He was a global vice-president and head of Amazon UK from 2016 to 2020. He was chairman of the British Heart Foundation. He formerly taught at Aarhus University and held positions in the United Kingdom civil service, at McKinsey & Co, and at Asda.

Jan 21, 2025 · Doug Gurr will lead the CMA on its mission to support growth for the UK; Marcus Bokkerink will step down after leading CMA since 2022; New leadership will continue Government’s push for growth ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new interim chairman: former Amazon executive Doug Gurr (pictured above). The announcement comes as the U.K. seeks to position itself as a...

He is the Director of the Natural History Museum, Chair of the Alan Turing Institute, and until November 2020 was Country Manager of Amazon UK. He joined Amazon in...

It comes a week after ministers appointed Doug Gurr, Amazon’s former UK boss, as the chairman of the CMA, having sacked his predecessor for failing to outline how the watchdog would encourage...

Jan 22, 2025 · Former Amazon UK Country Manager Doug Gurr Tuesday became interim chair of Britain's Competition and Markets Authority as government directs regulators to focus on growth instead of market...

Jan 28, 2025 · Writing in the Financial Times, Doug Gurr said the agency would make its merger and market investigations “as simple and rapid as possible”. The CMA will also bring in greater sector expertise so...

4 days ago · Last month, reports emerged that the U.K.'s Department of Business and Trade had ousted CMA chair Marcus Bokkerink, making way for Doug Gurr (pictured above) who worked in various roles across Amazon's U.K. and China's business for nearly a decade. Gurr left Amazon in 2020 to become director of the Natural History Museum.

Jun 18, 2020 · The Trustees of the Museum have announced the appointment of Dr Douglas Gurr as the new Director. The appointment has been approved by the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. Doug will take over from current Director Sir Michael Dixon who last year announced his intention to step down.

Apr 24, 2023 · Dr Gurr is the Director of the Natural History Museum, a world-leading scientific research centre and the UK’s most-visited Museum - a role he has held since December 2020. He was previously Country Manager of Amazon UK and was President of …