ELONAS ŠATAS WAS APPOINTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SECOND-SIX YEAR TERM

On July 18 the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė appointed Elonas Šatas as Council Member of the Competition Council for the second six-year term starting on 24 August 2017.

After gaining a law degree, E. Šatas has been working in the Competition Council since 2003: starting as a Chief Expert in the Consumer Goods Division, in 2005–2007 he took over the position of the Head of State Aid Division, in 2008–2010 – Head of Law and Competition Policy Division. In addition, in 2010–2011 E. Šatas was teaching competition law at Mykolas Romeris University.

E. Šatas was appointed a Council Member on August 2011. Since May 2012 E. Šatas has been a Deputy Chairman supervising the activities of Unfair Commercial Practices Investigation Division, as well as Dominant Undertakings and Mergers Supervision Division.