Organisation

Ascola is organized as a democratic association involving a General Assembly and a Board – including an Executive Committee with the President of ASCOLA for the day-to-day-running of the association. The Assembly convenes each year. It elects the Board, including the Executive Committe, for a term of two years. ASCOLA has also asked three directors to perform special tasks. The organization is described in a Charter.

The Excecutive Committee

The Executive Committee currently includes six people who run ASCOLA on a daily basis. The ASCOLA President is Professor Rupprecht Podszun of the University of Düsseldorf (Germany). He is the Director of the Institute for Competition Law at the University. He was elected in 2023 after having served as an ASCOLA Vice-President since 2019. Before that professors Michal Gal (2016-2023), Paul Nihoul (2013-2016) and Josef Drexl (2003-2013) had served as presidents of ASCOLA.

ASCOLA has five Vice-Presidents who serve on the ASCOLA Executive Committee:

  • Peter Picht (Zurich), Vice President for Finances
  • Thomas Cheng (Hong Kong), Vice President
  • Magali Eben (Glasgow), Vice President
  • Giorgio Monti (Tilburg), Vice President
  • Wendy Ng (Melbourne), Vice President

The members of the 2023 Executive Committee: Rupprecht Podszun, Thomas Cheng, Magali, Peter Picht, Wendy Ng and Giorgio Monti (pictured clockwise from upper left).

The Board
The Board is composed of members elected by the members of the association. The composition partly reflects the geographic coverage of the association. Elections are organized on a regular basis. For these elections members can suggest applications.

Members of the Board as elected in 2023 consist of three groups – the members of the Executive Committee, former presidents of ASCOLA, and further members. Also the organiser of the next conference is co-opted as a member.

The members of the Executive Committee:

Rupprecht Podszun
Thomas Cheng
Magali Eben
Giorgio Monti
Wendy Ng
Peter Picht

Former ASCOLA Presidents:

  • Josef Drexl
  • Paul Nihoul
  • Michal Gal

      Further members of the Board:

      • Zeynep Ayata (Turkey)
      • Mor Bakhoum (Senegal)
      • Fabiana Di Porto (Italy)
      • Valeria Falce (Italy)
      • Harry First (USA)
      • Juan David Gutierrez (Colombia)
      • Vikas Kathuria (India)
      • Wolfgang Kerber (Germany)
      • Ioannis Lianos (UK)
      • Bjorn Lundqvist (Sweden)
      • Francisco Marcos (Spain)
      • Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman (Croatia)
      • Danny Sokol (USA)
      • Masako Wakui (Japan)

      Spencer Weber Waller (Chicago, USA) is co-opted as the local host of #ASCOLA2025.

      Directors

      Fabiana Di Porto is the ASCOLA Director responsible for the Best Junior Paper Award.

      Viktoria Robertson is the ASCOLA Director for scholarships.

      Jurgita Malinauskaite is the ASCOLA Director for mentoring.

      The General Assembly
      The General Assembly consists of all members of the association. All members have a similar vote. No difference is made depending on origin of members, or the fee paid by them. As a reminder, fees are discounted for younger academics and for academics coming from lower-income regions. The General Assembly takes place in the course of annual conferences.

       

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