Elodie Vandenhende

After completing her law degrees in France and the United States, Elodie Vandenhende became a member of both the Paris and New York legal bars. She then began her career as a lawyer specializing in competition law at an international law firm.

In 2008, she took the role as advisor to the Secretary General of the French Presidency of the European Union after which she joined the cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Finance as advisor in charge of European affairs for three years.

In 2012, Elodie joined the DGCCRF within the Ministry of Finance to lead and win the first cases on behalf of the French government against some of the largest companies in the digital economy for unfair trading practices.

In 2018, Elodie Vandenhende was appointed Counsel to the President of the Autorité de la concurrence, where she was responsible for the follow-up of projects to modernise the institution and contributed to discussions on adapting competition rules to the challenges of the digital economy, in particular as part of the French Digital Conference (États généraux du numérique) and the interministerial working group on the regulation of digital platforms.

Since 2021, she is the deputy head of the digital economy unit of the Autorité.

In 2020, Elodie Vandenhende was selected for the French-American Foundation’s Young Leaders program.