Ania Thiemann

Ania Thiemann is a Competition Expert and former Head of Global Relations at the OECD’s Competition Division. She is an expert in regulatory impact assessment and conducts research on the digital economy and digital disruption of financial markets, as well as the regulated professions. She is currently managing a regulatory impact assessment in Brazil (Competition Assessment Review), reviewing two sectors of the Brazilian economy to identify and analyse regulatory barriers to competition in the sectors. The project will lead to recommendations for regulatory change to stimulate economic growth and enhance consumer welfare. A similar project in Iceland was successfully concluded in November 2020 and led to recommendations that could yield up to 1% of GDP in benefits. Ania also supports the work of the OECD Competition Committee, organising roundtables and drafting background papers, especially on the topic on the digital economy, Big Data and FinTech, and she is a regular speaker at conferences on digital competition issues. Prior to joining the OECD, Ania was Senior Economist/Editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit in London and Head of EIU’s Country Forecast Services, in charge of the Business Environment Rankings developed by the EIU. She holds an MSc (econ) from the London School of Economics and an MPhil in International Relations from the Sorbonne (Paris I), as well as an MSc in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from Birkbeck College at the University of London, specialising in industrial organisation and economic growth.