Dr. Craig Malam

Education

PhD in economics, the University of Queensland
MA in economics, Toulouse School of Economics
BEc in econometrics and BA in political philosophy, Australian National University 

Experience

Dr. Craig Malam has more than ten years experience conducting economic research and analysis as part of investigations and litigation relating to competition issues, and for regulatory decision-making in Australia and the United States. He is currently based in NERA’s Sydney office.

While in Sydney Dr. Malam has conducted economic research and analysis for mergers across a range of industries including mining, gambling and wagering, retail mobile services, and waste/recycling. While working from NERA’s San Francisco office, Dr. Malam supported antitrust experts engaged in merger, cartels, bid-rigging, and breach of contract proceedings, across the consumer electronics, health care, retail, construction, and software industries.

As an economist at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Dr. Malam regularly conducted economic research and analysis to assist investigation teams and Commissioners across a range of competition and antitrust matters including mergers, price fixing, misuse of market power, and predatory pricing. His industry experience spanned cable television, cinema exhibition, supermarkets and primary production, automotive distribution, as well as financial markets.

Dr. Malam completed his PhD in economics at the University of Queensland. He earned his Masters degree from the Toulouse School of Economics, France. He also holds undergraduate degrees in Economics (with Honours), and Arts (Polit Phil), from the Australian National University (ANU). Dr. Malam has taught courses in Industrial Organization and Strategy at ANU and the University of Melbourne. He also designed and delivered internal courses in antitrust economics over several years for staff of the ACCC.