Helena Malikova

European civil servant and academic

Helena Malikova

Helena Malikova in 2022

Born|

Helena Malíková

1983 (age 41-42)[1]
Education| College of Europe
Occupation| EU civil servant

Helena Malikova (born 1983) is a French-Slovak civil servant and an academic. She holds both French and Slovak passports, having migrated to France with her parents.[2]

Malikova has been overseeing at the European Commission the investigation in the EU Apple State aid case against Ireland. In 2016, the case resulted in a claim of 13 billion euro of unpaid taxes owed by Apple to Ireland.[3]

## Academic work

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Malikova is affiliated with European and American universities. She is a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,[4] as well as a fellow at the Hertie School in Berlin.[5] Her academic research pertains to questions of regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and of global leadership in AI.[6] Malikova's other academic work relates to competition policy[7][8] and surveillance capitalism.

She was a fellow at UC Berkeley in California over the academic year 2016/17.[9] Malikova is an alumna of the College of Europe.[5]

## European Commission

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Malikova joined the European civil service in 2009. Her prior job was with the bank Credit Suisse.[10]

At the European Commission, Malikova is working on antitrust matters[11] and on the issue of increasing corporate market power.[3] She has been involved in a number of investigations by the European Commission into tax arrangements by multinational corporations,[12] including Apple, Amazon, Starbucks, Fiat and Engie.[10]

She is a frequent commentator on questions of diversity[13] and gender equality at the EU institutions.[1]

Malikova shed light on undue influence of economic consultancies, such as CRA in merger control by the EU in an academic article published in 2023.[14] Malikova was removed from her role at the chief economist team of the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in July that year, at the time of the nomination of Fiona Scott Morton, an academic and consultant for CRA, as new chief economist.[15] Fiona Scott Morton's nomination was ultimately derailed by concerns of conflict of interest, that were expressed by the European Parliament and French President Emmanuel Macron.[16]

## References

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1. ^ a b Akrivou, Maria (October 17, 2022). "Έλενα Μαλίκοβα: Η γυναίκα που επέβαλε το πρόστιμο-μαμούθ στην Apple" [Helena Malikova: The woman who imposed the mammoth fine on Apple]. The Power Game. Women in Power (in Greek). PowerGame.gr. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
2. ^ Sebag, Gaspard; Doyle, Dara; Webb, Alex (December 16, 2016). "The Inside Story of Apple's $14 Billion Tax Bill". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
3. ^ a b "Helena Malikova". Re;publica19. re:publica. May 8, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
4. ^ "Helena Malikova". HARVARD Kennedy School.
5. ^ a b "Helena Malikova Fellow". Hertie School. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
6. ^ "JCU Hosts Debate on the "Geopolitical Dimensions of the A.I. Race"". John Cabot University. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
7. ^ "Study Group on EU Antitrust and Competition". HARVARD Kennedy School. September 27, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
8. ^ S&D AIDA Webinar - AI’s Technological Diversification to Counter Market Concentration (video). Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. October 14, 2021. Event occurs at 26m20s. Retrieved November 1, 2022 - via YouTube.
9. ^ "Spring 2017 Newsletter" (PDF). Institute of European Studies. UC Berkeley. 2017. pp. 8 and 39. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
10. ^ a b "Illegal subsidy or legitimate tax policy? The EU's Apple case against Ireland". NYU Law. New York: New York University School of Law. November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
11. ^ "Helena Malikova". W@. W@Competition. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
12. ^ "Meet 'the Maxforce' – the EU team that fined Ireland €13bn over Apple". The Irish Times. December 18, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
13. ^ "Model minority myths". EUobserver. August 16, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
14. ^ Smith-Meyer, Bjarke (April 27, 2023). "EU Influence: More crypto lobbying — FOMO ads — Merger control". Politico. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
15. ^ "The Scott Morton affair: anatomy of a democratic victory". Balanced Economy Project. July 26, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
16. ^ Khan, Mehreen (May 2, 2023). "Game on as UK steals a march on Brussels over Activision merger". The Sunday Times. Retrieved December 24, 2023.