Andrea Coscelli

Andrea Coscelli (born 11 February 1969) is an Italian-British economist and businessperson serving as Partner and Head of Europe at Keystone Strategy.

Education Coscelli was born on 11 February 1969 and is from Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Coscelli completed a laurea in Economics at Bocconi University, Italy. He completed a PhD in economics from Stanford University After graduating from Stanford, Coscelli chose to move to the United Kingdom instead of return to his native Italy.

Early career Coscelli co-founded the not-for-profit organisation, the Association of Competition Economics (ACE) in 2003 He previously held roles at Ofcom, as director of economic analysis and Charles River Associates, as vice president (partner) in the firm's competition practice in London.

In July 2021, the CMA stepped up its enforcement action against powerful tech firms under Coscelli's leadership, with the Wall Street Journal reporting on the cases launched against Apple, Facebook and Google and a rise in the CMA's casework following the UK's exit from the European Union.

In November 2022, it was announced that Coscelli would join Keystone Strategy LLC as co-head of its European operations.

Honours and recognition Coscelli was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to competitive markets.

In 2019, Business Insider named Coscelli 81st in their list of the 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019 after the CMA announced it was investigating Amazon's anticipated acquisition of Deliveroo.

In 2019, Coscelli was ranked 33rd in Influence Weekly's list of '100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing' following the CMA's consumer enforcement work to secure formal commitments from 16 celebrity influencers to stop undisclosed advertising in their social media posts.