Maria Tierno Centella

Director-General for Competition of the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) from October 1st, 2021. 

Maria Tierno Centella has worked in EU and competition law, both in private (attorney) and public practice (20 years at the European Commission, and also at the Dutch and Spanish competition authorities). She has led cartel investigations at DG COMP, such as Forex, European Government Bonds and SSA bonds, Gas Insulated Switchgear and Animal Feed Phosphates (a record 35-year cartel). She drafted the legislative package introducing EU settlements and the 2006 Leniency Notice. 

She has worked in Spanish, English, French and Dutch. Marisa has a law degree (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and a Master’s degree in European law (Université Libre de Bruxelles). She authors numerous international publications on competition, among other matters