Cani Fernández Vicién has been President of the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission since 2020.

Cani graduate in law with merit from the University of Zaragoza and holds a special degree in European Law from the Free University of Brussels, with Great Distinction.  She worked as a lawyer in private practice specialised in EU and Competition Law. She also taught at prestigious Spanish and foreign universities such as Toulouse School of Economics, McGeorge University of the Pacific, Carlos III University, Autonomous University of Barcelona and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, among others. During her distinguished career, she was the first woman to be appointed as a Co-Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association; held the position of Vice-chair of the Economics Committee of the Antitrust Section at the American Bar Association; was Officer of the International Cartel Task Force of the ABA Antitrust Section;  she was also a Non Governmental Advisor (NGA) of the EU Commission and the National Commission for Markets and Competition before the International Competition Network. Additionally, she is the author of numerous publications in the area of Competition and EU Law, and a regular speaker on these matters.