We are very pleased to have as our guest of honour, Dr John Fingleton, chief executive of the Office for Fair Trading (OFT). John studied economics at Trinity College, Dublin and was a Scholar and gold medalist and the founder-editor of the Student Economic Review. He lectured in economics at TCD for nearly ten years.
He was chairperson of the Irish Competition Authority from 2000 and joined t the OFT in 2005. Under him, the OFT has taken on high-profile investigations of airlines, supermarkets and other industries.
Many of you will have fond memories of John as a lecturer. If not you may recall how hard it used to be to get a taxi in Dublin before deregulation or discounted groceries until the Groceries Order was abolished.
