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Callum Watling Senior Consultant

Callum is a member of Oxera’s Competition, Regulation & Market Design and Financial Services teams. Prior to joining Oxera in 2018, he worked at Ipsos MORI, a global market research firm. Here, he specialised in customer research for the financial services sector, advising a range of multinational firms on their global customer research programmes.

Callum holds a Masters degree in Economics from University College London, where his curriculum focused on game theory, econometrics and industrial organisation; and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

Callum speaks English.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6627

Callum's specialisms include:

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professional experience

  • Economic advice to the arbitration tribunal in respect of the dispute between Standard Life Aberdeen and Lloyds Banking Group (2018–19)

  • Economic analysis of the design of equity trading markets in Europe for the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (2018–19)

Qualifications

  • MSc Economics, University College London, UK

  • BA Economics and Management, University of Oxford, UK


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Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025Registration: 13:00 CETCocktail reception: 18:30 CETLocation: Sparks, Rue Ravenstein 60, Brussels Join MLex, Oxera and Paul, Weiss for a half-day conference to discuss the rapidly-changing world of merger control and antitrust enforcement. Hear from decision-makers and experts who are shaping the competition policy landscape, and engage in insightful… Read More

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