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MJA has a team of dedicated and
professional consultants with a wide range of experience to meet
your needs. Depending upon your requirements, we can also
draw upon the complementary skills of our associates.
Directors
Principals
Senior Consultants
Associates
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The MJA team
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Dr John Marsden
Director
Ph.D. (ANU) B.Econ. (WA)
John has extensive experience in providing both
strategic and detailed advice to water and other
utilities on economic regulation, governance, pricing,
property rights and environmental/natural resource
economics.
He has particular skills in the areas of:
- regulatory pricing principles and their
application
- risk and cost of capital
- property right and entitlement definition
- trade and registry arrangements for natural
resource-based assets
- institutional arrangements for utility and
natural resource management
- project integration, particularly of
multidisciplinary issues.
John has been appointed to the Australian
Competition Tribunal for a five year term.
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Peter Jacob
Director
B.Ag.Econ. (UNE)
Peter has over 25 years of experience in providing
strategic economic and financial advice to water
utilities, government and the agricultural sector.
He has specialist experience and expertise in economic and
financial modelling covering business valuations,
revenue determinations, long-term cash flow modelling,
pricing and tariff structures and benefit cost analyses.
Peter has particular expertise in:
- natural resource strategic reviews
- financial and economic modelling, with
particular emphasis on urban water and wastewater
services and irrigation and drainage businesses
- understanding the key drivers of business
profitability
- feasibility and investment studies
- business planning
- pricing and financial investment studies.
In his financial advisory role, Peter works
closely and directly with chief executives and
financial directors to ensure appropriate commercial and
business outcomes.
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Alasdair Norton
Director (Chairman)
B.A. (Hons) (Oxford) - Engineering, Economics and Management
Alasdair has over 15 years experience in
international investment and financial markets and has
managed groups within in international investment bank
in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. He has
served as Managing Director of Credit Suisse First
Boston with responsibility for its equity capital
markets business in Asia and its derivative structuring
business in the emerging markets globally.
His experience includes:
- preparation, negotiation and execution of fixed
income and equity capital raisings for a broad range
of entities
- analysis, negotiation and execution of complex
financial structuring including credit, equity,
foreign exchange, commodity and environmental
asset-related derivative products
- assisting entities in their negotiations with
commercial and investment banks with regard to
capital structuring and the reverse engineering of
derivative products
- general business and financial mentoring to a
range of new ventures, smaller companies and
not-for-profit enterprises
- fixed income and equity portfolio investment
management.
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Dr Tony Hand
Director
B.Econ. (Hons) (Tas) PhD (Qld)
Tony is the principal of MJA’s Brisbane
office and holds a Ph.D in economics from the University
of Queensland. He has a particularly strong background
in the economics and management of natural-resources.
Tony's recent clients include the Queensland Department
of Natural Resources and Mines, the Queensland
Competition Authority, the Victorian Department of
Sustainabilty and Environment and the Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority.
His economic consulting experience extends over a
diverse range of industries, and he has provided expert
witness reports for court cases.
His expertise includes:
- natural resource economics
- competition policy
- regulation of utilities
- cost benefit analysis
Tony conducts projects both in Australia and
internationally, and he has undertaken a number of high
profile assignments for the Asian Development Bank
including the Bank’s 2005 Review of the Fiji Islands’
Fisheries Sector.
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Dr Jeff Washusen
Principal
Ph.D. (Melb)
Jeff has substantial experience in energy industry
reform and privatisation, energy market development
and operation, utility regulation and a focus on
consumer issues. During the last 25 years he has
worked with or provided advice and assistance to
electricity industry executives, regulators,
Government policy units, industry restructuring
groups, acquiring shareholders, large customers,
customer advocacy groups and financial
institutions. He was a foundation member of the
Executive Team of the Office of the
Regulator-General in Victoria where he worked in
1995 and 1996.
He has particular skills in the areas of:
- utility industry reform
- economic regulation of utilities
- performance measurement and operational
efficiency assessment
- electricity and gas market development and
operation
- energy demand management
- energy and environmental policy
- development of management, business and
regulatory strategy for utility companies and
large utility users
- pricing and financial investment studies
Jeff offers MJA clients access to considerable
practical, hands-on experience in economic and
technical regulation of utility industries.
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Jim Binney
Senior Consultant
B. Bus. (Finance) (NTU) B. Econ (Hons) (UNE)
Jim is a resource economist with over 20 years experience in the public sector and finance industry. Jim's most recent role was Director of Economics for the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water. Jim has also held senior positions in the Queensland Competition Authority and the Northern Territory Government (Treasury, transport, infrastructure, natural resouces, primary industries, environment, parks management).
Jim has significant technical skills and experience in:
- natural resource and environmental economics
- analysis and design of market based instruments
- regulation of utilities and associated service charges
- economic and social impact assessment of policy options
- reviewing institutional arrangements for natural resource management
- economic analysis and policy development for transport and infrastructur
- program and project management and review
- multidisciplinary research
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Rozi Boyle
Senior Consultant
MJA welcomes Rozi Boyle to our Melbourne Office. Rozi has recently joined MJA from her previous role as Manager of Urban Regulatory Policy in the Office of Water within DSE, Victoria. Rozi has considerable experience in the Victorian water sector, and a keen interest in sustainability policy. She has a First Honours in Plant ecology and an MBA from Monash University. Rozi has a strong earth sciences background coupled with formal training in finance and economic as well as policy experience with DSE, further strengthening our water sector business line.
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Amanda Fitzgibbons
Senior Consultant
B.A. (Qld) B. Econ (Hons) (Qld) Ph. D. (Melb)
A senior consultant with Marsden Jacob, Amanda has experience in public policy in the areas of water and natural resources, having worked for the Environment and Resources team of the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. She has a PhD in Economics, and experience in microeconomic reform through the Queensland Competition Authority. Amanda has project management experience in demand management for residential water users, regional socioeconomic analysis, business case development for recycled water, and water use efficiency for the industrial sector. Amanda also has expertise in recreational fishing.
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Philip Jones
Senior Consultant
B.Econ. (Qld.)
Philip has particular expertise and skills in the
following:
- economic and statistical analysis for strategy
and policy purposes
- econometric analysis of revenue drivers
- reviewing the economic performance of utilities
in the private and public sectors (ranging in size
from regulatory models for major telecommunications
providers to smaller financial models for private
service providers)
- interrogation of the theoretical literature and
case studies in relevant areas.
He has extensive experience in the application of National Competition Policy,
particularly in infrastructure charges and in the reform
of government enterprise and regulation.
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Peter Kinrade
Senior Consultant
B.Com. (Melb.) M.Env.Sci. (Tas) PhD (Melb) in progress
Peter is an environmental management specialist
with more than 15 years of experience in environmental
and natural resources economics, policy and management.
Specific areas of Peter's experience and expertise include:
- the use of market instruments to address
environmental and natural resource management issues
- the development and use of sustainability
indicators
- greenhouse gas emissions assessment, monitoring
and reporting
- climate change, air pollution and sustainable
energy and water policy.
He has undertaken projects on these issues
for a wide range of clients including government
departments and agencies, businesses and NGOs.
Peter also has considerable experience
in government and business liaison and community
outreach on environmental matters. He has
university lecturing and curriculum development
experience in environmental and natural resources
economics, policy and management.
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Phil Pickering
Senior Consultant
B. Commerce (UWA) Grad. Dip. Arts (UWA) M. Phil. (UWA) in progress
Phil is an economist and pricing specialist with extensive experience in the water industry. As the Manager Pricing for Western Australia's Water Corporation, he was responsible for developing and implementing policies on water industry tariffs, developer contributions, bulkwater transfer charges and regulated revenue targets.
Phil has also led economic assessments of emerging issues such as wastewater recycling, integrated resource planning and third party bulkwater supply proposals.
Phil was the economic advisor for the development of cost-based prices for trade waste customers in WA and co-authored a WSAA commissioned study into cost reflective pricing for water.
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Christopher Rose
Senior Consultant
M. Econ. (WA)
Chris Rose is helping establish and manage our new Perth office. Chris has over eight years broad experience working as an economist, ministerial advisor and policy analyst, primarily in the public sector. His experience includes as Principal Policy advisor – Economic, working directly to the Premier and to the Deputy Premier (Treasurer) of WA. Chris also worked as an analyst in both the Federal and State Treasury Departments.
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Kym Whiteoak
Senior Consultant
M.Env.Man. (ANU)
Kym is an environmental and resource economist and graduate from a Masters course in Environmental Management from the Australian National University. He has particular technical experience in non-market evaluation techniques, cost-benefit analysis, economic impact assessment, survey design and statistical analysis.
Since joining MJA, Kym has specialised on projects relating to environmental management, non market valuation and water economics. He has also undertaken a number of regulatory reviews relating to these areas, and the Australian gambling sector. His experience relates to the Australian context as well as regional developing countries.
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Jasper Mikkelsen
Associate
M.Econ.(Copenhagen)
Jasper is an Associate of Marsden Jacob and is based in Denmark. His extensive experience encompasses the range of economic, regulatory and competition issues associated with the telecommunications and new technology markets.
A particular focus of Jasper’s is the analytical tools and techniques used to debate and advise on regulatory and economic strategies. Jasper is not only well versed in the development of these tools but also the need to be able to discuss and debate their elements. Specific examples of tools that Jasper has developed include:
- Cost models of telecommunications networks and services (TSLRIC)
- Financial models for feasibility studies
- Economic models of competitive behaviour
In addition, he has extensive experience in:
- Estimating the cost of capital
- Game theoretic advice on auction design and tender processes
- Market analysis and forecasting
Jasper has over 10 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining MJA in June 2004, Jasper worked for a major Danish consultancy firm and brings with him extensive experience and knowledge of European telecommunications, economics and markets.
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