Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Biography
Sir Suma joined the Board of the Competition and Markets Authority as non-executive director in April 2026.
Sir Suma Chakrabarti is a highly experienced international public servant, educated at Oxford and Sussex, with a distinguished career spanning the UK Civil Service, multilateral institutions and global advisory roles.
Sir Suma has held senior leadership positions, including Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Justice, and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2012 to 2020), where he expanded operations into the Middle East and strengthened the institution’s focus on policy reform alongside private sector investment. Knighted in 2006, he now serves in a range of non-executive, chairing and advisory roles supporting governments, private sector companies and think tanks.
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Directors of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board play an important role in setting up the organisation, working with the chair and chief executive.
As board members, they are also responsible for:
- setting the organisation’s strategic direction and policy framework
- developing priorities monitoring performance against its objectives
- making decisions on Market Investigation References
Previous roles in government
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice