Todd Davies
ICF Policy Analyst
Todd Davies is a PhD candidate in competition law at University College London, focusing on the competitive dynamics within digital markets, especially those dominated by Big Tech ecosystems. Drawing from theoretical ecology, he is developing a systems approach to markets which can motivate and direct regulatory interventions that aims to safeguard the competitive process. He is also interested in how competition law can promote democracy and economic plurality He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Manchester and a master’s degree in political science from the Technical University of Munich. Prior to starting his PhD, Todd worked as a software engineer at Google.
Arletta Gorecka
ICF Policy Analyst
PhD Candidate, Strathclyde University
Marina Iskander
ICF Policy Analyst
Marina Iskander is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, focusing on competition law and trade policy in developing countries. Her activities during the PhD include serving as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law; working on ad hoc reports, such was with the UNCTAD, as a subject matter expert in (Egyptian) competition law; editing for the Cambridge International Law Journal; and publishing papers on competition law in developing countries. She previously worked at the Egyptian Competition Authority, first as a Legal Researcher and then as Head of the Competition Policy and Competitive Neutrality Department. She was also seconded by the Authority to the OECD’s Competition Division. She completed her LLB and LLM at the University of Manchester, as well as an MA in Economics for Competition Law at King’s College London.
Tobias Kleinschmitt
ICF Policy Analyst
Tobias has studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) from 2015 to 2022. During his studies he has worked as a student assistant for Prof. Dr. Axel Metzger (HU Berlin) and for Prof. Dr. Ioannis Lianos (UCL). After completing the first state exam, he worked as a research assistant in competition law at an international law firm before joining the DFG Research Group DynamInt at HU Berlin as a doctoral student and research fellow in October 2022 (Supervisor Prof. Dr. Heike Schweitzer). He works primarily on competition law, digital and sectoral regulation and their intersections.
Fabian Richter
ICF Policy Analyst
Policy and Project Officer, Fair Trade Advocacy Office