Anna Jefferson
Principal Investigator, Commerce Commission

Anna is a Principal Investigator in the Cartels Team at the Commerce Commission and has been a member of that team since August 2017. Prior to that Anna worked as a lawyer in both New Zealand and the UK.
Anna’s work involves leading and contributing to cartel investigations as well as investigations into other potential anti-competitive conduct and looking at collaborative activity clearance applications. It also involves working closely with businesses and consumers around what cartel conduct is and how to avoid it through a range of outreach initiatives.
Raising Awareness about Cartels 
-        The Commerce Act and benefits of competition
-        What constitutes cartel conduct
-        Recent cartel case examples
-        Civil penalties and liability
-        Changes/ impact of criminalisation
-        Defences and exceptions to cartel conduct
-        How to avoid cartel risks
-        What to do if you are aware of cartel conduct