Chris Fonteijn

Chris Fonteijn (1955) is the chairman of the Board of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). Prior to this, Mr. Fonteijn was chairman of both the Commission of the Netherlands Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA), and of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa). Mr. Fonteijn earned his master’s degree in law from Leiden University. From 1980 until 2005, when he became the chairman of the Commission of OPTA, he was a lawyer at the Rotterdam-based law firm NautaDutilh, where he was promoted to partner in 1988. At NautaDutilh, he specialized in energy and corporate law, and held various positions. He has also worked for a number of years in the Middle East. In his final years at NautaDutilh, he directed the Energy & Utilities Group. In his capacity of chairman of the Commission of OPTA, he sat on the board of IRG (Independent Regulators Group) and that of BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) between 2008 and 2011. In 2011, he was chairman of both of these international bodies. From July 1, 2011, until the launch of the ACM, he was also the chairman of the Board of the NMa. Mr. Fonteijn does not hold any other positions.