Joe Perkins
Senior Vice President and Head of Research
CompassLexecon
Joe Perkins is a Senior Vice President and Head of Research at CompassLexecon based in London.
Joe leads a team of professionals with deep expertisein economic theory, financial economics, economic policy, and data science. Joepreviously worked as Chief Economist at British energy regulator Ofgem, He ledthe delivery of Ofgem’s ground-breaking decarbonization action plan, as well asthe analysis behind the setting of the retail energy price cap. Joe headed upOfgem’s economics profession and was Ofgem’s senior representative on the UKRegulators Network.
Prior to this, Joe was director for regulation, consumers and competition at theNational Audit Office, responsible for value for money audits of economic andfinancial regulation and the competition and consumer protection regimes. He hasalso worked as an economist at HM Treasury and Oxford University.
Joe earned an MPhil in Economics (with Distinction) from Oxford University, wherehe was a prize fellow in economics at All Souls College, and earned an MPhil inPhilosophy at St John’s College, Cambridge University.
Recent Events and Presentations
The Meaning of Competition: Assertive Antitrust Enforcement and the Digital Economy
Jointly organized by ITIF's Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and held at the IEA's offices at Lord North Street in the heart of Westminster, this conference features world-leading experts, officials, and scholars. The conference debated current concepts and misconceptions of the meaning of competition in the digital era.
