Dr John Spicer

Director and Managing Consultant

Dr John Spicer is a Director at Europe Economics with over 20 years of experience as a professional economist. John re-joined the company after a decade of working for regulators. He was head of policy, and later the commissioner, for the Irish aviation regulator, and was a senior manager for the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator. John has also worked for the Bank of England.

Dr John Spicer is a Director at Europe Economics with over 20 years of experience as a professional economist. John re-joined the company after a decade of working for regulators. He was head of policy, and later the commissioner, for the Irish aviation regulator, and was a senior manager for the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator. John has also worked for the Bank of England.

John is an expert on price controls, having managed a number of such reviews in his time as a regulator. John is also comfortable applying his economics skills to tackling more general policy questions and has done so across a range of industries, including energy, transport, and financial services. At Europe Economics John worked on a range of policy and regulatory questions for clients such as the European Commission, economic regulators, competition authorities, and large firms.

In his spare time, John likes to cycle, travel, practice his Spanish, and update his sports-betting models.