A View from UK: Digital Regulation
19 Oct 2023

A View from UK: Digital Regulation
19 Oct 2023
About the speakers
- Cleo AllistonSenior Lawyer, Competition and Regulatory Law at BBCCleo Alliston is a senior lawyer at the BBC - a world-leading public service broadcaster. Cleo specialises in competition and regulatory law and prior to joining the BBC, Cleo was an Assistant Director at the UK competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority. At the CMA, Cleo conducted numerous merger enquiries, as well as leading investigations into anti-competitive agreements and abusive conduct. Cleo also had a key role in the CMA’s work on the anticipated digital competition regime. Cleo started her legal career as a solicitor in the Competition and Regulatory Group of London law firm Slaughter and May.
- Robin FinerEconomic Director at OfcomRobin joined Ofcom as an Economics Director in October 2022 and is working on a range of issues in digital markets and broadcasting. He previously spent nine years at the FCA, where he was Head of Competition Economics and Deputy Chief Economist and led many market studies, including General Insurance Pricing Practices and Asset Management. He also led FCA input into the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum. Prior to joining the FCA, Robin worked at the Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading and also spent two years at DG Competition in Brussels.
- Euan MacMillanDirector - Digital Markets Unit at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)Euan MacMillan is the Director – Digital Markets Unit at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Previously, Euan has held various roles within the UK Government including in Pakistan and DRC for the Department for International Development (DFID), and in London for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as well as heading the Digital Trade Negotiations at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Euan holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Strathclyde and an MSc in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.
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