Prior to joining Positive Competition, Cyril worked at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Competition for 16 years, including 15 years as a member of the Chief Economist Team. He has served under the leadership of the last three Commissioners and all of the past five Chief Economists. During his tenure at DG Competition, Cyril was actively involved in the review of 75+ merger cases, including 30+ in-depth investigations (e.g. Omya/Huber, Halliburton/Baker Hughes, Dow/Dupont, Bayer/Monsanto, E.ON/Innogy), 15+ antitrust cases (e.g. Intel, Swedish interconnectors, Perindopril – Servier), and several State Aid cases. Cyril has also participated in 10+ inspections and continued inspections as a forensic IT expert. Moreover, Cyril assisted the Commission in the preparation of its defence in front of the General Court of Justice of the European Union and represented the Commission in internal hearings as well as before the Court. Before joining the European Commission, Cyril worked as a Research Assistant at the UCLouvain and as an Assistant Professor at Toulouse Business School. Cyril holds an engineering degree from ISAE-ENSICA and a PhD in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics.