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Shanker Singham
Shanker Singham is the CEO of Competere, a former adviser to the United States trade representative and the U.K. trade secretary, and chairman of the Growth Commission. He is the author of the Trump administration’s “Advancing Reduction of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions.”
Shanker Singham is the CEO of Competere, a former adviser to the United States trade representative and the U.K. trade secretary, and chairman of the Growth Commission. He is the author of the Trump administration’s “Advancing Reduction of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions.”
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