Chairperson

William Prasifka
William Prasifka was appointed by The Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment to the position of Chairperson of the Competition Authority in April 2006. He also serves as a Board Member of the National Consumer Agency and the National Competitiveness Council.

He is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law and previously worked as the Irish Commissioner for Aviation Regulation, was also a former Member of the Irish Competition Authority.

Prior to these appointments Mr. Prasifka was in the private practice of law, first in New York and then in Dublin, advising in the areas of Irish, European and American competition law.

Members 

Declan Purcell
Declan Purcell has been a Member of the Competition Authority since April 1998 and is Director of the Authority’s Advocacy Division.

He has worked in the public service since 1969, mainly in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (1976 - 1998). During that period, he held a wide range of management positions; these included responsibility for policy development in relation to industry, consumer protection, national human resource development and company law. He led the Departmental policy and drafting teams during the preparation and passage of over 20 legislative Acts, including the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 and two major Companies Acts in 1990.

He was awarded an MSc in Economic Policy Studies at Trinity College Dublin in 2004. 

Stanley Wong
Dr. Wong was appointed Member of the Competition Authority as of February 2006 and serves as Director of the Mergers Division.  From 2006 to 2008 he served as Director of the Monopolies Division.

Prior to joining the Competition Authority he was a Partner and head of the competition law practice in Canadian law firm Davis & Company LLP. He has served as Chair of the National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association from 2000 to 2001 and as Member of the Executive from 1996 - 2002.

He is qualified as an economist and a lawyer. Prior to entering the practice of law in 1984, he was Associate Professor of Economics at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has two degrees in economics (B.A., Hons., Simon Fraser University and Ph.D., University of Cambridge, King’s College) and a LL.B. degree from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Wong is admitted to practice law as a barrister and solicitor in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada and as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practicing). He has extensive experience as litigation and advisory counsel on competition matters. In private practice, he was recognized internationally as a leading competition lawyer. 

Carolyn Galbreath
Carolyn Galbreath is Director of the Cartels Division of the Competition Authority and has been a Member of the Competition Authority since April 2006.

Ms. Galbreath has experience in U.S. and European competition law. As a trial attorney at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (San Francisco Office), she prosecuted international criminal cartel cases and litigated corporate mergers. In 1999, Ms. Galbreath was awarded a U.K. Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy to study European Union mergers and competition law modernization. Ms Galbreath is a graduate of Cleveland Marshall College of Law. 
 

Staff:

The following is a list of Competition Authority staff: