Alan L. Madian is an economist, management consultant, and investment banker. He has provided services as an expert witness, policy advisor, strategy and implementation consultant, and financial advisor for more than 25 years. He has testified on damages and liability in commercial litigation, on the determination of regulated rates of return, and on contractual allocation of risk. He has conducted antitrust and market power analyses, testified in antitrust litigation, and served as an advisor to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust. He also served as Economic Advisor to the Governor of New York. He helps clients to develop new businesses, to acquire and divest companies and divisions, and to assess complex investment decisions, such as nuclear power plant refurbishment. He has assisted clients to obtain investment and to privatize government owned enterprises. He has focused on electric utilities, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, mining, and international trade. He received his AB degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA from Yale, and pursued D. Phil. studies at Oxford. He served on the faculties of the University of Rochester, The London School of Economics, and NYU. He has authored numerous articles and chapters including recent contributions to "Electrical World", "The Electricity Journal", and "The Annals of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences".