Andrea Coscelli

Dr Andrea Coscelli CBE (born 11 February 1969) is a British economist and businessperson serving as chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Andrea Coscelli
Chief Executive of the
Competition and Markets Authority
Assumed office
July 2016
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byAlex Chisholm
Personal details
Born (1969-02-11) February 11, 1969
Alma materStanford University
Bocconi University

Education

Coscelli completed a laurea in Economics at Bocconi University, Italy.[1] He has also completed a PhD in Economics from Stanford University[2]

Career

Coscelli has been the chief executive of the CMA since July 2016.[2][3]

He joined the CMA in November 2013 as executive director, markets and mergers (the executive board member leading the directorate responsible for UK merger control, the markets regime and the CMA's work in regulated sectors).

He previously held roles at Ofcom, as director of economic analysis and Charles River Associates, as vice president (partner) in the organisation's Competition Practice in London.[2]

Coscelli co-founded the not-for-profit organisation, the Association of Competition Economics (ACE) in 2003[2] which aims to bring together competition economists working in government, academia and the private sector to debate and discuss policies and specific cases.[4]

Competition and Markets Authority

In July 2021, the CMA stepped up its enforcement action against powerful tech firms under Coscelli’s leadership, with the Wall Street Journal reporting on the cases launched against Apple, Facebook and Google and a rise in the CMA’s casework following the UK’s exit from the European Union.[5]

Honours and awards

Coscelli was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to competitive markets.[6]

In 2019, Business Insider named Coscelli 81st in their list of the 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019 after the CMA announced it was investigating Amazon's anticipated acquisition of Deliveroo.[7][8]

In 2019, Coscelli was ranked 33rd in Influence Weekly's list of '100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing'[9] following the CMA's consumer enforcement work to secure formal commitments from 16 celebrity influencers to stop undisclosed advertising in their social media posts.[10][11]

References
  1. "Antitrust and Market Liberalization in the UK Since Brexit". www.viasarfatti25.unibocconi.eu. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "Dr Andrea Coscelli". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "Andrea Coscelli appointed CEO of UK's Competition and Markets Authority". Post & Parcel. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "About ACE - ACE". www.competitioneconomics.org. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "For Big Tech, There's a New Sheriff in Town - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. "New Year's Honours list in full". Evening Standard. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. Wood, Isobel Asher Hamilton, Mary Hanbury, Charlie. "UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019". Business Insider. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. "Amazon / Deliveroo merger inquiry". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. "100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing". Influence Weekly. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  10. Wakefield, Jane (23 January 2019). "Social media stars agree to declare ads". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. "Celebrities pledge to clean up their act on social media". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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