Prof. Jonathan Faull

International and European Competition Law

Jonathan Faull is the Director General of Internal Market and Services at the European Commission in Brussels.

Born in the UK in 1954, he joined the Commission in 1978, after law studies at the University of Sussex and the College of Europe (Bruges). He spent most of his early Commission career at the Directorate General of Competition, working his way up from the starting grade to become Deputy Director General. From 1989 to 1992 he worked in the cabinet (private office) of the competition Commissioner (Leon Brittan). From 1999 to 2003 he was the Commission’s chief press spokesman and Director General of Press and Communication and from 2003 to 2010 he was Director General of Justice and Home Affairs.

He is the author of many articles on European law and policy, co-editor of a leading work on European Competition Law and a Visiting Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the College of Europe (Bruges).