Members' Biographies

Dr Jill Walker

Dr Jill Walker was appointed to the Tribunal in 2001 and was reappointed for a second five year term in 2006.  In 2005 Dr Walker was also appointed to the South Australian Government’s panel of expert assessors assisting the District Court in hearing appeals under the Essential Service Commission Act 2002 and the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997.  Dr Walker also works as an economic consultant for LECG Limited, and previously for the Network Economics Consulting Group and CRA International, specialising in trade practices issues.  She has also published articles and contributed to books in the field.

Dr Walker was educated at Cambridge University, where she obtained a BA in economics and a Ph.D in Land Economy, and at the University of Massachusetts, where she obtained an MA in economics.  She moved to Australia in 1985 to take up a position as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Australian National University for two years.  She has remained in Australia ever since.  Prior to becoming an economic consultant, Dr Walker spent twelve years working as an economist at the Prices Surveillance Authority, the Trade Practices Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.