Matthew Smith Email & Phone Number

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Working as a senior consultant at Trinomics across the areas of energy, environment and climate change for public and private clients. I work as project manager, senior expert, task lead, modeller and quality assurer across multiple projects. Project specialisations in the last years include:- Fusion energy - worked on 5 different projects in the area of fusion energy for the European Commission- Biomass for energy - worked on multiple projects for NGOs and others to examine the costs and benefits of bioenergy- Energy prices and costs - regularly work on projects investigating trends and drivers of energy prices and costs- Product policy - examining the impact of energy efficiency and other policy for products, including modelling of their environmental impacts

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Worked as a consultant across energy and climate related issues with a focus on economic implications and impacts for public and private clients, including the European Commission (DG ENER, DG CLIMA), Sector organisations, GGGI, World Bank, EBRD, European parliament, HSBC, MED-ENEC II, DECC and BIS (UK), European Copper Institute.Projects included:Evaluation of the MAPS programmeBenefits of Ecodesign for the average EU householdAssessing the INDC contributions of major emittersGreen financial sector for KazakhstanEnergy costs and pricesLow carbon (energy) strategy for KosovoGreen growth development plan for UgandaRoadmaps for industry GHG emission reduction in ThailandCosts of not harmonising global product energy efficiency policiesBenefits of a green economy transformation in sub-Saharan AfricaTrade intensity assessment of the Horticulture sectorAssessment of a GHG emission calculation methodologyEvaluation of compensation for the indirect costs of the EU ETS and Carbon Price SupportCosts and subsidies of EU energy Assessing design options for a supply flexibility reserve in the EU-ETSCarbon leakage suppportSizing energy efficiency investmentsAdequacy of European planning regulationsAction plan for a renewable energy risk databaseBrochure: Energy efficiency and jobs in the MENA regionImpact of Ecodesign and Energy/Tyre Labelling on R&D and InnovationAssessment of the risk of carbon leakage for sectors under the EU ETSCost of non-Europe: EU internal energy market – obstacles to an open, integrated and competitive marketBrochure: Roadmap for a legal and institutional framework for ESCos in MENA region Energy Labelling and Ecodesign evaluation Climate and Energy Package 2030Value of CCS R&D in the Netherlands Assistance towards AR5 reportBrochure: Roadmap for reduction in energy subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa Environmental Profit and Loss Account Carbon leakage assessments

Birmingham, United Kingdom And Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Provided economic research based consultancy advice, primarily to public sector clients, in the UK and Europe. Worked on over 30 projects for clients including the European Commission (DG ENV, ENER, ENTR, BUDG, RTD), Eurostat, the Environment Agency (UK), LDA, AWM, NWDA, EMDA, EEDA, Yorkshire Forward.Projects included:Mapping resource prices: the past and the futureNowcasting of and target setting for resource efficiency indicatorsStudy and workshop on EU watersL-category vehicles: revision of conformity of production requirementsSurvey of green growth / environmental sustainability accounting frameworks and indicatorsAssessment of needed share of secure EU electricity supply until 2050Incentives to improve the environmental performance of companiesThe number of jobs dependent on the environment and resource efficiency improvementsBrochure on Sustainable Industry and Resource EfficiencyMid-term evaluation of the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action PlanStudy on EU Industry in a Sustainable Growth ContextThe role of Market Based Instruments (MBIs) in achieving a resource efficiency economyPotential Economic Growth in the Northern Ireland Sustainable Energy Sector – A Skills AssessmentLags in the EU economy's response to changeFP7 Energy mid-term evaluationEffectiveness of InspectionEnvironmental Technologies Sector MappingImpact Assessment study on possible implementing measures as set out in the Framework Directive on Eco-Design Requirements for Energy-Using Products: Central Heating Boilers (Lot 1)Published project work includes:Brochure on Sustainable Industry and Resource Efficiencyhttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sustainable-business/files/brochure_sustainable_industry_150711_en.pdfMid-term evaluation of FP7 Energyec.europa.eu/energy/evaluations/doc/2010_research_fp7.pdf

Prepared financial reporting documents for financial planners. Included investment modelling.

Teaching English to primary school children in Japan.

Performed all accounting functions for SME in the legal services industry. Worked closely with MD and helped prepare accounts, VAT returns, creditors, debtors, invoicing and in management of multi-million pound factoring account.

Msc, Environment And Resource Management, 8.9

Economic and environmental policy tools, Energy technology studies, International climate policy, Sustainable development, Sustainable.

Ba (Hons), Economics, 2:1

Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Financial economics, Statistics, Political economics, Finance and Accounting, ICT, British.