The new ACCC Merger Control Regime

Hear from Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Australia’s new merger control regime, the regulator’s priorities, and how business should navigate an evolving competition landscape.

OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Gina Cass-Gottlieb commenced her 5-year appointment as Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on 21 March 2022.

Prior to her appointment, Gina had over 30 years' experience advising on a large number of mergers, competition, and regulatory matters in Australia and New Zealand.

Since 2013, Gina has been a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board. The Payments System Board is the Australian regulator of access to payment systems and the stability regulator for financial market intermediaries. Gina was a member of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority from September 2021 to March 2022. For 10 years, Gina was a director on the board of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation.

Gina chairs Commission meetings, the Enforcement Committee, and the Scams and Digital Markets Committee, and is a member of the Mergers Review Committee, Digital ID and Consumer Data Right Committee, Infrastructure and Communications Committee, and Energy Markets Board.

Gina is the first female Chair of the ACCC and its predecessor, the TPC, since its establishment in 1974.  Gina is also a member of the Bureau of the OECD Competition Committee and the Bureau of the International Competition Network.