Biography
George K Lipimile: BA; LLB; MSc; Phd
Dr. George K. Lipimile is the former Director and Chief Executive
Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission. He is a Lawyer and
Economist by profession. Prior to being Director and Chief Executive
Officer of COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission, he has
held several senior portfolios with international and regional
organisations. Dr. Lipimile was first Director and Chief Executive
Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission since its
commencement of operations on January 14, 2013. Prior to that, he
served as Senior Adviser at UNCTAD in the Division of Competition
and Consumer Law Policy and established and became the first
Executive Director of the Zambia Competition Commission from
1997 to 2008.
Dr. Lipimile also worked as Head of the Zambia Intellectual Property
Office and served as Chairperson of the African Regional Intellectual
Property Organisation for two terms.
He has over 32 years of experience in competition law and policy
enforcement at the national, regional and multilateral levels.
He has conducted various consultancies on economic integration
and the multilateral trade system for UN agencies, other
international organisations and regional economic communities.
His research and consultancy work extends to the areas of Trade
Law, Intellectual Property Law, Competition and Consumer Laws.
Wherever Dr. Lipimile has been called to serve either locally or
internationally, he has established himself as an expert of
Competition Law and has represented the Country with honour and
pride. Internationally, he is known as a Chief Enforcer of
competition law and a Formative Leader owing to his role in setting
up different competition authorities around the world.
His achievements include:
(a) Legislation
i) Drafted for COMESA, competition and consumer Rules
and regulations.
ii) Drafted legislation for Botswana, Swaziland, Malawi and
Zambia.
iii) Peer reviewed Kenyan legislation
(b) Establish the following Competition Authorities
He established COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) –
using his own funds before COMESA Secretariate funded
the Commission.
ii) He established Competition and Fair-Trading Commission
(CFTC) of Malawi.
iii) He established the Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC)
which later changed its name to Competition and
Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).
iv) He established the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) of
Seychelles.
v) He established the Competition Commission (COMCO) of
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
vi) He established the competition law merger control in Djibouti under COMESA