Senior Associate

Office Suite 4
C2 Centa Building
118 Railway Street
West Perth WA 6005

Ph: +61 8 9449 9600
Fax: +61 8 9322 3955

 

Richard Begley specialises in the economics of resources and sustainability. He has extensive experience consulting to industry and governments, with an emphasis on developing and assessing policies and managing modelling and other quantitative analysis.

Richard has worked extensively in the area of greenhouse and sustainable energy. Recent major greenhouse analyses include managing the evaluation of the economic impacts of a National Emissions Trading Scheme for the National Emissions Trading Taskforce. In addition, Richard was a member of the Western Australian Government’s Greenhouse and Energy Taskforce, which reported in February 2006.

Richard also has undertaken a range of economic impact assessments of major resource and infrastructure projects in Western Australia, including water infrastructure. A number of these evaluations utilised general equilibrium economic modelling.

Richard also has expertise in trade and industry policy. He has a particular interest in innovation policy.