Mathew Ditchburn, Economist

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Combines economics and law qualifications to tackle complex regulatory and policy problems.

Mathew’s broad project experience and qualifications afford him a unique perspective to assist clients in resolving complex economic problems. He has extensive experience in applying economic principles and quantitative analysis to support high-stakes decision-making.

Mathew regularly provides economic advice to regulated businesses and regulatory authorities. His experience spans a variety of industries, though he has particular expertise in the energy, water and transport sectors. He has assisted in addressing a range of challenges, including modelling energy prices, advising on efficient pricing structures, modelling net economic benefits of large infrastructure projects, undertaking analysis on maximum revenue allowances, assessing the prudency and efficiency of expenditure, and advising on return on and of capital.

Outside of the regulatory space, Mathew’s experience in applying economics to assist high-stakes decision-making spans potential anticompetitive conduct investigations, gas price arbitrations, major investment decisions, collective bargaining and protected industrial action applications, significant legal proceedings, business cases, government policy development and traffic analytics.

His strong quantitative skillset has been leveraged in several high-stakes projects, including developing multiple gas flow optimisation models in Gurobi, Python, and an electricity network pricing model.