01.Paul Sell

Managing Director – Paul is an energy economist and Managing Director of EMCa.  With 33 years’ experience, he has played a major role in implementing and advising on electricity markets, gas markets, network access and regulatory regimes in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Asia.

Career Summary

After initially working in government as an energy economist and policy advisor, Paul joined the predecessor to Ernst & Young in 1985.  He became a consulting Partner, establishing and leading an energy sector consulting group in Sydney and Melbourne, then a Vice President in Capgemini based in Sydney and with responsibility for energy sector reform consulting in Asia-Pacific.  Paul established Energy Market Consulting associates in 2002.

Expertise

  • Electricity and gas sector reform and restructuring
  • Electricity and gas networks – access arrangements, pricing and regulation
  • Design and operation of electricity and gas wholesale markets
  • Introduction of retail competition
  • Smart metering
  • Energy utility analyses including asset management planning, investment decision-making, demand forecasting, capital and operating expenditure forecasting and business modelling

Education

  • B. Sc. (hons) economics, (Specialisation in Operations Research)
  • Intensive business management school – offshore program of Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
  • In-house training in a wide range of business disciplines including strategy, aspects of IT, accounting and finance 
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