PRESS RELEASE : Ben Tidswell appointed as Competition Service member [December 2022]

The press release issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 5 December 2022.

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has appointed Ben Tidswell as a member of the Competition Service.

The Competition Service is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It was established by the Enterprise Act 2002 to fund and provide support services (including the provision of staff, accommodation and equipment) to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

Biography

Ben Tidswell is a Chairman at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 1988 and joined City firm Ashurst in 1993, becoming admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 1994, and a solicitor advocate in 1999. A partner in the London Disputes practice at Ashurst since 2000, he has worked on a wide range of commercial litigation and regulatory matters, including several cases before the Tribunal over a period of almost 20 years.

He was the Global Chairman of Ashurst from 2013 to 2021. He was appointed as a non-executive director of Post Office Limited on 27 July 2021.