Norway

Norway Has New Antitrust Head

Norway’s Competition watchdog has appointed Tina Søreide as its new director general. This after the existing head decided not to renew his mandate in the new year.

Tina Søreide, Professor of Law and Economics, studies corruption, governance, markets and development, currently with an emphasis on law enforcement. She was previously employed by the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (UiB), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the World Bank, Washington DC. At NHH, she teaches courses in business ethics, corruption and governance, and organizes a research program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, which operates in cooperation with the Legal Reform research agenda at the Faculty of Law, UiB

In Norway, she is member of the Norwegian Political Parties Act Committee and the Norwegian Research Council’s Portfolio Board for Humanities and Social Sciences.