of Unit for antitrust in transport.  As of 2011, she was Head of Unit for mergers in digital sectors before her appointment as Director for technology, media and telecoms in 2013.  As of 2014, she served as Margrethe Vestager’s Deputy Head of Cabinet with oversight of the competition portfolio.

Linsey McCallum graduated with a first class degree in law from the University of Glasgow and holds a master degree in EU law from the College of Europe in Bruges.

  1. Since 1 October 2020
    Deputy Director-General for Antitrust in the Directorate-General for Competition
26 FEBRUARY 2020
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