UK’s Competition Commission: New Deputy Chairman Appointed

Peter Freeman, Chairman of the Competition Commission (CC), has welcomed the appointment of Dr Peter Davis as a new Deputy Chairman of the CC. The appointment was announced today by Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Ian McCartney.

Peter Freeman said: ‘There were several strong candidates for this post but I am delighted that we have been able to attract such an able economist to complete our senior team. Peter Davis will be a great asset to the CC.’

Dr Davis is a lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) and has been a Member of the CC’s Academic Panel since 2004. He is also co-director of the Economics of Industry Program at the Suntory Toyota International Centre for Research in Economics at the LSE.

Dr Davis will join the CC in September and become a member of the CC Council. Dr Davis’s appointment means that the CC will have a full complement of deputy chairmen, joining Diana Guy and Christopher Clarke, who were appointed in 2004.