About Us
Techno-economic analysis for networked industries
edkins. was founded by Simon Edkins, as seasoned consultant, economist, and practicioner in the networked industry space. Simon has held expert leader roles in both industry and consulting.
Simon has a degree in economics and business administration from Westminster Business School in London. He completed his studies winning the 'WBS prize for Outstanding Economics Student'. He has more than 25 years' experience at the intersection of economics, computing, technology, and business.
Simon has significant consulting and in-house experience from world-leading organizations in the networked industry space:
- Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group
- Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics at Lloyds Banking Group
- Senior Economist at Copenhagen Economics
- Senior Manager, Spectrum Policy & Economics Analysis at Orange Group
- Economic Analysis Manager at Orange UK
- Data Analysis Team Lead at Taylor Nelson Sofres (now Kantar TNS)
- Economic Consultant at Ewan Group Strategic Consulting
- Research, Engineering Sales, and Software Development at Hydro International