Irmfried Schwimann

Since October 2006, Mrs Irmfried Schwimann is Head of DG Competition's Financial Services unit, dealing with antitrust matters. For the time being, she is also assuming the position of Acting Director for the Financial Services and Health-related markets Directorate of DG Competition. Mrs Schwimann was previously Head of DG Markt's Financial Services Policy unit (3/2003-9/2006). Before that, Mrs Schwimann worked in the unit dealing with Retail Issues and Payment Systems within DG Markt (7/1999-8/2002) and subsequently in Commissioner Bolkestein's Cabinet (9/2002-2/2003), where she was i.a. responsible for financial services issues.

Mrs Schwimann studied law at the University of Linz/Austria as well as political science at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.

Before joining the Commission Mrs Schwimann had been working for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1984-1989) and subsequently for an Austrian Insurance group (1989-1999).