Dr Karen Croxson is Executive Director for Data, Technology and Insight at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). She joined the CMA in 2023 and was appointed as its first Executive Director for Data, Technology and Insight in 2024. She is a member of the CMA’s Senior Executive Team and Executive Committee (ExCo).

Previously, Karen was Deputy Chief Economist at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), where she led the regulator’s scientific research programme and established a new function integrating economics, behavioural science and data science. She also led the FCA’s analysis of digital markets and AI.

Earlier in her career, Karen worked at McKinsey & Company and QuantumBlack as a strategy consultant and data science and AI leader, advising private and public sector organisations in Europe and the US. She has also served as a board member and adviser to several non-profit organisations and academic programmes at the intersection of economics, technology and public policy.

Karen is a former Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham.