Dr. Arturo Gonzalez Joins NERA as Associate Director

21 February 2023

New York, NY—NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, is pleased to welcome Dr. Arturo Gonzalez to our San Francisco office. Dr. Gonzalez will join as an Associate Director.

Dr. Gonzalez has significant experience in competition, regulatory, and market analysis in the tech and finance sectors. Dr. Gonzalez covers three broad topical areas: technology (e.g., digital payments, data, the metaverse, e-commerce, and Future of Work), markets (e.g., competition, valuation, and regulation of multi-sided markets), and financial services (e.g., fintech, fair lending, anti-money laundering, labor-market discrimination, and model-risk management).

Previously, Dr. Gonzalez held senior leadership positions at Meta, Visa, and the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors, among other organizations. Dr. Gonzalez serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Clinton School of Public Service and the Board of Directors for the University of California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association. He has been recognized for his accomplishments, including by the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the Richard Riordan Programs (as a Riordan Hall of Fame inductee and Legacy Award recipient). Dr. Gonzalez received the Lancaster Dissertation Award from the University of California, Santa Barbara for the best social sciences dissertation.

About NERA

NERA Economic Consulting (www.nera.com) is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. For more than six decades, we have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations. We bring academic rigor, objectivity, and real-world industry experience to issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.

NERA’s clients value our ability to apply and communicate state-of-the-art approaches clearly and convincingly, our commitment to deliver unbiased findings, and our reputation for quality and independence. Our clients rely on the integrity and skills of our unparalleled team of economists and other experts backed by the resources and reliability of one of the world’s largest economic consultancies. Continuing our legacy as the first international economic consultancy, NERA serves clients from major cities across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.