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Ari Jain

Senior Consultant
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Ari is an economist with experience in microeconomics, competition and energy.

He leverages strong quantitative, data and communication skills to drive outcomes for clients and stakeholders. Ari has worked at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and as a university tutor. He holds an economics honours degree from the University of Melbourne. He is passionate about using data and economics as a vehicle to understand and improve the world.

Influential work

  • Reviewed the methodology for calculating a public-facing export parity price series for wholesale natural gas used by industry participants across Australia’s east coast
  • Analysed pricing trends in the Australian east coast natural gas market using internal records from more than 25 market participants
  • Analysed trends across proprietary datasets from Murray-Darling Basin water market participants as part of a review that recommended market-wide data reform
  • Examined changes in the productivity of the Australian electricity distribution industry and assessed cost pass through applications from service providers
  • Liaised with a wide range of stakeholders to support the Australian Energy Regulator’s chair and board.

Outside of Nous

Ari previously worked in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s gas markets branch. He also completed graduate rotations in the Murray-Darling Basin water markets inquiry team and at the Australian Energy Regulator.

Ari was a tutor at the University of Melbourne, where he taught third year microeconomics and second year competition and strategy classes. He also tutored high school mathematics students. While Ari was a student, he co-founded and was treasurer of a charity that specialised in pro bono communications.

Ari hold an honours degree in economics from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in finance and economics.

In his spare time...

Ari is passionate about technology, data and music. He is a fervent Liverpool Football Club supporter and dreams of visiting the UK to watch a match in-person one day.

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