Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has today announced Mr William J. Prasifka as Chairman of the Competition Authority.
Mr Prasifka succeeds Dr John Fingleton who left the authority to take up a position as chief executive of the Office of Fair Trade in Britain.
Mr Prasifka, who will take up the position at the end of March, is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law. He has previously worked as the Irish Commissioner for Aviation Regulation and is a former member of the Irish Competition Authority.
Prior to these appointments Mr Prasifka was in private practice, first in New York and then in Dublin, advising in the areas of Irish, European and American competition law.