Biography
Dr. Eliana Garcés is the founder of LAMA Economic Research, a boutique consultancy providing economic analysis on digital regulation and market intervention in innovative technology sectors. She is also the co-founder of ALP Economics where she acts as an expert witness in litigation and arbitration matters.
Her experience in policy, competition, and regulatory affairs includes senior roles at the European Commission, including in the Chief Economist Team at DG Competition, serving as Deputy Chief Economist at DG Internal Market and Industry, and in the personal cabinet of Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia (2010–2013). From 2019 to 2023, she was a Director for Economic Policy at Meta in the United States, where she worked on the economic implications of digital regulation for global technology operations. She has since advised several large technology firms on regulatory matters.
She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, and is recognised as an expert in the economic analysis of new digital business models and regulation in innovative sectors.