Matthew Bennett, Former Director of Economics at the UK Office of Fair Trading, Joins CRA's European Competition & Antitrust Practice As New Vice President
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 18, 2012-- Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management, economic, and financial consulting services, today announced that Dr. Matthew Bennett has joined the firm as a vice president in the Competition & Antitrust Practice based in London.
Prior to joining CRA, Dr. Bennett served as the director of economics at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the United Kingdom where he was responsible for the economic policy, financial analysis, and statistics and econometrics teams. This included supervising the economic review of OFT cases, commissioning economic research, and developing the OFT's economic approach to competition and consumer policy. He advised on competition cases involving the banking, construction, retail, and tobacco industries, among others. Dr. Bennett joined the OFT in 2008. Prior to that, he was a principal at LECG and also worked for the UK Communications Regulator OFCOM within the Chief Economist's team. In addition, he has authored papers in the area of competition and consumer policy, most recently in the area of information exchange. Dr. Bennett earned his PhD degree in Economics from the University of Warwick and completed a Post-Doctorate degree in Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics.
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