Gary Banks has been Chairman of the Productivity Commission since its inception in April 1998. He was previously Executive Commissioner with the Industry Commission. He has headed national inquiries on a variety of public policy and regulatory topics. He most recently presided on the Commission's Review of National Competition Policy Reforms and led the study for COAG into Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia. Gary Banks oversees the Office of Regulation Review's role in monitoring the Australian Government's regulation making processes. He also chairs the inter-governmental Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision. Before joining the Commission, Gary worked at the Centre for International Economics, Canberra, and has been a consultant to the OECD and World Bank. In earlier years, he was a member of the GATT Secretariat in Geneva, and Visiting Fellow at the Trade Policy Research Centre, London. His more recent speeches and papers are available on the Productivity Commission’s website.
