Allan Asher - Revision history

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Allan Asher is the Chief Executive Officer of Energywatch [http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp], a gas and electricity watchdog. He sits on the Advisory Board for the Office of Fair Trading. [http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher]

He was previously the Campaigns Director of the Consumers' Association. He is also Director of FEMAG (Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance) in Canberra, Australia, and chair of INSOC ((International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition) in Jaipur, India.

In addition, Asher chairs the consumer policy committee of the British Standards Institute and acts as a consultant to Consumers' International and to the Consumer Unity and Trade Society (India).

Asher is a member of Transparency International.

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<Energywatch, http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:24/>

<Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher, last accessed 04 March: 21:23./>

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 Allan Asher is the Chief Executive Officer of Energywatch [http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp], a gas and electricity watchdog, committed to improving the consumer experience of energy markets according to a Times Online article.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece]  He sits on the Advisory Board for the Office of Fair Trading. [http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher]
-He was previously the Campaigns Director of the Consumers' Association.  He is also Director of FEMAG (Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance) in Canberra, Australia, and chair of INSOC ((International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition) in Jaipur, India.
+For over 20 yrs, Asher's been with national and international consumer agencies in developing countries. He lived in Australia and was deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, an energy regulator. He has acted as Director of the Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance in Canberra, Australia, and chair of the International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition in Jaipur, India.
 In addition, Asher chairs the consumer policy committee of the British Standards Institute and acts as a consultant to Consumers' International and to the Consumer Unity and Trade Society (India).
-Asher is a member of Transparency International.
+Asher is also a member of Transparency International.
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 <Times Online, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:30/>