John Rhys

Senior Research Advisor

Dr John Rhys obtained an Honours degree in Mathematics while at Jesus College, Oxford, and later obtained his PhD in economics at the London School of Economics. He is a former Chief Economist, Electricity Council, and a former Managing Director of NERA UK Economic Consulting, where he was intimately involved in a number of UK energy sector privatizations. As Director of NERA ‘s international energy team he worked extensively on energy sector reform projects worldwide with the World Bank, other development agencies and national governments. He continues to have economic and energy consulting interests, is a Non-Executive Director of an NHS Hospital Trust, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, Energy Group. His current interests include energy policy in relation to climate change, on which subject he has recently given written and oral evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons.