Victoria

Young Professionals Network

Economics Society of Australia (Young Professionals) (Vic) is affiliated with the Economics Society of Australia and the national Young Economists Network.

The Young Professionals Network provides networking and professional development opportunities for early-to-mid-career professionals, and undergraduate/postgraduate students, that are interested in connecting with others working in the field of economics.

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Nitul Deshpande - President, Young Professionals Council

Nitul works at the Essential Services Commission (ESC) in Victoria as a Regulatory Analyst. He has worked on utility regulation projects in the electricity, transport, and water industries. He has taken part in price reviews, tariff approvals, fee reviews, and regulatory investigations at the ESC. He has a degree in econometrics from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the ESC, he worked at different organisations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Emma Filardo - Treasurer, Young Professionals Council

Emma is a graduating student of Economics and Accounting at La Trobe University, with a particular interest in labour, environmental and regulatory economics. She is passionate about using economic analysis and ideas to influence public policy, and produce more equitable and sustainable outcomes for Australians. 

Harrison O'Neill - Secretary, Young Professionals Council

Harrison is a Master of Economics student at Monash university. He has a strong interest in policy and he has a great passion for creating educational economics content. He has used his role as Publications director at ESSA Caulfield and his YouTube channel Economics Australia to make complex economics concepts accessible to many. 

Yentl Liu - Events Co-Director, Young Professionals Council

Yentl is an Industry Analyst at IBISWorld in Melbourne, where she delivers economic and industry research to support different stakeholders’ decision-making needs. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from Monash University, and a Master of Management from the University of Melbourne.

Jemina Li - Events Co-Director, Young Professionals Council

Jemina works in the Victorian Government on health infrastructure projects. She previously worked across skills policy, treasury and competition regulation. She has a Master's degree in Economics.

Matt Seymour - Young Professionals Council Member

Matt is a senior consultant at ACIL Allen’s Melbourne office. At ACIL Allen, Matt regularly leads the development of economic impact assessments on policies and programs, including through the regulatory impact assessment process. He also contributes to the firm’s social policy practice, bringing economic tools to assess programs in mental health, wellbeing, education and community safety. Matt graduated from Monash University with a double degree in economics and electrical and computer systems engineering.

Matthew Versace - Young Professionals Council Member

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