Rod Sims | |
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3rd Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | |
Assumed office 1 August 2011 |
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Preceded by | Graeme Samuel |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rodney Graham Sims 1950 Lorne, Victoria, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater |
B.Com (Hons), University of Melbourne M.Ec, Australian National University |
Profession | Economist |
Rodney Graham "Rod" Sims is the current Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission effective August 2011. He is also the Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales. He has previously worked as a development economist in Papua New Guinea as well as for the Commonwealth Secretariat. Sims was also formerly a Deputy Secretary in the The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and in the Department of Transport. He also held the position of Chief Economics Adviser to former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Sims has previously held roles with the InfraCo Asia Development (IAD) as a founding Non-Executive Director and the Chairman a position in held from May 2010 until June 2011 when he resigned to take up the chairmanship of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Sims has also held a directorship at Port Jackson Partners Limited.