Australian Competition Law: Expert Profiles
Graeme Samuel AC
Grenhill Caliburn (Managing Director and Head of Melbourne Office)
Relevant qualifications
- LLB (University of Melbourne
- LLM (Monash University)
Relevant work history
- 1 July 2003 - 31 July 2011: Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- 1972-1980: Partner, Phillips FOx & Masel (now DLA Phillips Fox)
- Former Commissioner of the Australian Football League (elected life member of the AFL in 1995)
- 1981- 1986: Executive Director of Hill Samuel Australia Limited (and subsequently Macquarie Bank Ltd)
Other relevant items of note
- 2000 - Appointed honorary fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- 2010 - Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia "for eminent service to public administration through contributions in the area
of economic reform and competition law, and to the community through leadership roles with sporting and cultural organisations"
Competition law publications
Speeches
- Graeme Samuel, 'Competition with compassion - Australia's Economic Success Story', 2010 Costello Lecture - Monash University Law School,
24 November 2010, Melbourne - Graeme Samuel, Cartel reform and compliance with the Trade Practices Act, Australian Corporate Lawyers Association National Conference,
13 November 2009, Melbourne