James Grayburn
Senior Consultant
Education
MSc in economics and finance, Warwick Business School, Warwick University
BA (Hons. First Class) in philosophy, politics, and economics, York University
Experience
Mr. Grayburn is a Senior Consultant in NERA's Global Energy, Environment, and Network Industries Practice with fifteen years' experience as a professional economist in both regulatory bodies and in private consultancy.
He joined NERA in 1999, and has directed and managed projects for companies, regulators, and governments on regulation and competition issues, principally in the water and energy network sectors. His interests and experience in economic regulation encompass estimating the cost of capital, financial modeling, comparative efficiency analysis, and incentive design, as well as market design and restructuring. He also has substantial experience with helping investors understand the risks associated with investment in infrastructure assets.
As well as advising clients in the UK and European markets, he has advised clients operating or seeking to invest in emerging markets, notably in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Mr. Grayburn recently rejoined NERA following a period of two years at the Office for gas and electricity markets (Ofgem), where he headed the gas distribution price control review (RIIO-GD1), which set allowed revenues for Great Britain's gas distribution networks (GDNs) for the period 2013-21.
