Three new Members have been appointed to the Competition Authority by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD.
Professor Stephen Calkins is currently Associate Vice President for Academic Personnel and Professor of Competition Law in Wayne State University Law School. He will serve as Head of the Authority’s Mergers Division from December 1.
Mr Gerald FitzGerald, a consultant and a former partner in McCann FitzGerald Solicitors, will take up his position on December 5 as Head of the Monopolies Division.
Mr Patrick Kenny, who has worked as a senior economic advisor in the Commission for Communications Regulation since October 2008, will begin his role as head up the Cartels Division on January 9 2012.