Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Gina Cass-Gottlieb | |
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Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission | |
Assumed office 21 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rod Sims |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Profession | Lawyer |
Gina Cass-Gottlieb is the current chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.
Career[]
Cass-Gottlieb was a senior and founding partner of the Competition and Regulation Group at Gilbert + Tobin from the early 1990s to March 2022.[1] She became a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board in 2013 and the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority in September 2021.[2][3]
On 21 March 2022, she became the chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and is the first woman to hold the position.[4] Her appointment drew criticism from former prime minister Kevin Rudd for her connections to News Corp and the Murdoch family.[5]
Education[]
Cass-Gottlieb holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, and was a Fulbright Scholar at University of California, Berkeley from 1986 ‑ 87, graduating with a Master of Laws, majoring in US competition law, financial institutions regulation and securities regulation.[6]
Personal life[]
Cass-Gottleib's father, Cecil Cass, was an orthopedic surgeon and her mother, Bettina, is a sociologist and women’s rights activist.[7] Her uncle Moss Cass was a doctor, the first minister for the environment in the Whitlam government and minister for media.
References[]
- ^ "G+T partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb appointed next Chair of ACCC - G+T". www.gtlaw.com.au. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Payments System Board Reserve Bank of Australia
- ^ Gina Cass-Gottlieb Gilbert + Tobin
- ^ Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer (2022-03-21). "New Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb starts at ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ New ACCC chairwoman is Murdoch family insider Australian Financial Review 15 December 2021
- ^ "The members". Financial Regulator Assessment Authority.
- ^ "The power of one: Gina Cass-Gottlieb on becoming the first woman to lead the ACCC". the Guardian. 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- Australian public servants
- UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
- Living people