Water management and regulation must be enhanced across the European Union if they are to meet the significant challenges of the sector in the coming decades. The environmental and climate change urgency, infrastructure and technology gaps and growing tensions between investments needs and affordability of water are some of the most pressing issues for the sector.
While these developments are poised to grow in importance and urgency, much remains to be done for effective regulation. In a highly politically charged debate, CERRE research aims at clarifying the role of the market participants while considering the facts and lessons learned from the water industry and other regulated sectors.
Bruno Liebhaberg* is Director General of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). He is also currently the chair of the EU Observatory on Online Platform Economy.
He was a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters.
He holds a Master in Management Sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
*Representing B.Liebhaberg S.A.
Sean Ennis is Director of the Centre for Competition Policy and a Professor of Competition Policy at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia.
Previously, he was a Senior Economist in the Competition Division of the OECD. Prior to that, he has served as an Executive Director of the Competition Commission of Mauritius, as an Economist at the European Commission’s DG Competition and at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
Over the years, Mr Ennis has published research studies and reports published by economic journals and submitted to the European Parliament, the G20, the OECD and the World Bank. He has co-authored reports for regulatory and government agencies in Australia, Greece, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States.
He received a BA (Hons) in Economics from King’s College, Cambridge and a PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.
David Deller is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia. He is an applied economist specialising in policy questions affecting the regulated utilities, in particular energy and water.
Since 2013, Mr Deller’s research has looked at consumer behaviour, often around consumers’ apparent reluctance to switch energy suppliers, and has developed a broad array of empirical evidence to shed light on distributional and fairness issues in the energy market.
Much of his work has been facilitated by close co-operation with external partners including Ofgem, Which?, Anglian Water and the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).
Mr Deller holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex and a bachelor degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.
Bruno Liebhaberg* is Director General of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). He is also currently the chair of the EU Observatory on Online Platform Economy.
He was a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters.
He holds a Master in Management Sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
*Representing B.Liebhaberg S.A.
Professor Catherine Waddams is a Research Fellow at CERRE and a faculty member of the Centre for Competition Policy and Professor at the Norwich Business School of the University of East Anglia.
She is also a board member of OFWAT, the water regulator in England and Wales. Her research interests are in Industrial Organisation. Professor Waddams has published widely on privatisation, regulation and competition in energy markets.
She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
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