Our core team of nine staff is based in our London and Brussels offices. Brief bios of each member can be found below. Please click 'read more' for more information and contact with individual members of the team.
Ece Ozdemiroglu
Ece Ozdemiroglu, the founding director of eftec, specialises in interpreting economic value evidence for policy and decision making and evaluation. This involves applying ecosystem services approach and economic valuation to environmental resources, cultural heritage, charitable sector, value of information and education.
Allan Provins
Allan Provins is an environmental economist and Technical Director with eftec. Since 2002 he has worked on over 30 projects mainly focused on valuation of environmental and cultural goods and services and the use of this evidence in cost-benefit analysis and policy and project decision-making.
Ian Dickie
Ian Dickie joined eftec in November 2007. His interests include biodiversity and natural resources policy, and the impacts of environmental policies on economic objectives. He is Business Development Director at eftec and also is a Director of the Aldersgate Group.
Dr. Rob Tinch
Dr. Rob Tinch joined eftec in April 2008 as its representative in Brussels. He has 14 years' experience in environmental and ecological economics, including as an economic assistant at the Department of Transport, a previous core-team position at eftec, and a lectureship in the School of Environmental Sciences at UEA.
Rohit Mistry
Rohit Mistry is a Senior Consultant at eftec specialising in environmental economics. His work specialises in advanced macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics and mathematical skills. Rohit also has a strong understanding and experience in water, agriculture, waste, climate change, energy and chemicals regulation.
Guy Whiteley
Guy Whiteley is a Consultant at eftec specialising in natural resources and their management. Guy has an MSc from Cranfield University in Economics for Natural Resource and Environmental Management.
Zara Phang
Zara Phang is a researcher at eftec, an associated member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, and holds an MSc from Imperial College, where she specialized in Environmental Economics and Policy.
Lawrie Harper-Simmonds
Lawrie is a researcher at eftec, and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from St. John's College, University of Cambridge. His final year dissertation assessed the impacts of deforestation on economic development in the Brazilian Amazon.
Bruno Lanz
Bruno Lanz is a part-time consultant with eftec and a PhD candidate in Economics at ETH Zürich (Switzerland). Since joining eftec in 2006, his work has mainly focused on the economic valuation of non-marketed goods, cost-benefit analysis, and applied natural resource management.
Laurence Mathieu
Laurence Mathieu is a researcher at eftec. She has several years’ experience working on economics of natural resources and fisheries management. She is experienced in valuation methods, project appraisal, and statistical analysis, and has worked in both developed and developing countries.
Olga Anderson
Olga Anderson is our office manager who is responsible for the smooth running of the office and our wellbeing therein. She gained a broad range of experience having worked for one of the leading catering companies in the position of Events Manager and for a graphic design company in the position of Office Manager/ PA before joining eftec.
