Gina Cass-Gottlieb

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Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Assumed office
21 March 2022
Preceded byRod Sims
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
ProfessionLawyer

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[]

  1. ^ "G+T partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb appointed next Chair of ACCC - G+T". www.gtlaw.com.au. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. ^ Payments System Board Reserve Bank of Australia
  3. ^ Gina Cass-Gottlieb Gilbert + Tobin
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ New ACCC chairwoman is Murdoch family insider Australian Financial Review 15 December 2021
  6. ^ "The members". Financial Regulator Assessment Authority.
  7. ^ "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.
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