Director of Economics, Enforcement and Markets & Mergers

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) promotes competition to make markets work well for consumers, businesses and the economy. Our work is complex and compelling and can benefit the lives of everyone in the UK. Our mission is to make markets work well in the interests of consumers, businesses and the economy

The CMA is now looking to appoint a new Economics Director, who will be a key member of the Chief Economic Adviser’s leadership team and will support the development of a strong, intellectually rigorous and responsive culture. You will also provide economic leadership on complex and important merger, markets and enforcement cases and will ensure that the economic work carried out by the CMA is of consistently high quality, represents innovative thinking and plays a key role in ensuring that CMA achieves maximum impact on the national stage.

You will be an excellent senior level competition economist with impressive academic and professional qualifications and experience, holding at least a Masters degree in a branch of economics relevant to competition policy.  You will have an outstanding track record of providing high quality economic advice on complex cases, studies and enquiries, and an in-depth knowledge of competition and regulatory economics and current issues in the field. You will also bring experience of managing teams, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to explain complex issues with clarity, simplicity and precision to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

For further information about the role, please download the candidate pack atwww.veredus.co.uk reference 926769. For a confidential discussion, contact our consultants at Veredus Nataliya Starik-Bludova on 020 7932 4265 or James Greengrass on 020 7932 4286.

Closing date for applications: 5pm on Monday, 6^th July 2015.

The CMA is an equal opportunities employer.