Jane Lin

Executive Director, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement, Liquor & Gaming NSW

Prior to joining Hospitality & Racing as the new Executive Director of Regulatory Operations and Enforcement, Jane Lin worked in enforcement roles within the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) for almost 20 years, investigating and litigating a range of consumer protection and competition matters, both civil and criminal.

Jane assisted in establishing the agency’s criminal cartel enforcement program as well as a unit focused on anti-competitive conduct in the commercial construction industry, and for the last five years was responsible for overseeing and expanding the ACCC’s intelligence function.

In her most recent role Jane led the ACCC’s Data and Intelligence branch, which incorporates four in-house teams specialising in intelligence gathering, legal technology, forensics and data analytics as well as the agency’s contact centre. Jane has qualifications in law, economics and political economy.

On a more personal note, Jane loves to travel, a passion which took her to London in the mid-late 2000s where she spent time working as a Competition Policy Advisor for Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. Her favourite country outside of Australia is Guatemala, because of the beautiful countryside and friendly, welcoming people, but Italy also holds a special place in her heart due to her family background (and the food!).

She speaks Italian and Spanish with varying degrees of fluency depending on the day, and is trying desperately to keep her two children (Oscar, 11 and Gina, 9) interested in learning music and languages on the promise that they will thank her later in life. When she isn’t working or travelling, Jane likes to spend time with her friends and family and particularly loves seeing live music.