Ben Combes
Visiting Fellow
Research
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Belarus
Biography
Before joining PwC, Ben was a Director at Llewellyn Consulting for over four years leading their energy and climate change practice. In 2011/12, he led a strategic review of the Civil Aviation Authority’s environmental role for the CEO Andrew Haines. Prior to that Ben spent four years as an Economic Adviser in the UK Government Economic Service, first working on energy and the environment at Defra, and then on climate change at the Committee on Climate Change with Adair Turner and David Kennedy. In his early career, he worked at Oxford Economics, GFC Economics, and Deloitte. Ben holds an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and an MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London.
Research Interest
Macroeconomic implications of climate change Clean energy transitions Low-carbon technology and policy Energy opportunities for regions, sectors, and financial markets
