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8 hours agoFormer Amazon UK boss set to chair CMA
Doug Gurr, former Amazon UK chief, has been chosen as preferred chair of the Competition and Markets Authority despite CMA investigations into major cloud providers.
The government has named former Amazon executive Doug Gurr as its preferred candidate to become permanent chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), cementing a leadership change designed to align the regulator more closely with its pro-growth agenda. Peter Kyle confirmed that Gurr, who has held the role on an interim basis since January last year, will be put forward for a full five-year term, subject to a non-binding hearing by the Commons business and trade select committee.