Deborah Drury

Managing Consultant

Deborah Drury is a managing consultant at Europe Economics. She joined the company in 2008 after completing her MSc in Economics at Warwick University. Prior to that, she worked in South Africa as a maths tutor and economics lecturer at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Deborah Drury is a managing consultant at Europe Economics. She joined the company in 2008 after completing her MSc in Economics at Warwick University. Prior to that, she worked in South Africa as a maths tutor and economics lecturer at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Deborah is an expert in the field of professional standards and regulation, incorporating risk analysis of professions, incentive design, and the role of policy intervention, for example in remuneration and training. Her experience includes work for the Financial Conduct Authority on the Individual Accountability regime and the Retail Distribution Review of financial advice, the Scottish Government on legal services, and a number of healthcare professional regulators.

Deborah also has a wealth of experience in economic impact assessment, advising private and public sector clients across a range of sectors such as financial services (both retail and wholesale markets), healthcare, digital economy, emissions, waste and recycling, and utilities. Her skills here include cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, multi-criteria analysis, behavioural analysis, and desk research and fieldwork.

Deborah has a range of expertise in economic regulation, including incentive design, cost assessment, and price reviews. She has managed studies in the rail, water, and airport sectors for both regulators and companies.