| Type | Privately owned company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Economic consulting |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Key people | Sarah Hogg, Chairman Andrew Turnbull, Non-exec Director |
| Products | Consulting services |
| Website | www.frontier-economics.com |
Frontier Economics (Frontier) is a microeconomics consultancy headquartered in London with three additional offices in Europe. Frontier's sister company in Australia, Frontier Economics Pty Ltd, is headquartered in Melbourne with additional offices in Sydney and Brisbane. Frontier provides economics advice to public and private sector clients on matters of competition policy, public policy, regulation and business strategy. Frontier (Europe) has a focus on nine industries: energy, financial services, health care, media, post, retailing, telecoms, transport and water industry.[1] Frontier (Europe) has been listed among the best 10 firms for economic consulting in the Vault.com 2010 ranking of top consulting firms, together with competitors such as NERA, LECG, Charles River Associates or McKinsey & Company. [2] Frontier (Australia) has dedicated practice areas covering energy, climate change, water, telecommunications and media, competition and legal, economy-wide modelling and natural resources and environment.
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Frontier (Europe) was formed in June 1999 as an employee-owned company with around 25 consultants. The first Board of Directors consisted of Simon Gaysford, Zoltan Biro, Philip Burns, Dan Elliott and Michael Webb, and Sarah Hogg as a Chairman of the Board. The company currently employs around 110 consultants. In 2003, Frontier created a German office in Cologne, followed by the opening of the office in Brussels in 2006-2007 and Madrid in 2008. Frontier (Australia) was formed in May 1999 by Danny Price (Managing Director), Philip Williams (Chairman) and David Briggs (Director) and currently employs around 30 consultants across the three Australian offices.
The report on the potential costs of renewed conflict in Sudan [3]
The study on global costs of counterfeiting and piracy [4]
The analysis on the economic value of the teams at the FIFA World Cup 2010 [5]