Sandbach Economic Consulting Ltd. is an economic consultancy set up by Jonathan Sandbach in 2017. His practice applies his 40 years of industry experience in microeconomics, with a specialism in the area of economic regulation to current issues faced by companies today.

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Professional memberships

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society

Biography

Jonathan Sandbach is a professional economist with 40 years of industrial experience, principally in the aviation and telecommunications sectors. He was Chief Economist of Heathrow Airport from 2010 to 2017, responsible for securing critical elements of the regulatory framework, including the weighted average cost of capital and the methodology used to determine traffic forecasts.

Previous to this, he was Head of Regulatory Economics for Vodafone Group, and Head of Economic and Regulatory Analysis for the Cable and Wireless Group. He was also a Senior Consultant for NERA, working across telecommunications and other regulated sectors.

Jonathan has an extensive background in quantitative analysis and econometrics; particularly in forecasting models, and comparative efficiency analysis.

Education

City University, London
PhD Economics

London School of Economics
M.Sc. Statistics
(pass with Distinction)

University of York
B.A. Mathematics/Economics
(1st Class)

London Business School
Corporate Finance Programme

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Chief Economist
Heathrow Airport

Head of Economics &
Regulatory Economics
Vodafone Group

Vice President
Government & Regulation
Cable & Wireless Asia

Director of Economic
& Regulatory Analysis
Cable & Wireless Group