LONDON ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL - Key Persons
In his role as president of London Economics International, LLC, A.J. Goulding manages a growing international consulting firm focused on finance, economic, and strategic consulting to the energy and infrastructure industries. In addition to serving as a sector expert in electricity and gas markets, his responsibilities include project management, marketing, budget and financial control, and recruiting. A.J. also serves as an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, where he teaches a course on electricity market design and regulatory economics while also supervising graduate workshops.
Amit Pinjani has extensive experience advising North American and international clients on matters related to electricity regulation, market design, cost of capital, and transaction advisory services. Amit has been qualified as an expert economist by multiple regulatory authorities in North America, where he has submitted expert written and oral testimony. In addition to working on several economic and regulatory advisory projects, Amit has successfully managed energy litigation support and asset valuation projects with LEI.
Internationally, Amit has managed extensive engagements with government entities and private clients in the Middle East and Asia. Amit is a seasoned project director who ensures client deliverables entail robust analysis and clear recommendations (where necessary), along with providing seamless client communication and management. Prior to LEI, he worked for the Investment Banking Division at Citibank, and assisted on capital market and mergers and acquisition (M&A) transactions.
Amit recently (in 2021) completed his master's degree in Energy and Infrastructure Law from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. This combined with his work experience allows him to provide a unique perspective to clients on energy and law matters, such as review of contracts, litigation support projects, among other relevant matters.
Cherrylin ("Len") is a Director at London Economics International LLC. Having been with the firm for almost 15 years, Len has managed complex, high-profile and multi-million projects throughout the US as well as abroad. She has worked extensively in the areas of regulatory economics, energy market design, and mergers and acquisitions.
Eva joined the firm all the way back in 1999. She has worked on a variety of engagements ranging from wholesale market design and generation asset valuation, to industry and market analysis and research for numerous clients in North America and Asia. Eva is involved in many of the firm's market design engagements, spanning such diverse issues as cost-benefit analysis, market power mitigation, tariff ratemaking, auction design (including competitive solicitations for procurement), and wholesale market rules design.
Eva is also the primary modeler for many of the firm's price forecasting engagements. She provides analysis of market dynamics and potential revenues for the purposes of valuing electric generation assets. Prior to joining London Economics International, Eva completed her Master's degree in public policy at Columbia University.
Job Titles:
- Managing Consultant
- LEI 's Lead Expert
Gabriel Roumy is a Managing Consultant at London Economics International with extensive experience leading complex projects and deep knowledge of the energy sector, including wholesale markets and regulatory frameworks in both North American and international jurisdictions.
Gabriel is LEI's lead expert and modeler for the New York power markets and manages engagements on a variety of topics touching upon all aspects of the power sector value chain. Throughout his career, Gabriel has worked with and advised legislators, regulators, buy-side and sell-side financial clients, system operators, asset owners, and project developers. He has notably led numerous engagements involving quantitative analyses, wholesale power market modeling, incentive-based ratemaking frameworks, or advising energy regulators.
Gabriel has an engineering background, with experience working as a research engineer, wholesale market specialist, and business development professional for a large utility.
Julia Frayer is a Managing Director specializing in economic analysis and evaluation of infrastructure assets, such as power plants, natural gas-related infrastructure, electricity transmission and distribution systems, and utilities, as well as market design and expert economic advisory services for power markets. She has worked extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia in valuing electricity generation and wires assets, water and wastewater networks, as well as gas transportation assets, and in advising on market rules, innovative rate design, and institutional best practices.
Julia manages LEI's quantitative financial and business practice area, and also specializes in market and organizational design issues related to electricity. In addition to electric generation sector market power and antitrust analysis, sample projects include:
Marie leads LEI's engagements related to natural gas market analysis. She directs gas pipeline modeling efforts based on a sophisticated network model, supporting outlooks for natural gas prices and basis, and analysis of flows on North American interstate pipelines. She provides in-depth expert testimony on issues such as basis differentials, pipeline capacity and utilization in key regions, and LNG import and export supply and demand. Recent projects for LEI have included serving as independent market expert for the Maine Public Utilities Commission, in the evaluation of the costs and benefits of new natural gas pipelines into New England, which included reviewing pipeline precedent agreements and negotiated rate agreements, and leading quantitative analysis of costs and benefits; for a private investor, she evaluated contracts for firm gas transportation capacity for gas-fired plants in PJM and ISO-New England.
Marie directs LEI's research of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electric power market. Recent projects have included assessing the current ancillary services (CAS) market and proposed Future Ancillary Services Nodal Protocol Revision Request (FAS-NPRR) in ERCOT; examination of the political, legislative, and economic drivers that led to creation of ERCOT's Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) and assessment of the potential for state-level support for further expansion of CREZ transmission lines; and assessment of and outlook for ERCOT's and the Public Utility Commission of Texas's views of the "system cost" of wind.
Marie draws on her long-time experience across fuels and regions to ensure clients benefit from an integrated understanding of market rules and practices. Recent projects have included providing expertise related to FERC practices around monitoring, enforcement, and prosecution of potential market manipulation; providing analysis of market rules and regulatory risks to support a client's compliance program; and SWOT analysis of the economic and regulatory environment for the power sector in a Canadian province. Marie is experienced in the use of scenario analysis, an approach that helps clients identify potential turning points and arrive at decisions that are more robust given the uncertainties inherent in any future set of market conditions.
From 1996 to 2014, Marie was with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA, now part of IHS, Inc.). She served as an Associate, then Associate Director for CERA's Global Oil research practice, as Director for the North American Gas research practice; she founded the CERAView Institutional Investor Service and co-founded CERA's Global Steam Coal service; she served as Senior Director for CERA's North American Electric Power service and of IHS CERA's Upstream Strategy service. Before joining CERA, Marie served as an economist with the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), conducting analysis and modeling supporting the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), and conducting analysis of energy company financial performance.
Marie is the author of original research with publications in academic and industry journals. She holds a PhD in Economics from the American University in Washington, DC.
Job Titles:
- Managing Consultant
- Senior Energy Sector Advisor at London Economics International LLC
Sayad is a senior energy sector advisor at London Economics International LLC (LEI) with more than a decade of experience working on all matters related to energy infrastructure around the globe. Mr. Moudachirou leverages his expertise in energy regulatory economics to educate market participants on market fundamentals and provide technical assistance and thoughtful insights in their operations, strategy and decision-making process. Sayad assists a wide range of clients including state agencies and other public entities, electric utilities, private developers, investment companies and large infrastructure firms.
Sayad's expertise in the power sector involves proficiency in conducting regulatory gap analysis, designing energy policies, carrying out due diligence on commercial transactions, and strategic planning for energy transition and decarbonization roadmap. Sayad is leading several of LEI's international engagements in Africa, Latin American, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories. Most of his work in emerging countries revolves around improving market governance, enhancing access to affordable energy, and building resilience in the face of climate change.
Concurrently to providing advisory services, Sayad has been carrying out exclusive management services activities for an owner and operator of renewable projects in the Northeast of the US. His responsibilities entail improving operational and financial performance of a portfolio of hydropower projects, overseeing outages and re-commissioning projects, carrying out license activities, and administration of other regulatory affairs.
Prior to re-joining LEI a few years ago, Sayad worked for Wheelabrator Technologies as a finance manager responsible for budgeting, strategic planning and project management at both project and corporate levels. Wheelabrator Technologies is a waste to electricity technology company.
Originally from Benin, Sayad is a native French speaker who has lived and worked in several countries across the world. Sayad holds a Masters of Arts in Economics and Finance from Brandeis University - International Business School, a Master in Finance and Banking (Magistere Banque Finance, Assurance) from Universite Paris IX Dauphine, and a Bachelor degree in economics from Paris I, La Sorbonne.
Victor has over 15 years of experience assisting both private and public clients on a variety of issues pertaining to the power and natural gas industries. He utilizes critical thinking rooted in innovative modeling and fundamental analysis to deliver solutions that are tailored to clients' needs.
Victor is based out of Hong Kong where he leads most of LEI‘s projects in the Asia-Pacific region. He specializes in issues related to the integration of clean technologies in power markets, strategic planning, and market transformation. With a unique skill set combining reliable power expertise with a detailed understanding of advanced technologies, Victor has been a key contributor to LEI's development of cutting-edge solutions that focus on solving our clients' problems with ever-evolving critical thinking. Prior to his employment at LEI, Victor completed his Master's degree at Columbia University, and worked as an operations analyst for Goldman Sachs, where he advised on numerous transactions in the natural resources and energy sector.