Prasifka to succeed Fingleton as chairman of Competition Authority

THE former chief executive of the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has been appointed as chairman of the Competition Authority.

Bill Prasifka, who left the CAR last year, will take up the position at the end of March.

He succeeds Dr John Fingleton, who left the Competition Authority to take over as head of Britain's top consumer watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading.