Richard York

Richard’s key areas of expertise include the economic regulation of telecommunications networks (especially in relation to mobile phone networks) and the application of trade practices legislation in Australia and New Zealand. 

Prior to joining Frontier Economics in December 2009, Richard worked for two years as the Regulatory Affairs Manager at Vodafone New Zealand.  Before this, he worked as the Economic Associate to the Australian Competition Tribunal, and spent almost eight years working for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – the last five of which were spent as a Director with primary responsibility for managing regulating of the mobile phone industry in Australia.

In addition to his work at Frontier, Richard is a Senior Fellow within the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, where he teaches a post-graduate course on the Law and Economics of Access Regulation.