Dr Nicholas Fearnley

Dr Nicholas Fearnley was awarded holds a PhD from the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “A Critical and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Informal Institutions and Economic Development.” He was awarded the Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics, and his thesis was accepted without edits. Nicholas also holds degrees in both Accounting and Finance.

Nicholas oversees the teams that produce the various construction, mining, and maintenance studies and forecasts at Oxford Economics. He works over the full construction spectrum, and regularly presents and provides commentary for the construction industry.

Nicholas previously worked at Macromonitor where he was responsible for producing regular Australian building construction forecast reports, and bespoke cost escalation and material demand forecasts.