Our Team

Adrian has over 23 years of economic analysis and consulting experience with Oxford Economics Australia, focusing on the infrastructure, building, maintenance and mining industries. Adrian has undertaken a wide range of consultancy projects for the public and private sector based on his detailed understanding of construction, mining and maintenance markets, their drivers and outlooks, the range of organisations operating in this space and the issues they face.

This work includes deeper industry liaison, contractor and competitive analysis, pipeline analysis, demand and cost escalation forecasting, and industry capacity and capability projects for the public and private sector. He is the lead author of major reports but also undertakes briefings and workshops for senior management, board members and industry associations, leads in-depth stakeholder consultation, and facilitates and chairs roundtables between government and industry.

Alex has over 6 years of economic consulting experience, working with senior internal and external stakeholders to develop quantitative and qualitative approaches for a range of strategic investments and interventions across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Alex has undertaken a wide range of consulting projects for the public and private sectors including the viability of major new infrastructure initiatives in transport, arts and culture; strategic analysis of new city developments; the economic and social impact of innovative investment programs and recently advising a Middle Eastern government on the impact of once in a generation fiscal reform.

Alex has over 2 years of economic analysis and consulting experience, working with senior internal and external stakeholders to deliver evidence based economic impact and traffic analysis across Australia, Europe and the United States. Alex has undertaken a wide range of consulting projects for the public and private sectors including evaluating the economic of impact of transportation projects, cultural facilities, defence programs, social media, retailers and the advancements in pharmaceutical technology. He also has experience in sustainability and traffic modelling, working with global clients in Oxford Economics’ Transport Advisory team.

Business Development Manager

Angus is a Senior Economist in Oxford Economics Australia’s Consulting team, where he leads economic impact assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and input-output modelling to inform major investment and policy decisions. With a background in applied microeconomics and advanced quantitative methods, he advises government and private sector clients on complex, data-driven questions. He previously held consulting roles at PwC and KPMG.

April is the Senior Economist responsible for producing the Asian Construction Service. The service provides comprehensive analysis and forecasts on building and infrastructure construction across 13 countries in Asia including New Zealand. She has experience in econometric modelling and holds a Master’s degree in econometrics and financial economics.

Ben is a lead economist at Oxford Economics Australia working on the Australian Macroeconomic Service, and TradePrism. Prior to joining Oxford Economics ben has worked as a macroeconomic consultant in the private sector in Singapore and Australia and for the Treasury in New Zealand.

Brent is part of the Sydney based business development team where he is responsible for growing the client portfolio across Australia and New Zealand. Having diverse experience across a range of industries including the financial services sector, Brent specialises in assisting financial institutions to improve their strategic decision making capabilities. When not at work, you will typically find him at the beach.

Daniel is an economist who joined BIS Oxford Economics in 2020 as part of the graduate program. He has been involved in several consulting projects which included economic due diligence projects for assets transaction sales, scenario modelling, developing macroeconomic models and forecasts as well as conducting strategic cost-benefit analysis and economic impact assessments.

Daniel also has broad economic industry experience through his time working with BIS Oxford Economics’ subscription services. This included analysing and forecasting the construction and mining sectors, as well as the residential and commercial property sectors. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics) and a Bachelor of Economics Honours from Queensland University of Technology.

Darren heads up our global transactions team, with a focus on both commercial and economic due diligence. He is also a specialist in freight movements, both at a port level and as the lead on Oxford Economics' global TradePrism service.

David is the Managing Director at BIS Oxford Economics and heads the office for Australia and New Zealand. In August 2013 he moved to Sydney to establish the firm and is continuing to grow the business in this region as well as leading key projects within Australia.

Before moving to Australia David worked as part of Oxford Economics’ business development team in London. Prior to joining Oxford Economics he worked for KPMG as a management consultant, specialising in financial risk management including stress testing and scenario analysis. During this time he was also seconded to the main Financial Services regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA). He completed his degree in Economics at Nottingham University and also studied the chartered institute for securities investment diploma.

Account Manager

Emily leads Oxford Economics Australia's Macro Consulting team. She has over 10 years of economic analysis and consulting experience, focusing on macroeconomic forecast and analysis. Emily regularly provides strategy support and briefings, and presentations to clients and key stakeholders to support a broader understand of the economic environment and the impact on their business.

Harry Murphy Cruise is the Head of Economic Research and Global Trade at Oxford Economics Australia. He leads the Australian Macroeconomic Service and global trade initiatives, including TradePrism. Harry frequently provides insights to major media outlets, including CNBC, BBC, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal. His research primarily focuses on global trade and investment flows, with particular interest in the challenges and opportunities of economic decoupling.

Harry holds a master’s degree in international and development economics from the Australian National University and a bachelor’s degree in arts and commerce from Monash University. He is a PhD candidate at ANU, exploring the role of China’s diverse households and firms in the country’s economic transition.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Harry was the Head of China and Australia Economics at Moody's Analytics. He was previously responsible for Australian state and territory analysis at Deloitte Access Economics.

Hayden is a Graduate Economist in the Australia Macroeconomic Subscription team. Prior to joining the team Hayden worked in Macroeconomic Consulting, gaining experience in modelling, forecasting and cost escalation. He has a Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours and University Medal from the University of Technology Sydney.

As a lead data scientist at Oxford Economics, Jordan has designed key architecture and data transformation processes that have enhanced the toolkits with which economic consultants can process, access and visualise data. He has launched robust database infrastructure with associated pipelines and scripting.

Jordan is excellent at utilising his broad-ranging programming skills to produce innovative solutions to complex mathematical problems and then presenting them to clients in an easily digestible format, through effective use of data visualisations.

Kristian leads Oxford Economics Australia's Consulting team, working with public and private sector leaders to help them prepare for the future by applying relevant economic theory and forecasts to inform effective policy and business strategy development.

Kristin is a Property Economist within the Building & Property Forecasting team. She has been involved in forecasting, analysis, writing and support work for various commercial property reports over the past 16+ years.

Kristin's background is in economics and she is responsible for data collection and analysis, maintaining databases, conducting econometric analysis, forecasting and writing, preparing charts and tables for our subscription products in the non-residential sector.

Kristina Ballm is Financial Controller at Oxford Economics Australia and is responsible for the finance and administrative area of the business.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics Australia June 2018 she worked as a Financial Controller at RFi Group in Sydney and Kuoni Global Travel Services in London. Kristina is a Certified Chartered Accountant having gained her ACCA membership in the UK. She also holds a bachelors degree in economics from Kaunas University of Technology.

Lee has over 20 years experience in researching and forecasting Australian property markets, particularly in non-residential sectors. He is responsible for managing and producing a number of subscription services across Australia’s commercial property markets.

Lee’s current focus is on the Sydney and Perth office property markets, as well as prospects for the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane industrial property markets. Lee also contributes to consulting work, including the financial evaluation of commercial development, the economic impact of major projects and strategic employment studies.