Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Gina Cass-Gottlieb | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Sims |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 63–64)[1] |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of California, Berkeley |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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.
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]
References
- ^ a b Labi, Sharon (18 September 1998). "Feature: Women in the law". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 64, no. 50. Victoria, Australia. p. 25. Retrieved 26 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rolfe, John (16 August 2024). "Sydney Power 100: Where the city's most powerful people went to school". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "The members". Financial Regulator Assessment Authority. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022.
- ^ "G+T partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb appointed next Chair of ACCC - G+T". www.gtlaw.com.au. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Payments System Board Reserve Bank of Australia
- ^ Gina Cass-Gottlieb Gilbert + Tobin
- ^ Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer (21 March 2022). "New Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb starts at ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Wootton, Hannah; Kehoe, John (15 December 2021). "New ACCC chairwoman is Murdoch family insider". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "The power of one: Gina Cass-Gottlieb on becoming the first woman to lead the ACCC". the Guardian. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Cass-Gottlieb, Gina (29 September 2006). "Obituary: 104-year-old patriarch". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 113, no. 2. New South Wales, Australia. p. 20. Retrieved 26 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 89B, no. 22. New South Wales, Australia. 9 February 1984. p. 21. Retrieved 26 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.