Antonio Buttà is the Chief Economist of the Italian Competition Authority. He is an industrial economist with more than 20 years of experience in competition policy and regulation. Prior to joining the Italian Competition Authority, where he also served as economic advisor to the President, Antonio worked for international economic consultancies and for Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. He has extensive teaching experience in industrial organization and competition economics and is an Adjunct Professor at Luiss University in Rome. Antonio holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, an Italian Doctorate in Public Economics and an MSc in Economics with distinction from University College London.