"Mr Whelan is currently one of two deputy directors in the Competition Commission. He joined that department last year from a post in EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's cabinet, where he was digital adviser."
"The Competition Commission is among the EU's most powerful arms, responsible not just for policy but enforcement, including famously imposing the controversial €13bn Apple tax decision on Ireland when Margrethe Vestager was commissioner."
"The competition brief has become more fraught since Donald Trump's return as US president, with the current White House increasingly unabashed in its opposition to almost any EU enforcement action against US firms."
"Last year Mr Whelan was named by Euractiv among a number of internal candidates tipped for the DG competition role vacated by Olivier Guersent, who had retired."
Anthony Whelan, a senior aide to Ursula von der Leyen, has been an EU civil servant since 1995. He currently serves as a deputy director in the Competition Commission. The Commission is influential in policy and enforcement, notably in the €13bn Apple tax case. Whelan's candidacy for the DG competition role follows the retirement of Olivier Guersent. His background includes qualifications as a barrister and lecturer in public law, along with degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Cambridge University.
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