Walid Chaiehloudj is the Vice-President of the New Caledonian Competition Authority and sits on the Board of the French Competition Authority. He is also a full Professor at the University of Perpignan. He holds a PhD in competition law from Aix-Marseille University. His thesis focuses on pay-for-delay agreements and has been awarded The 2018 Concurrences Best PhD Award, The 2018 Jules and Louis Jean Bernat Prize for the student with the best doctoral studies from Aix-Marseille University and the Vogel "coup de coeur" Prize 2022 in Economic Law.