Lara Stoimenova
Non Executive Board Member
Lara was appointed a Non-Executive Board Member of the JCRA in October 2020.
Lara is a competition and regulatory economist with significant experience in the public and private sectors.
Until recently she was a partner at Flint Global and Co-Head of its Competition and Regulatory practice. Prior to that, Lara was an Inquiry Director in the Markets and Mergers Directorate of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), leading various market investigations and internal strategic projects. She was also a member of the CMA’s Senior Leadership Team and Operations Board.
Before joining the CMA, Lara worked for the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, where she was a Programme Director with expertise in European and UK telecommunications policy. Prior to this, she spent four years in Arthur Andersen’s Economic and Financial Consulting team leading major litigation and valuation projects across different sectors.
She is currently Managing Director of Sigma Economics Limited. She is also a non-executive member of the board and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Portsmouth Water.