Message-ID: <32386580.1075846372588.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 23:48:00 -0700 (PDT) From: joe.hillings@enron.com To: steven.kean@enron.com, richard.shapiro@enron.com, mark.schroeder@enron.com Subject: Personal and confidential Cc: hap.boyd@enron.com, scott.bolton@enron.com, chris.long@enron.com, tom.briggs@enron.com, stephen.burns@enron.com, diane.bazelides@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: hap.boyd@enron.com, scott.bolton@enron.com, chris.long@enron.com, tom.briggs@enron.com, stephen.burns@enron.com, diane.bazelides@enron.com X-From: Joe Hillings X-To: Steven J Kean, Richard Shapiro, Mark Schroeder X-cc: Hap Boyd, Scott Bolton, Chris Long, Tom Briggs, Stephen D Burns, Diane Bazelides X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Dec2000_1\Notes Folders\Resume X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf Friends: I am sharing this with you on a confidential basis. Scott has been heading up the OECD competitive studies group producing studies on the level of competition in various nations. He is a US citizen and worked at OMB before joining the OECD staff in Paris. I will be meeting with him but wonder if you may have an interest in Scott. Joe ---------------------- Forwarded by Joe Hillings/Corp/Enron on 08/07/2000 06:53 AM --------------------------- Scott.JACOBS@oecd.org on 08/07/2000 06:39:21 AM To: jhillin@enron.com cc: Subject: Personal and confidential Dear Joe, I am writing to ask if we might meet for an hour in Washington during the days of 9-11 August or 16-18 August. I am exploring options for my post-OECD career, and I would like your advice. As you know, I have led the OECD's program on regulatory reform for several years. The OECD program has developed into one of the most influential programmes on regulatory reform among the world's international organisations. It is now time for me to consider what is next. One possibility I am considering among others is launching an international consulting firm on market, regulatory, and governance reforms. Such a firm could provide two kinds of analysis and policy advice: 1) assessments of the impacts of market and policy reforms on market opportunities and development, both economy-wide and in selected sectors; and 2) advice on how to design regulatory and related policy and institutional reforms to improve the policy environment for private sector growth and investment and to comply with evolving international norms of good governance. After working on regulatory reform in many countries, I am convinced that businesses and investors need a better understanding of the real impacts of government policies on market opportunities and development. Better information on policy risks can have value in determining the timing and strategy of business development to maximize returns on capital and in developing more effective strategies to minimize risks. Governments, too, need better information on how their decisions will affect markets. It would be extremely valuable to hear your views, in your personal capacity, as to the kind of services that such a firm might offer to meet the needs of international corporate clients. For example, it is not clear to me how to balance between a sector focus and a country focus - investment strategies are increasingly sector-based and global, rather than country-based. The market is growing for information and analysis of changing market opportunities as regional and global markets become more integrated, as competition becomes fiercer, and as structural and governance reforms speed up. A conversation with you would help me to better understand client needs in the competitive market for information. Of course, any thoughts you might have as to opportunities I should explore would be welcome. All the best, Scott H. Jacobs Scott H. Jacobs Head of Programme on Regulatory Reform PUMA/OECD