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Charles is a member of Oxera’s Analytics and Performance, Productivity and Efficiency teams. He has extensive experience of the UK and continental European regulatory systems and has a particular interest in regulated energy and water networks. He has led a number of efficiency projects in the UK water and transport sectors as well as the German energy sector, including large, complex international benchmarking assignments. Charles regularly delivers cost assessment training as part of Oxera’s Utility Regulation course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining Oxera, he completed an internship at an energy think tank and studied economics at the University of Cambridge, where he specialised in econometrics and public economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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