Virtual Live Briefing: An Update from the Digital Markets Unit
Author WIG Date 15 Nov 2022
With Will Hayter, Senior Director, Digital Markets Unit, Competition and Markets Authority.
The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) was established by the Government in 2021 to operationalise a pro-competition regime within digital markets for the benefit of consumers.
We were delighted to welcome Will Hayter, Senior Director of the DMU for an update on the development of the Unit, which sits within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Catch up on this Briefing to:
- Understand the existing CMA powers of the DMU and how these will develop
- Hear examples of the action that is currently being taken within digital markets
- Learn about the cross-sector impact of the DMU, and how to approach engaging with the team
- Gain insight into how Will and his team have approached developing knowledge and capability with the Unit
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Speakers at the event
Will Hayter is the Senior Director of Digital Markets Unit at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). He is responsible for the CMA’s policy across its various enforcement and markets functions, as well as cross-cutting topics such as digital markets, CMA proposals for reforming the competition and consumer framework, Brexit policy, and relations with the CMA’s counterparts overseas. He previously led CMA market studies on statutory audit and digital comparison tools. Before that he was the first Director of the UK Regulators Network and a project director at Ofcom, having started his career in strategy consulting.