Catherine Mary Waddams (born 12 July 1948) is a British economist and academic, who specialises in industrial organization, privatisation, regulation, and competition.
[1] She then studied mathematics and economics at the University of Nottingham, graduating with an upper second class Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1969.
[2] She remained at Nottingham to undertake postgraduate research in economics, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1973.
[2] In 2000, she moved to the Norwich Business School of the University of East Anglia, where she had been appointed Professor of Regulation.
[3] From 2001 to 2009, Waddams was a member of the Competition Commission, a non-departmental public body of the UK Government.