Carlos Merino Troncoso

Carlos Merino Troncoso currently serves as Consejero Económico y Comercial at the Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa since September 2023. Prior to this role, Carlos has held positions at the CNMC as Subdirector Adjunto since December 2018 and has been the Editor of the World Competition Law and Economics Review at Kluwer Law World Competition since September 2019. Carlos also has experience from the Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda, where Carlos was Jefe Area Subdirección Sistema Financiero Internacional from September 2008 to December 2010, and from the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, serving as Consejero Económico y Comercial in both the Embajada de España en Guatemala and the Embajada de España en Sofía from September 2002 to September 2008. Carlos holds a Licenciado in Económicas y Empresariales from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a PhD in Economía Aplicada from UNED, a Curso de Especialización en Derecho de la Competencia Europeo y Español from Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, and a Tecnico Comercial y Economista del Estado from CECO.