Sonya Branch

Biography

Sonya Branch was appointed Executive Director, Enforcement, at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 11 September 2013.

Sonya works closely with the Chief Executive. As a member of the CMA Board, she takes a risk-based approach to enforcement, seeks to promote a high standard of compliance, builds strong relationships with partners and acts as a strong advocate for competition in the UK and abroad.

She is also a Trustee of the national charity Target Ovarian Cancer.

Previous career highlights include:

• Executive Director, Enforcement and Mergers, and Member of the Board and Executive Committee at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
• leading investigations using the OFT’s mergers, antitrust, cartels and consumer enforcement powers
• leading a Triennial Review at the Department of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• Partner at the global law firm, Clifford Chance LLP, advising clients across a wide range of national and international mergers, acquisitions, markets and competition cases

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• Sonya Branch speaks about the challenges ahead for effective competition enforcement
  • 10 November 2014
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• Sonya Branch speaks about the cartel offence and the CMA
  • 05 November 2014
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