Lars-Hendrik Röller

In 1987, Röller obtained a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also briefly worked as lecturer, with a thesis on the theory and application of contestable markets.

In addition to his academic positions, Röller served as chief competition economist at the European Commission under successive presidents Romano Prodi and José Manuel Barroso from 2003 until 2006, in this capacity advising European Commissioners for Competition Mario Monti and Neelie Kroes.

[4] Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he co-chaired (alongside Zane Dangor) the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator's Vaccine Manufacturing Working Group from June 2021.

[5] In 2023, Röller founded the Berlin Global Dialogue, an annual high-level conference held at ESMT.

His contributions to research have been acknowledged through the Gossen Prize (2002), a fellowship of the European Economic Association (2004), and a membership of the German Academy of Sciences (2008).