Chair

Doug Gurr

Biography

Doug was appointed the Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 27 February 2026, after previously serving as Interim Chair since 21 January 2025.

He is the Director of the Natural History Museum, Chair of the Alan Turing Institute, and until November 2020 was Country Manager of Amazon UK. He joined Amazon in December 2011 and was President of Amazon China from 2014 to 2016.

His previous roles included:

  • teaching mathematics and computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark
  • working for the UK government
  • partner at consultancy firm McKinsey
  • founder and CEO of internet start-up Blueheath
  • 5 years on the Board of Asda-Walmart

Chair

The Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) works with the board to:

  • provide visible and strong leadership and develop a positive culture for the board and organisation as a whole
  • set the overall strategic direction of the CMA
  • represent the CMA to our partners, stakeholders, Ministers, Parliament and the public

Competition and Markets Authority

Previous roles in government

  • Interim Chair
    • 2025 to 2026
  • Non-Executive Director with responsibility for the union
    • 2020 to 2025
  • Non-executive board member and non-executive board member with responsibility for the Union
    • 2018 to 2021