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TOWNLAND is an award winning international, multi-disciplinary planning and design consultancy providing professional services in the areas of Master Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Development Consultancy, Expert Witness, Social Development and Project Management to Governments, the Private Sector, Institutions and Development Agencies. TOWNLAND was founded in Hong Kong in 1985 and is recognised as one of the leading planning and design consultancies in the region. We have successfully managed and delivered projects throughout Asia, the South Pacific, Africa and Europe. Headquarters was established in Hong Kong in 1985. In 1996 TOWNLAND opened its second office in Jakarta in recognition of our long term commitment to our Client base in Indonesia. In 2002 TOWNLAND opened an office in Shenzhen and in 2008 in Mumbai to service a growing workload in P.R. China and India, respectively. Over TOWNLAND’s 38+ year working history, the Company has successfully managed and delivered over 4,000 projects throughout Asia, the South Pacific and Atlantic Regions, Africa and Europe across a diversity of Project types from Site specific to Region wide.

Allianz Trade is the trademark used to designate a range of services provided by Euler Hermes.

Allianz Trade is the global leader in trade credit insurance and a recognized specialist in the areas of surety, collections, structured trade credit and political risk. Our proprietary intelligence network analyses daily changes in +80 million corporates solvency. We give companies the confidence to trade by securing their payments. We compensate your company in the event of a bad debt, but more importantly, we help you avoid bad debt in the first place. Whenever we provide trade credit insurance or other finance solutions, our priority is predictive protection. But, when the unexpected arrives, our AA credit rating means we have the resources, backed by Allianz to provide compensation to maintain your business. Headquartered in Paris, Allianz Trade is present in 52 countries with 5,500 employees. For more information, please visit https://www.allianz-trade.com/en_HK.html

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.