Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: FTC names Bureau of Economics Director, Deputy Director for Antitrust, (Nov 24, 2015)
Organizations Mentioned:Bureau of Economics | University of Maryland
By Greg Hammond, J.D.
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced today the appointment of Professor Ginger Zhe Jin as Director of the Bureau of Economics and Alison Oldale as the Bureau of Economics’ Deputy Director for Antitrust.
In addition to serving as a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland College Park, Jin is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, co-editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, and co-founder of Hazel Analytics, Inc. Her research has largely focused on information asymmetry among economic agents. Jin has been serving the FTC as a fellow while on sabbatical from the University of Maryland.
Oldale serves as an Executive Vice President at Compass Lexecon in Washington, D.C. She has extensive experience in the entertainment and media, health care, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and transport industries. Oldale previously served as FTC Deputy Director for Antitrust.
“We are very pleased that Ginger Zhe Jin will join the Federal Trade Commission as Director of the Bureau of Economics, and that Alison Oldale will serve as Deputy Director for Antitrust,” Chairwoman Ramirez stated. “Professor Jin brings to us unique and extraordinary research-based expertise on a variety of issues that span both the competition and consumer protection missions of the agency. Dr. Oldale is a highly regarded antitrust economist with exceptionally deep and broad experience acquired through service in both the public and private sectors. Their combined expertise and experience will contribute greatly to the Commission in fulfilling its competition and consumer protection missions.”
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