Etienne Chantrel is the head of merger unit at the French Competition Authority. He worked previously as an advisor in structural reforms and competition at the French Ministry of economics, industry and digital. He is a former student of Sciences Po Paris, the University of Chicago, the "Ecole normale supérieure" and the Ensae ParisTech. He holds a PhD in economics at the Telecom ParisTech. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Chicago, adviser at the Ministry of national education, teaching assistant at the University of Toulouse I, deputy head of service activities and competition and of domestic economic policy at the French Treasury and as a head of the Euro zone sector at INSEE.