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Anton Eberhard
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BSc(Chem Eng) Cape Town BA PhD Edinburgh

Areas of expertise: Management, restructuring and regulation of network/infrastructure industries.

Contact: anton.eberhard@gsb.uct.ac.za
Tel: (021) 406 1362

Prof Eberhard leads the Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation at the GSB. This is a leading centre of excellence and expertise in Africa and other emerging or developing economies. It is committed to making a contribution to enhancing knowledge and capacity to manage the reform and regulation of the electricity, gas, telecommunications, water and transport industries in support of sustainable development. Prof Eberhard teaches executive education and professional short courses that attract participants from across the African continent. His research focuses primarily on the management of reform and regulation of the electricity sector, including the introduction of private sector participation in management contracts, leases, concessions, diverstiture and greenfield investments by independent power producers. His work also covers the challenges in transforming state-owned enterprises. A focus area is research on regulatory, institutional and financial mechanisms that promote widened access to infrastructure services. He has also done work on financial mechanisms and business models that facilitate the introduction of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

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