RBconsult - Resume

Resume


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Academic Qualifications PhD, Privately-Financed Infrastructure, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, 2008. Post-Graduate Diploma, Traffic Engineering, Middlesex University, London, 1994. MSc, Business and Economic Forecasting, Kingston University, London, 1992. MSc, Transport Planning & Management, University of Westminster, London, 1989. Professional Qualifications Chartered Civil Engineer Current Appointments Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds (School of Civil Engineering) Technical Committee Member, FODEIM 1 (Latin American infrastructure fund) Employment 2007 to date: Managing Director, RBconsult Freelance consultant providing technical and credit-related advice to institutional investors, infrastructure funds and insurance companies. Recent commissions have included expert witness services, the preparation of independent demand study reviews for credit committees, and rating advisory and financial structuring services for transportation projects. Separately, I am retained by the European Investment Bank and Standard & Poor’s. Work with the EIB involves reviewing their PPP portfolio and the technical appraisal of candidate investment transport projects. Work with S&P includes the preparation of credit estimates, the development and application of credit models, the provision of credit training services to banks and management of a large database containing details of international project finance loan performance (PD & LGD). 2002-2007: Director, Standard & Poor’s Director and transportation sector co-ordinator in the agency’s European Infrastructure Finance Ratings practice. Responsible for credit analysis, ratings and surveillance in the road, rail, airport and bus sectors – covering corporate and structured finance (mainly project finance transactions and securitisations). Additional responsibility for transport and construction-related credit risk research, and credit risk training (internal and external courses – focused primarily on project finance risk analysis and transaction structuring). 1988-2001: Associate Director, Steer Davies Gleave Traffic and transportation consultant with international experience from Europe, Latin America and Asia. Specialised in transportation demand modelling (particularly traffic and revenue studies for investor-financed toll roads) using SATURN and EMME/2. Office manager of the company’s full-service Caribbean office in Puerto Rico for six years (1995-2001). Professional Memberships Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers Fellow, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation Member, Institute of Credit Management Post-Graduate Lecturing Experience Guest lecturer at over 10 universities in the UK & USA (North Eastern University, Boston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge). Transportation economics course supervisor/lecturer (UK & Egypt). Transport investment appraisal course supervisor/lecturer (Bulgaria). PhD Research Topic Doctoral thesis examined the structuring and use of private finance for infrastructure (mainly highway) projects. Research topics included construction risk and management, traffic forecasting accuracy, an economic analysis of alternative procurement approaches, a financial analysis of private sector road operating companies, and an examination of the value-for-money benefits of using alternative capital structuring and funding sources. Publications Author of over 40 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and transportation / finance magazines. Topics have included the predictive accuracy of traffic and transit demand forecasting models, a financial analysis of private-sector road operating companies, regional analyses of the international toll road sector (eg. Mexico) and numerous credit-related articles focused on transportation issues (see articles & papers for more detail). My PhD thesis was published as a book in 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-9561527-0-1) and I have just published a technical guide, “How to Analyse and Interpret Transportation Forecasts” for credit analysts, investors and public sector promoters. This guide is available in English (ISBN: 978-0-9561527-0-1), Spanish (ISBN: 978-0-9561527-2-5) and Chinese (ISBN: 978-0-9561527-3-2) – see books for more detail. References Consulting, academic and personal references available upon request.