Dr. Lorenzo Bertolini
The World Bank
Email: lbertolini@worldbank.org

Dr. Bertolini is an infrastructure specialist in the Infrastructure Economics and Finance group at the World Bank. He specializes in the design and strengthening of regulatory regimes for infrastructure sectors and has provided advice to policymakers in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia. He has also worked on the development of regulatory capacity-building initiatives, such as the African Forum for Utility Regulation (AFUR), several regional training programs and workshops on regulatory techniques, and a certification program for regulators. More recently, he has been working on the development of regulatory standards, including on issues associated with the transparency of regulatory regimes. He holds graduate degrees in economics and international relations from the University of Bologna and the Johns Hopkins University.

Prof. Anton Eberhard
Graduate School of Business (GSB) at the University of Cape Town
Email: eberhard@gsb.uct.ac.z

Prof. Eberhard teaches executive courses in the management of reform and regulation of infrastructure industries in Africa. He also teaches a Masters Program in Energy Markets and Governance. His main focus has been on the restructuring of the electricity supply industry and the creation of new electricity markets and regulatory frameworks to advance economic, social and environmental objectives. He is on the Board of the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa. Prof. Eberhard has initiated and directed a plethora of energy research projects over the past 20 years and is the author of more than 70 research publications. He founded and directed the Energy and Development Research Centre at the University of Cape Town between 1989 and 1999. He is a Foundation Member of the South African Academy of Science and serves on numerous Councils and Boards. He is also an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Economic Regulation and Governance.

Dr. Rolfe Eberhard
Palmer Development Group

Dr. Eberhard is a director of Palmer Development Group and has worked in the fields of infrastructure economics, finance and planning for more than 10 years. He has a doctorate in economics from the University of London as well as degrees in engineering and philosophy. Rolfe was responsible for drafting the 2003 national Strategic Framework for Water Services (previously called the "White Paper") in South Africa. His work on water pricing has made a seminal contribution to water pricing policies and practices in South Africa. He has played a key role in the development of financial models for municipal infrastructure financial planning, including the development of medium term income and expenditure frameworks for a number of cities. His international experience includes involvement as team leader for the financial and economics component of the urban water sector reform project in Uganda, formulating policies and strategies for urban sanitation in Lesotho, financial analysis of the electrification program in Namibia and a review of water policies in SADC countries with a view to promoting integrated water resource management in the region. Rolfe's primary long term interest is in the improved regulation of water provision which promotes social, economic and environmental benefits.

Prof. Colin Firer
Graduate School of Business (GSB) at the University of Cape Town

Prof. Firer is the Len Abrahamse Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. He is a former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Management at the University of the Witwatersrand. His previous experience includes 11 years in manufacturing and retail industries. He has published over 60 papers in the areas of capital budgeting, information disclosure in annual reports, share splits, market timing, the risk perceptions of investors, and economic value added. He is co-author of "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance", McGraw-Hill /Irwin and "An Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance" Wits University Press.

Prof. James Hodge
Graduate School of Business (GSB) at the University of Cape Town
Email: jhodge@commerce.uct.ac.za

Prof. Hodge is a lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town where he directs a Masters course in Economic Regulation and Competition. His research interests include the telecommunications, broadcasting and IT industries. He has done consulting work for government, regulators and corporations in South Africa.

Mr. Larry Holloway
Kansas Corporation Commission
Email: l.holloway@kcc.state.ks.us

Mr. Holloway is Chief of Energy Operations with the Utilities Division of the Kansas Corporation Commission. His section is responsible for rate and tariff design, service and operations of electric and natural gas utilities. Before coming to the KCC in 1993, Larry spent 12 years working in the electric power industry, primarily in the design, construction, startup and operation at seven different nuclear power plants. Prior to that he worked as a project engineer in a chemical plant and as a field engineer with a natural gas utility. He has bachelor's degrees in both civil and mechanical engineering, a master's in mechanical engineering, from the University of Kansas, and a master's degree in engineering management from Washington State University. He is a registered mechanical and civil professional engineer. He has testified in numerous proceedings before the Kansas Commission, the Federal Regulatory Commission and the Kansas Legislature. Mr. Holloway served as a representative of the Kansas Corporation Commission on the Kansas Legislature's retail wheeling task force and is currently actively involved in the Southwest Power Pool's initiative to form a Regional Transmission Organization.

Prof. Jorry M. Mwenechanya
Energy Regulation Board of Zambia
Email: jorry@erb.org.zm

Prof. Mwenechanya is the Chairman of the Energy Regulation Board of Zambia. He was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Zambia. An electrical engineer by profession, he has published widely on power electronics and systems. He also has interests in ICT applications for development. For many years, Professor Mwenechanya has been a consultant to the energy sector in Zambia and the Southern African Development Community. He is currently involved with efforts to institutionalize regulatory training in SADC.

Mr. Paul Noumba
The World Bank Institute
Email: pnoumbaum@worldbank.org

Paul Noumba is a lead economist in the Finance and Infrastructure division of the World Bank Institute. He is working in the areas of regulation, and policy support related to infrastructure sector reforms in developing countries. He joined the World Bank in 1998 as a telecommunications policy specialist in the Energy Mining Telecom Department. From October 2000 to March 2003, Paul was regional coordinator for Africa in the ICT policy division part of the Global Information and Communications Technology Department. Before joining the Bank Paul worked as an economist with France Telecom Research and the Development Center (CNET) in Paris, and as a lecturer and researcher in telecommunications and regulatory economics in the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne (France).

Dr. Paul Sotkiewicz
Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida
Email: paul.sotkiewicz@cba.ufl.edu

Dr. Paul Sotkiewicz is Director of Energy Studies at the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida in the USA. He teaches on their International Training Programme on Utility Regulation and Strategy. He was previously at the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Markets, Tariffs, and Rates, where he worked on the staff of the Chief Economic Advisor. While at FERC, he conducted applied research and analysis on market design for energy and ancillary service markets. He was also involved in the monitoring and analysis of newly formed wholesale markets operated by independent system operators in New York and California. He has won a number of outstanding teaching awards.

Mr. Thomas L. Welch
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Email: thomas.welch@maine.gov

Commissioner Welch was appointed Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission in May of 1993. Chairman Welch was reappointed to a second term in February, 1999. The current term expires in March of 2005. Prior to joining the Commission, Tom was Chief Deputy Attorney General in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, was a General Attorney for Bell Atlantic and Bell of Pennsylvania, and practiced law in San Francisco. Tom has also been Assistant Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law and Adjunct Professor of Law at Dickinson School of Law. Tom graduated from Stanford University in 1972 and Harvard Law School in 1975.

Dr. Marcia Wilson
University of South Africa
Email: wilsom@unisa.ac.za

Marcia Wilson is a graduate from University of the Witwatersrand and City University of London. She is currently completing her PhD at the University of Stirling. Her subject focus is telecommunications development and regulation in SADC. She serves as the Section Head of the Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunications and Information Policy and Masters in ICT Policy and Regulation at the University of South Africa. She is also Coordinator for the regional Nettel@africa project at the same institution. She was also selected to serve in the National Management Committee of the Advanced Institute for Information Communications Technology and served in the telecommunications review committee in government. She has presented several lectures at seminars both locally and abroad, including the University of Witwatersrand Business School, Stirling University in Scotland, and the Free University in Brussels. She has conducted several telecommunication regulation workshops on the continent, including Kenya, Uganda, Dubai, and Botswana.