Luke Woodward

Luke Woodward commenced his 5-year appointment with the ACCC on 10 October 2025.

Luke has over 30 years of competition and consumer law enforcement experience. He has advised on a wide range of matters, including competition and consumer law matters, acquisition and merger transactions, and infrastructure regulation, across telecommunications, gas, electricity, water, airports, seaports and rail industries.

Prior to this appointment, Luke was partner in private legal practice, specialising in competition and consumer law and market regulation.  He was the national head of practice at leading Australian law firms. He also previously worked at the ACCC as an Executive General Manager, General Counsel and Senior Assistant Commissioner between 1993 and 2000; and commenced his career as a specialist competition law litigator in the Australian Government Solicitor’s Trade Practices Unit.

Luke chairs the Enforcement Committee, is a Deputy Chair of the Mergers Review Committee and is a member of the Energy Markets Board, Compliance and Product Safety Committee, Scams and Digital Markets Committee and Water and Agriculture Committee.

Luke graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a Master of Public Administration and the University of Sydney with degrees in Economics and Law.