Cristina Caffarra

Honorary Professor, UCL

Cristina Caffarra is a globally renowned expert in the economics of antitrust and regulation. Following a 25-year career as a leading antitrust expert economist, she is now mostly writing, speaking and convening high-level policy conversations. She has been involved in all areas of digital enforcement and regulation in multiple jurisdictions – for both governments and clients adverse to Google and Meta, and for Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and multiple others. She is now an independent commentator and a recognised thought leader in the regulation of the digital economy. Her Annual Brussels Conference is the highest-profile event on Competition and Regulation in Europe. She publishes regularly on competition and regulation of digital markets, the political economy and industrial and trade policy. She lectures in competition economics as Honorary Professor at UCL in London, and is Associate Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London where she co-founded the Competition Research Policy Network, a major platform for policy discussions around competition. Cristina holds a Master and PhD in Economics from Oxford University.