A renowned columnist, Gesner Oliveira is a Professor of Economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Palo, Brazil. He has served as a consultant for various government and international orgainsations on competition policy and regulation. Besides, he is also the member to a host of institutional boards dealing with competition and regulatory matters. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, USA.

Paul Cook is the Centre Director, Centre on Regulation and Competition, University of Manchester, UK and is the distinguished professor of Economics and Development. He has work experience with more than 16 countries and has written many books and published many papers. He is among the leading international experts working in the area of public enterprise reform and privatisation, regulation and competition, and economic policy issues in the transitional economies.

Philippe Brusick is Head of UNCTAD’s Competition and Consumer Policies Branch and in this capacity has been in charge of the annual Intergovernmental Groups of Experts on Competition Law and Policy. A Swiss national, he is conversant with several languages. He holds an advanced economics degree from Geneva University and is in the process of completing a PhD.