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Madeleine Houghton is a seasoned policy manager with 9 months of experience in the tech industry, previously working as a Director (acting) in the ACCC's Remedies Unit and an Assistant Director in the ACCC's Digital Platforms Branch. She holds a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and a Bachelor's Degree in Law and Biology from the Australian National University. She has experience in leading advocacy and liaison within the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Branch, negotiating and monitoring the implementation and enforcement of remedies for mergers and acquisitions, and drafting chapters of the ACCC’s Ad Tech Inquiry.

Experience

  • Tech Council of Australia
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Policy Manager
      • Oct 2023 - Present
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    • Australia
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director (acting), Remedies Unit
      • Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

    • Assistant Director, Digital Platforms Branch
      • Mar 2021 - Oct 2023

      I am currently leading advocacy and liaison within the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Branch. I engage in bilateral relationships with other competition agencies and contribute to multilateral forums on a range of digital platforms issues. I also engage with domestic government departments on a wide range of digital platforms issues including privacy, defamation, and other recommendations that the ACCC has made in the context of its digital platforms work. In 2021, I led the drafting of several chapters of the ACCC’s Ad Tech Inquiry. In particular, I led the drafting of the chapters that assessed competition for ad tech services, and transparency in the ad tech supply chain. These chapters included making key findings and recommendations for reform.

    • Assistant Director (Acting), Remedies Unit
      • Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

      I negotiated and monitored the implementation and enforcement of s87B undertakings entered into by parties as remedies for mergers and acquisitions. I also liaised with overseas competition regulators in the design, implementation and enforcement of these remedies.

    • Assistant Director (Acting), Merger Investigations
      • Apr 2020 - Sep 2020

    • Assistant Director (Acting), Competition Exemptions
      • Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

    • Acting Assistant Director, Merger Investigations
      • May 2019 - Aug 2019

    • Australia
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Acting Assistant Director
      • Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

    • Senior Analyst, Merger & Authorisation Review Division
      • Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

    • Acting Senior Analyst, Merger Investigations
      • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

    • Analyst, Merger Investigations
      • Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

    • Graduate
      • Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

  • KPMG Australia
    • Sydney Area, Australia
    • Consultant - Customs
      • Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
      • Sydney Area, Australia

    • Paralegal
      • May 2012 - Sep 2014

    • Tutor
      • Mar 2012 - Nov 2013

Education

  • 2014 - 2014
    College of Law
    Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
  • 2009 - 2013
    The Australian National University
    Bachelor's Degree, Law
  • 2009 - 2012
    The Australian National University
    Bachelor's Degree, Biology, General

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