Payal Malik is a public policy economist and her areas of expertise are competition law and policy, M&As, competition economics/antitrust litigation, technology policy, and economic regulation of network industries. She was Economic Advisor and Head of the Economics Division at the Competition Commission of India, a position she held for ten years between 2012-2023. In these roles, she has advised the Commission on the economics of competition law across an expansive range of markets; interfaced with sector regulators, government, industry, legal and the international competition community; led case teams on competition assessment of M&As and antitrust enforcement matters; and advised the Commission on judicial review of cases before the appellate tribunal and the Supreme Court of India. While at the Commission, she worked with regulators and the Indian government to formulate policies and legal instruments in competition law, e-commerce, telecommunication, consumer and data protection.