CMA board meeting minutes: 26 February 2025
Updated 8 April 2025
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Meeting date: 26 February 2025
Venue: In the Cabot, London, and by videoconference
Members present
- Doug Gurr (Chair)
- Joel Bamford
- Justin Basini
- Sarah Cardell (CEO)
- Martin Coleman
- Cynthia Dubin
- Will Hayter
- Dame Patricia Hodgson
- Daniel Lambauer
- Cyrus Mehta
- Dharmash Mistry
Advisers present
- Juliette Enser, Interim Executive Director for Competition Enforcement
- Jenny Haydock, Deputy Chief Economic Adviser
- Jennie Halliday, Senior Director Advocacy and External Engagement
- George Lusty, Interim Executive Director for Consumer Protection and Markets
- Chris Prevett, General Counsel
- Anthony Wright, Interim Senior Director for Communications and Engagement [footnote 1]
Apologies
- Frank Dangeard
- Murdoch MacLennan
- Jessica Lennard, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer
- Karen Croxson, Chief Data and Technology Insights Officer
- Mike Walker, Chief Economic Adviser
CMA staff present
- Kate Bridge, Director of Executive Office, Security, and Property
- Board Secretary (minutes)
Teams
The meeting was attended by the Strategy Team.
Minutes
1. Introduction
The Chair welcomed members to the meeting.
The Board approved the minutes from the meetings of the Board on 22 January and 12 February 2025, with no changes.
2. Chair reflections
The Chair updated the Board on his recent engagements.
3. CEO update
The Board was updated on and discussed recent developments in the CMA’s portfolio and risk profile. It also reviewed the external guidance tracker and the monthly finance update.
The CEO also highlighted to members that they will shortly receive an offline paper which proposes to amend the Terms of Reference of the Digital Markets Board Committee and template sub-committee Terms of Reference to enable continued effective governance across decisions in the regime and create additional flexibility and resilience in the composition and conduct of committees going forward.[footnote 2]
Strategy, portfolio and risk management
4. CMA Annual Plan 2025 to 2026
The Board discussed the responses to the CMA’s recent consultation on its draft Annual Plan. It reviewed the draft Plan and agreed to delegate the sign off for the final draft to the Chair and CEO.
5. AOB
The Board congratulated Juliette Enser and Anthony Wright on their appointments as Executive Director of Competition Enforcement, Senior Director for Communications and Engagement, respectively.
For information: Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gaps
The Board considered the outcomes of the Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap reports in the CMA for the 2023 to 2024 reporting year. It noted that we will publish both reports by the end March.
The Chair thanked the Board for the meeting.