Gary Banks AO has a wealth of experience across economics, public policy and regulation in Australia and internationally. He was chair of the Australian Productivity Commission from its inception in 1998 until 2012 and subsequently as chief executive of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He also held senior roles with the GATT Secretariat in Geneva, the Trade Policy Research Centre in London, the Centre for International Economics in Canberra, and consulted to the World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Trade Organisation. Professor Banks is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He is chair of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, chair of the OECD’s Regulatory Policy Committee, a Member of the Melbourne Institute’s Advisory Board, and sits on the NSW Government’s Economic Development Advisory Panel.