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Gregson will begin his tenure on 17 March 2025, following a distinguished nearly 30-year career with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). He succeeds the retiring interim CEO Greg Yanco.
ASIC chair Joe Longo praised Gregson’s selection, saying that he stood out during a comprehensive search for candidates both domestically and internationally.
“Scott is an impressive leader and will bring extensive experience to this important role at ASIC,” Longo said.
“His commitment to achieving regulatory outcomes that benefit all Australians makes him a strong addition to support ASIC’s commission and head the agency’s executive leadership team.”
Longo said that Gregson’s appointment is a key step in ASIC’s ongoing transformation, which follows the organisation’s most significant redesign in 15 years.
Recent appointments within the past year include new executive directors for enforcement and compliance, regulation and supervision, data, digital and technology, as well as a new chief people, culture, and transformation officer.
"As ASIC enters the next phase of the program of transformation we began three years ago, Scott’s experience supporting digital and technology delivery, and his pedigree in enforcement and compliance, will continue to ensure ASIC is well placed to meet future challenges,” Longo said.
Longo also expressed gratitude to the outgoing interim CEO Yanco for his contribution to ASIC’s evolution into a more modern, confident, and ambitious regulator.
“Greg has been an integral part of Australia’s financial services landscape not just in his various senior executive roles at ASIC, but previously at the ASX,” Longo said.
“On behalf of all of ASIC, I thank Greg for his exemplary service, dedication and work ethic, and we wish him all the best for the future.”
Gregson expressed his eagerness to join ASIC and contribute to its ongoing transformation.
“The momentum ASIC is showing in its work and impact is very appealing for me,” Gregson said.
“In an increasingly complex world with heightened cost of living pressures, the work of ASIC is more important than ever and I look forward to taking the step up and helping ASIC meet the challenges ahead.”
On his departure from the ACCC, chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said it was a “great loss for the ACCC and a great gain for ASIC”.
“[Scott] has made an enormous contribution in his nearly 30 years at the ACCC, and he will be sincerely missed. Scott carried his enforcement experience in the agency throughout his career here, as a foundation of the strength of the ACCC. He has been an influential leader across a number of roles,” Cass-Gottlieb said.
“Scott’s depth of experience and relationships in the ACCC greatly assisted me when I joined the agency in 2022. We share a vision not only about working towards critical outcomes for consumers, small businesses and competition but also about how we should achieve this.
“Continually improving our organisational ways of working has always been at the forefront of Scott’s thinking. He has been a passionate champion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
“In particular his advocacy for gender diversity and bridging the pay gap, as well as strategies to support First Nations employees has helped position the ACCC to faithfully represent the community we serve.”
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