Dr Peter Abelson has a B.A. from Oxford University, M.Sc. (Economics) from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D from London University. Peter has over 30 years of consulting experience in Australia and overseas, specializing in public economics and cost-benefit analysis. He also runs regular executive training courses for public servants. His recent work in Australia includes government pricing policy, major transport projects, evaluation of public health programs and hospitals, planning for infrastructure, and analyses of housing prices. He has worked for international agencies in many countries including China, India, Thailand, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Zambia, Bolivia and Papua New Guinea. Peter held a Personal Chair at Macquarie University from 2001 to 2005. Currently he works with Sydney University, the University of New South Wales, the Australian National University and the Australian and New Zealand School of Government.  Peter has considerable experience in Local Government, including eight years as councillor and two as Mayor of Mosman Council, Sydney.

Dr Glenn Withers has a B.Ec.(Hons) from Monash and a Masters and Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University. He is an experienced public and private sector adviser and consultant, having consulted for agencies ranging from the OECD and New Zealand Treasury to the Business Council of Australia and the Victorian Premier’s Department. He has chaired four major government inquiries (immigration, infrastructure, population, microeconomic reform), and has held professorships in several Australian universities – in economics and in public policy. In 1991 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to applied economics, and from 1991 to 1996 was Head of the Economic Planning Advisory Council, reporting to the Prime Minister of Australia.

Glenn is on long-term leave from the company under contract as Chief Executive Officer of Universities Australia.

Ms Marion Powall has an MA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Glasgow. Prior to joining Applied Economics in 1999, Marion held Senior Executive positions in both the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments, with a particular focus on community services, immigration and health planning and delivery. She has experience in evaluating policy options and in undertaking program and project reviews for governments, the private sector and non-government organisations. Recent areas of work include housing affordability, population and migration policy options (in both overseas and Australian settings), family-friendly workplace policies, rehabilitation services and a human services system review.

Mr David Gadiel is a double first class honours graduate in economics. He lectured in economics for 10 years at Monash and Auckland Universities and has authored more than 40 professional papers, articles and books on health and economics. He has practised continuously as a specialised health economist since 1974. His areas of special expertise include measurement and design in health care and pharmacoeconomics, economic modelling in health, and the application of economic analysis to health care delivery. He has worked for the Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia and the Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (now Medicines Australia). David has done many evaluations of hospital projects, developed health care service delivery models and health insurance strategies, and undertaken market research for many health care products. His work as a consultant health economist has involved a wide range of clients drawn from diverse branches of the health system, including private and public hospitals, State and Australian Government Health Departments, statutory authorities, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and industry associations.

Dr Roselyne Joyeux has a B.A. from the University of Aix-Marseille and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at San Diego. Roselyn has lectured in economics at the Universities of Cornell, Otago, Auckland and Macquarie and been a Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, the Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), and the London School of Economics. She is an expert in time series analysis, econometric modelling and statistical methods and has worked on forecasting models, corporate performance, exchange rates and trade. Roslyne and Peter Abelson recently published, as editors and contributors, Economic Forecasting, a comprehensive guide to economic forecasting.