Role Economist Name Rod Sims | Profession Economist Nationality Australian | |
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Full Name Rodney Graham Sims Education University of Melbourne, Australian National University | ||
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Rodney Graham "Rod" Sims is an Australian economist and public servant. He 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.
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Career
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.
Education
Sims graduated with first class honours degree in Commerce from the University of Melbourne and earned a Master of Economics from the Australian National University in Canberra.