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Frédéric JENNY

Emeritus Professor
department: Economics
Campus de Cergy
frederic-yves.jenny@wanadoo.fr
+33 (0)1 34 43 31 43
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Biography

 

Positions in French Government and Judiciary       

September 2004 to August 2012 : Judge, French Supreme Court, Commercial Economic and Financial Chamber (Conseiller en Service Extraordinaire, Cour de Cassation)

    1993- 2004 : Vice President, French Competition Authority (Conseil de la concurrence)

     1986-1993 : General Counsel (Rapporteur Général) French Competition Authority ( Conseil de la concurrence)

       1984-1985 : General Counsel (Rapporteur Général), French Competition Authority (Commission de la concurrence)

       1978-1984 : Member of the Investigative Staff (Rapporteur), French Competition Authority (Commission de la concurrence)

Academic Positions

            2026 Fernand Braudel Fellow for the Department of Law at the European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy

         Sept 1 2025- August 31 2027:Visiting Professor ( honorary), Faculty of Law, Chinese University , Hong Kong

            2022 :  Global Professor of Law  (New York University School of Law’s Hauser  Global Law School)

Since 2021: Emeritus Professor of Economics ( ESSEC Business School)

        1972-2020: Professor of Economics (ESSEC Business School)

 2017 : Global Professor of Law  (New York University School of Law’s Hauser  Global Law School)

January 2016-December 2018: Senior Fellow  in the Online Global Competition and Consumer Law Masters Program, University of Melbourne ( Australia)

2014  : Global Professor of Law  (New York University School of Law’s Hauser  Global Law School)

2012 : David Tadmor  Visiting Professor of Antitrust, (Haifa University Law School)

 1991  : Visiting lecturer (University of Capetown, South Africa)

1984  : Visiting Professor (Keio University , Tokyo, Japan)

1983 : Visiting Professor (Wuhan University, China)

1978 :Visiting Professor (Northwestern University ,United States)

1966 to 1968:  Assistant and Head of Assistants, ESSEC

Other Positions

Since 2025 Adjudicator Officer, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland

Since 2024: Affiliated Scholar, Dynamic Competition Initiative

1994 -2024 : Chairman, OECD Competition Committee

2001-2025  : Chairman OECD Global Forum on Competition

2016-2022 Chairman, Ethics Commission, French Federation of Insurance ( Fédération Française de l’Assurance) 

2015-2021 Member of the International Commission of the French Federation of Businesses ( Medef)

2010-2020 Member of the Advisory Committee of the French Federation of Insurance Companies (Comité de Réflexion et d’Orientation de l’Assurance auprès de la Fédération Française de l’Assurance ( FFA)

April 2007-April 2014 : Non Executive Director, Office of Fair Trading, United Kingdom

From 2003 to 2007 : Member of the  « Conseil Scientifique de la Mission Recherche Droit et Justice », French Ministry of Justice

From April 1997 to December 2003 : Chairman, WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition Policy

 

From June 1990 to June 1996: Member of the "Conseil Scientifique de l'Evaluation des Politiques Publiques"

 1988-1990 :  Chairman of the Working Group " Formation des prix et fonctionnement des marchés dans les économies des pays en transition" (Mission Stoleru, Secrétariat d'Etat au Plan)

Member of the “Advisory Board”, Fordham Corporate Law Institute

Member of the “Advisory Board of the « Florence Competition Programme ( Institut Européen de Florence)”

           Member of the Advisory Board “CRESSE”

           Chairman, International Advisory Board “Concurrences”

Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Consumer Unity Trust of India (CUTS)

1982-1986 :Member of the Advisory Committee of INSEE ( French National Institute of Statistics)

Awards

Global Competition Review Lifetime Achievement Award, Washington, USA,2016

Concurrences Liber Amicorum, Paris, France, 2019

CADE, International Award, Brasilia, Brazil 2025

Distinctions 

           Officer, Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur, France

           Officer, Ordre National du Mérite, France

           Knight, Order of the Star, Romania, December 2017

           Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, South Korea, April 2019

Diplomas

  • 1977: Doctorat in Economic Sciences (Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas France)
  • 1975: Ph.D. in Economics (Harvard University United States of America)
  • 1971: Master’s in Economics (Harvard University United States of America)
  • 1966: MSc of Science in Management (ESSEC Business School France)
Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2026 : Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, EUI School of Law (European University Institute Italy)
    • 2022 : Global Professor of Law (New York University. Hauser Global Law School United States of America)
    • 2017 : Global Professor of Law (New York University. Hauser Global Law School United States of America)
    • 2016 – 2018 : Senior Fellow, Online Global Competition and Consumer Masters Program, University of Melbourne (University of Melbourne Australia)
    • 2014 : Global Professor of Law (New York University. Hauser Global Law School United States of America)
    • 2012 – 2013 : Visiting Professor (University of Haifa Israel)
    • 2005 – 2012 : Visiting Professor (University College London United Kingdom)
    • 1991 – 1992 : Visiting Professor (Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town South Africa)
    • 1984 – 1985 : Visiting Professor (Keio University Japan)
    • 1983 – 1984 : Visiting Professor (Wuhan university China)
    • 1978 – 1979 : Visiting Professor (Northwestern University United States of America)
    • 1966 – 1969 : Teaching Assistant (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2020 – Now : Emeritus Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1972 – 2020 : Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Distinctions

Awards

  • 2020 : Order of Diplomatic (South Korea)
  • 2017 : Chevalier, Ordre de l’Etoile (Romania)
  • 2003 : Officier, Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (France)
  • 1999 : Officer, Ordre National du Mérite (France)
  • 1992 : Chevalier, Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur (Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, France)
  • 1988 : Chevalier, Ordre National du Mérite (France)
Research

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Press article, video or other popular media

Teaching
Other activities
Professional activities
  • Consulting
    • 2015 – 2015: with P. Langohr and A. Dosis, ‘Price Discrimination and Facilitating Fair Competition in the Credit Rating Industry’ for ESMA: European Securities and Market Association
    • 2014 – 2014: [Leading a team CEDE ESSEC] Contribution du fonctionnement des marchés pétroliers à la sécurité énergétique : une perspective historique et économique (2014).
    • 2014 – 2014: With Marc IVALDI & Aleksandra KHIMICH Measuring the Economic Effects of Cartels in Developing Countries, Final report CEPR PEDL program and UNCTAD RPP (2014)
    • 2011 – 2011: [Leading a team CEDE ESSEC] Repositionnement stratégique de l’activité courrier de la Poste (2011).
    • 2009 – 2009: [Leading a team CEDE ESSEC] L’analyse des pratiques d’assurances au regard du droit européen de la concurrence”. This report was given to the FFSA in 2009. ( France)
    • 1943 – Now: [Leading a team CEDE ESSEC] Interaction between Regional Competition Law Systems and National Enforcement. Research Project of the CEDE ESSEC for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (CNUCED)
    • 1943 – Now: CREW Project ‘Competition Reforms in Key Markets for Enhancing Social & Economic Welfare in Developing Countries’ (CREW Project), with the support from DFID (United Kingdom) and BMZ (Germany) and GIZ (Germany)
  • Member of a professional association, of an expert group or of a board of directors
    • 2007 – 2014: Non Executive Director, Office of Fair Trading ( United Kingdom)
    • 2006 – Now: Qualified Member of the Conseil d’Analyse Stratégique des Industries Culturelles, Ministère de la Culture
    • 2004 – 2012: Conseiller en Service Extraordinaire, Cour de Cassation
    • 2003 – 2007: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Research Mission Recherche in Law and Justice (Ministère de la Justice)
    • 1999 – Now: Registerd on the list of experts to be called in panels for resolution of conflicts for the World Trade Organization
    • 1997 – 2003: President, Work Group at the WTO on interactions between trade policies and competition policies
    • 1994 – Now: Chairman, OECD Competition Law and Policy Committee
    • 1993 – 2004: Vice President, Conseil de la concurrence
    • 1990 – 1996: Member of the Scientific Council to Evaluate Public Policies
    • 1988 – 1990: President of the work group “Formation des prix et fonctionnement des marchés dans les économies des pays en transition” (Mission Stoleru, Secrétariat d’Etat au Plan)
    • 1986 – 1993: General Reporter, Conseil de la concurrence
    • 1986 – 1993: General Reporter, Commission de la concurrence
    • 1982 – 1986: Member of the Scientific Committee at INSEE
    • 1978 – 1984: Reporter, Commission de la concurrence
    • 1977 – 1977: Technical Advisor, Secrétariat d’Etat à la consommation
    • 1943 – Now: Member of the Commission “Avenir du Commerce Extérieur” at Medef
    • 1943 – Now: Consultant for the CNUCED and national jurisdictions on competition matters
    • 1943 – Now: Member of the executive committee of AFEC
    • 1943 – 1943: Chairman of the CUTS Center on Competition, Investment and Economic Regulation ( India)
Research activities
  • Participation in scientific commissions or reviewer for a conference
    • 2002 – 2002: Member of the Development Committee of the Nyenrode Institute for Competition (Chaired by Karen Can Miert)
    • 1943 – Now: Member of the Scientific Committe for the Mission pour l’Attractivité du Droit
    • 1943 – Now: Advisory Committee Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics at UCL
    • 1943 – Now: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Research Mission Recherche in Law and Justice (Ministère de la Justice) ( France)
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 1995 – 1995: Editorial board membership – Antitrust Bulletin