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School, where he contributes also to the Executive Master in Technology and Innovation
Management.
Kathleen GAFFNEY
Kathleen Gaffney is a Managing Director in Navigant’s Global Energy practice, based in London.
With more than two decades of experience in managing large-scale, multi-year engagements
and overseeing the work of large interdisciplinary research teams, Kathleen plays an integral
role in advising energy clients on demand-side policies, markets, and programmes. Her work
centres on directing targeted market research that incorporates robust data analytics, customer
segmentation, and behaviour modelling to help clients better understand evolving customer
expectations and strengthen their competitive position in a rapidly changing
environment. Kathleen has completed hundreds of impact assessments, process evaluations
and technical research studies across a wide range of energy sector initiatives including those
targeting residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sectors.
Prior to joining Navigant, Kathleen was based in London and responsible for leading DNV GL’s
European-focused practice on energy and climate policy and programme evaluation and, during
2013-2014, she fulfilled a similar assignment based in Sydney, Australia. Prior to 2013, Kathleen
co-led a US-based evaluation practice totalling US$ 30+ million in annual revenues. Kathleen’s
team focused nearly exclusively on energy policy and programme evaluation for a range of
government and energy sector clients. Kathleen has more than 20 years’ experience in the
evaluation field and has supported skills and expertise development for more than 150 energy
and climate policy and programme evaluation practitioners worldwide.
Kathleen holds a BS in Economics and International Relations from The American University,
Washington, DC, and an MA in Energy Management and Policy / Appropriate Technology from
the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Rob van GERWEN
Rob van Gerwen is a very experienced senior technical consultant at DNV GL with a background
in physics. He managed and supported many projects in the field of domestic, utility and
industrial energy use. His current field of activity is smart meters and smart grids. He was
involved in many (international) smart meter or smart grid projects, including smart meter cost
benefit analyses for the Netherlands, Turkey, Cyprus, Belgium, Portugal and Australia. He
managed and contributed to many technical due diligence and technical review projects. He
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