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January 2008  


  • New consultants in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth

    ACIL Tasman has appointed six new consultants in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth offices.

    In Brisbane, Martin Pavelka has joined as a Research Analyst specializing in energy and commodities. Martin was previously with Queensland Treasury, where he was involved in monitoring and forecasting of local and international economic conditions with respect to commodity markets, development of econometric models and CGE modelling.


    Ken Willett, Senior Consultant in Brisbane, has had a varied career in government and the private sector, including significant experience in consulting. Ken's experience in microeconomics is wide ranging, including natural resource economics (minerals, energy, water and environment), analysis of microeconomic reform issues, transport policy, taxation and public policy, project financing and feasibility studies, asset valuation and risk assessment and management.


    David Sinclair has joined the Brisbane office as a Senior Consultant specialising in energy. David has a PhD from the University of Bradford where his specialist area of research was performance measurement system design. For the past seven years he has worked with Sun Retail (formerly Energex Retail) in Queensland as Strategic Planning Manager.

    Joe Owen is a Senior Consultant in Brisbane office. He brings a decade of experience working in the Australian and United States Governments as an economist and senior economic policy advisor. Most recently Joe was the senior economic advisor to the United States Ambassador in Canberra. Prior to that, he worked at the Treasury and the Productivity Commission. Joe has advised on Australian economic policy, including microeconomic policy and regulation, macroeconomic conditions and policy, and trade matters.


    Yuan Chou is a Senior Consultant at ACIL Tasman’s Melbourne office. He holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University. Yuan has several years of consulting experience at Access Economics in Canberra and the Centre for International Economics in Sydney, where he has undertaken public policy and strategic analysis, program evaluations, general equilibrium and econometric modeling, as well as economic, social and environmental impact analysis.


    Fiona Coble-Neal is a new Senior Associate in Perth office. Fiona is a geographer and educator with skills in geo-spatial analysis and mapping. She works in a range of fields, including impact assessment, feasibility assessments, social policy analysis, regional development and infrastructure assessment. Fiona also undertakes geo-spatial analysis and mapping for diverse assignments across ACIL Tasman.

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