MS. RAHAT KAUNAIN HASSAN, is the Chairperson of
the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) since July 26, 2010. Under her
leadership, CCP has gained international repute for achieving substantive
progress in competition law enforcement in a short span of time. Earlier, Ms.
Hassan served CCP as Member (Legal and Office of Fair Trading) since its
establishment in November 2007.
Ms. Hassan received LL.M. degree from King's College, London . She has been
associated with, and has been a partner at, some of the finest civil and
commercial law firms in Pakistan .
In 2001, Ms. Hassan was appointed General Counsel/Executive
Director at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
(SECP). Soon after the conclusion of her tenure at SECP, Ms. Hassan established
her own law firm, handling civil and commercial litigation and regulatory work.
She was instrumental in the establishment of the Office of Fair Trading within
CCP and has authored numerous position papers, guidelines, policy notes on
important issues of competition law and policy. Moreover, she has authored,
co-authored most of the seminal Orders passed by CCP, including those that
resulted in breaking the most pernicious of cartels.
Under her leadership, CCP has been twice nominated/short
listed amongst top 5 agencies for GCR Enforcement 'Agency of the year Award'
out of 42 agencies in the region of Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa, by the
Global Competition Review - a UK
based organization. Since 2010, CCP has been volunteering for GCR third party
independent evaluation, wherein, CCP's performance has been termed as
'impressively consistent' and presently upon her request, CCP is undergoing
'Peer Review' by UNCTAD to assess and evaluate the impact of CCP's performance
with recommendation of possible improvements.
A working mother of four, Ms. Hassan has been a high
achiever in her field, and in recognition of her commitment to the public
service, she received the prestigious 'Women of Achievement Award, 2010' and
Wonder Women Award, 2013. She has also been nominated for the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
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