Mr. Francisco Ascui

Council Member Biography

Francisco Ascui is a Lecturer in Business and Climate Change at University of Edinburgh Business School, where he teaches carbon management and has established the world's first MSc in Carbon Finance. He is also an Independent Consultant who has specialized in energy and climate change policy and strategy since 1997. Mr. Ascui worked as a Civil Servant in sustainable energy policy and gas sector regulation for the Government of New South Wales, Australia, before moving to the UK to work as a consultant. He is an expert on emissions trading, renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport and other aspects of energy sector policy, legislation and regulation. Mr. Ascui is a Rhodes Scholar from Australia and holds a BA (Hons), an MSc in Environmental Management from Oxford and an MBA from Cambridge. He is currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2009 - Unspecified

Lecturer in Business and Climate Change, University of Edinburgh Business School

2006 - 2009

Energy and Climate Change Consultant, Francisco Ascui - Self Employed

2002 - 2006

Associate Director, IPA Energy + Water Economics

1999 - 2002

Principal Policy Officer, Ministry Of Energy and Utilities - New South Wales