UK Ousts Chair of Antitrust Watchdog to Send Growth Signal (1)

The UK government has ousted the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, Britain’s antitrust watchdog, as ministers seek to reinforce the message that they want regulators to do more to facilitate economic growth.

Marcus Bokkerink has been replaced by former Amazon.com Inc executive Doug Gurr on an interim basis, the Department for Business and Trade said in a statement Tuesday evening. A person familiar with the matter said that Bokkerink, who’d held the position since 2022, was asked to step down after ministers were underwhelmed by the CMA’s recent response to a call for proposals about how the regulator ...