Catherine Waddams

Catherine Mary Waddams (born 12 July 1948) is a British economist and academic, who specialises in industrial organization, privatisation, regulation, and competition. Since 2000, she has been Professor of Regulation at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. From 2000 to 2011, she served as the first director of the Centre of Competition and Regulation (later renamed Centre for Competition Policy) at the University of East Anglia.

Early life and education Waddams was born on 12 July 1948 in Lambeth, London, England. Her parents were Herbert Waddams, an Anglican priest and theologian, and Margaret Waddams (née Burgess). She remained at Nottingham to undertake postgraduate research in economics, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1973. From January to June 1999, she was a visiting academic at the Centre for Industrial Economics of the University of Copenhagen.

Personal life From 1970 to 1992, Waddams was married to F. Christopher Price. They had two children together, a son and a daughter, before divorcing. In 1994, she married Morten Hviid.

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