UK appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr

UK appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair of antitrust body
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new interim chairman: former Amazon executive Doug Gurr (pictured above).
British competition watchdog taps former Amazon exec Doug Gurr as interim chair
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