Allan Fels
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Professor Allan Fels AO |
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| Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | |
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In office 1 July 1995 – 30 June 2003 |
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Allan Herbert Miller Fels 7 February 1942 Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Maria-Isabel Cid |
| Occupation | Public servant |
| Profession | Economist |
Allan Herbert Miller Fels AO (born 7 February 1942) is an Australian economist, lawyer and public servant. He was most widely known in his role as chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from its inception in 1995 until 30 June 2003. Upon his retirement from the ACCC he became foundation Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) until January 2014 when he retired. He is also currently an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University, a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, and a consultant to law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. In addition, Fels is the heading the Victorian Taxi Industry Inquiry and, as part of that, has been appointed as chairperson of the Taxi Services Commission.
Fels was born and raised in Perth. He was educated by the Jesuits at St Louis School before commencing a Law/Economics degree at the University of Western Australia, where he was Guild President and resident at St Thomas More College, a residential college at the University. He was involved in the Liberal Party at university before heading to Duke University in the United States to undertake his Ph.D.
After leaving Duke University, Fels was appointed as a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, where his Duke Ph.D thesis was published as The British Prices and Incomes Board by Cambridge University Press. This set the stage for his interest in wages policy and price regulation.
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