Ori Schwartz is the Head of the OECD Competition Division since 2021. In this role he oversees the work to promote sound competition enforcement and procompetitive regulatory policies and support the OECD’s Competition Committee.
Before joining the OECD, Schwartz was Chief Legal Counsel and Head of Legal Department at the Israel Ministry of Health. Prior to this, Ori Schwartz served at the Israel Competition Authority (ICA), as Chief Legal Counsel and head of the Legal Department (2011-18), overseeing all matters of competition policy, enforcement and regulation, and also serving as Acting Director General from 2015 to 2016, lead for the communications and retail sectors (2008-2011), lawyer for the communications and retail sector (2007-2008).