Reena Das Nair

University of Johannesburg

Reena Das Nair is Associate Professor and Acting Director at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Reena has worked for specialist economic consultancy Acacia Economics offering expertise in competition and regulatory economics. Prior to joining CCRED, Reena was Programme Manager: Industrial Policy at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), a not-for-profit research organisation undertaking research for policy makers. Before TIPS, she worked as Principal Economist at the Competition Commission of South Africa. She has extensive experience in undertaking investigations and economic analysis in mergers, abuse of dominance and cartel cases. Reena holds a PhD (Economics) from the University of Johannesburg and a MCom (Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand. She has published widely, including in the International Review of Applied Economics, Development Southern Africa and the Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, and has authored and co-authored chapters in Edward Elgar Publishing, HSRC Press, Wits University Press and Jacana Media book publications. Reena also provides training and capacity building for regulators and competition law and economics professionals in Southern and East Africa. Her areas of research interest include competition dynamics in the grocery retail sector, food value chains and regional value chains, with a focus on barriers to entry for small and medium-sized and women-owned enterprises, and alternative routes to market in food systems.