Speaker

Mr. William Derbyshire

William is a Director with Economic Consulting Associates (ECA), a boutique economics and energy consultancy headquartered in London. He has over 20 years of experience in energy economics, the last 14 of which have been with ECA based in Bangkok. William was the deputy team leader and energy economist for the team that prepared an overall Strategic Environmental Assessment for the GMS in 2013-14, looking at the costs and impacts of alternative pathways for regional power development based. He has worked extensively in Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand and Myanmar including an ongoing assignment evaluating the impacts of introducing utility-scale solar power onto the Cambodian grid and a recently-completed assessment of options and impacts of introducing LNG imports into Myanmar. His experience also includes studies on energy master plans in Indonesia, where he led the economics team for a major gas master plan study, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and in sub-Saharan Africa. William is currently resource economist in the team preparing the Sustainable Hydropower Development Strategy for the Mekong River Commission. William holds an MSc in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.