John Banfield

John Banfield joined the CC in 1984 and was formerly an economist at the DTI and at the Department for Transport. Initially he was an Economic Adviser within the CC, before becoming Inquiry Director. He has worked on over 70 inquiries, including around 40 mergers and over 10 regulatory inquiries. In recent years he has worked on merger inquiries in insurance and supply of eggs and on the Heathrow and Gatwick quinquennial review. He is now leading on the BAA airports market investigation.