The energy transition and fairness: looking ahead

Professor Sean Ennis is an economist, author, and expert. He focuses on company behaviour, competition, and regulation.

Sean Ennis is Professor of Competition Policy and Director of the Centre for Competition Policy at the 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, Sean 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.

Máximo Miccinilli* was Director, Energy & Climate at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), leading the think tank’s research and activities related to energy and climate.

He was previously leading the public affairs and communications activities of European Aluminium where he managed international campaigns on energy and climate matters. 

Prior to this, he was a manager in the energy and climate practice at Burson-Marsteller Brussels (now BCW), a leading global PA and PR agency. 

Earlier in his career, he worked for the Italian Ministry of European Affairs and the European Commission on single market and external policies. 

He holds a MA in European Law from the College of Europe (Bruges) and a MBA in Business and Finances from the Solvay Business School (Brussels).

*Representing One Policy Lab SRL