Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Australian lawyer
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Gina Cass-Gottlieb is an Australian attorney and government official. She has served as the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) since 21 March 2022.
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Gina Cass-Gottlieb | |
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Gina Cass-Gottlieb, 2024 | |
| Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Sims |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 64–65)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of California, Berkeley |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Education
Cass-Gottlieb attended Sydney Girls High School.[2] She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, and was a Fulbright Scholar at University of California, Berkeley from 1986 to 1987, graduating with a Master of Laws with a focus on United States competition law, financial regulation, and securities regulation.[3]
Career
Cass-Gottlieb was a partner at Blake Dawson Waldron before founding the Competition and Regulation Group at Gilbert + Tobin, where she was a senior partner from the early 1990s until March 2022.[1][4]
She became a member of the Payments System Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2013 and of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority in 2021.[5][6]
On 21 March 2022, she became the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the first woman to hold the position.[7] Her appointment drew criticism from former prime minister Kevin Rudd for her connections to News Corp and the Murdoch family.[8]
Personal life
Gina Cass-Gottlieb is the daughter of Cecil Cass, an orthopedic surgeon, and Bettina Cass, a sociologist and women's rights activist.[9] Her uncle, Moss Cass, was a physician and the Minister for the Environment and Water during the Whitlam government.[10]
She married Stephen Gottlieb in February 1984.[11]