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Andrew has been Lead Arranging and advising on infrastructure finance for 30+ years.

In 2003, he set up in business as Logie Group to provide specialist advice on infrastructure finance in Asia across the whole investment cycle namely:

• governments and public sector on policy including in Indonesia the MOF on its $15 billion of support for PLN in the power sector and Bappenas on a $235 million water supply project; and how to finance a $7 billion new state capital city in India.
• institutional investors on strategy across the region.
• transaction preparation and M & A advisory, e.g. hydro in Sri Lanka.
• acting as an expert witness in arbitrations such as for Fraport re the $600 million Manila airport terminal 3; for a US developer in a $125 million power plant in Cambodia where he was cross examined in person and sat in a “hot tub” exchange of views with the other side’s expert (both rare experiences); and for a Canadian investor in a gold mine in a ’Stan country.
• Capacity building / training.
• Acting as a Non – Executive Director of e.g. an aircraft lessor.

Andrew is a member of the UNECE roster of PPP experts; acts as a peer reviewer for them; and is on IFC’s Nominee Directors database. He is a Fellow of the HKICPA, ICAEW and HKIoD; and a member of the HKSI, HKIB and APIEx.

Andrew worked originally with KPMG then PWC in London, Hong Kong and Sydney; then in tax driven financing at Westpac’s investment bank in Australia; Lead Arranging project finance at Mizuho then UBS in London; before he returned to Asia in 1998 as Head of Global Structured Finance, Asia Pacific for WestLB when it was a top five Lead Arranger of project finance globally.

Established in 1982, Robert Bird Group is a global consulting engineering firm with over 700 staff across ten offices. A member of the Surbana Jurong Group, we are committed to delivering each client’s vision through the relentless pursuit of engineering excellence across all projects. We offer consulting engineering services across five disciplines, drawing upon our international expertise:

• Structural engineering

• Civil engineering

• Construction engineering

• Geotechnical engineering (UK & MENA)

• Virtual Design & Construction (VDC)

These services are offered either separately or combined to suit each client’s precise needs and for projects of all types and size within most building and infrastructure sectors. We seek to communicate early design thoughts that engage with the client design team and project priorities. At RBG we believe passionately in integrating engineering design excellence with construction and delivery expertise to achieve significant benefits for our client, notably those related to cost, programme and risk. Globally collaborating to address projects at a local level, we can quickly assemble teams of engineering and related professionals from our offices worldwide. Committed to continual improvement, we can be relied upon to suggest alternatives to commonly accepted practices. Our ability to fully understand the perspective of the client, the architect and all involved in the project team has resulted in award-winning designs and projects. To this end, we are early adopters of new technology, whether it be for engineering analysis, design, documentation, or communication. For the client, it is an inspiring combination of reliable experience and unexpected passion.

We believe technology is the key to unlock new possibilities and opportunities for businesses. Since our founding in 1999, DYXnet has empowered enterprises to drive business growth with ICT innovations. We are committed to provide solutions for our customers through disruptive technologies and services including enterprise network solutions like MPLS and SD-WAN, cloud solutions and data centre services. We strive to strengthen our dominant position in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. Among the first ICT service providers in the region to have obtained ISO certifications including ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000 1, and ISO 9001, we are also one of the first official members of the China Cross border Data Telecommunications Industry Alliance and one of the first SD WAN service standard drafting units. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21Vianet Group, (NASDAQ: VNET), a Greater China’s leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider, we work towards a common goal of delivering innovative solutions with the foresight to identify the evolving needs of our customers and communities. The group went further by forming a new sub-brand “NEOLINK” in April 2021, which integrated its New Retailing Unit with DYXnet in providing a suite of diverse solutions for customers in achieving full-cycle digital transformation.