PPIAF

An independent Technical Advisory Panel, through support to the Program Council, helps ensure the quality and relevance of PPIAF-financed activities.

The Technical Advisory Panel has up to six members selected for their expertise on issues relating to private participation in infrastructure. They are appointed by the chair of the Program Council after consultation with its members.

The Technical Advisory Panel is responsible for:

• Providing advice on issues relating to private involvement in infrastructure in developing countries
• Reviewing and commenting on the PPIAF strategy
• Evaluating the impact of PPIAF's annual work program through an ex post evaluation of selected activities.

• Anton Eberhard, Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Dianne Rudo, President, Rudo International Advisors
• Eduardo M. Engel, Professor of Economics, Yale University
• Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India
• Robin Simpson, Independent Consultant
• Valentine Chitalu  

Anton Eberhard, Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Anton Eberhard is a professor at the University of Cape Town, where he directs the Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation at the Graduate School of Business. His research and teaching focus on the restructuring and regulation of the water and electricity sectors, investment challenges, and links to sustainable development, including wider access to affordable services and programs in renewable energy and energy efficiency. He has worked in the energy sector for more than 25 years and was the founding director of the Energy and Development Research Centre in South Africa.

Dianne Rudo, President, Rudo Advisors

Dianne Rudo is a senior investment banker and financial consultant with over 25 years of international and domestic project and corporate finance transactional experience with both the public and the private sector. Dianne heads her own financial services company specializing in policy development and training on international project and corporate finance issues and transactions. Prior to that she was the vice president and head of the project finance division at the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Eduardo M. Engel, Professor of Economics, Yale University

Eduardo Engel came to Yale in 2001 after a decade on the faculty at the University of Chile. He has published widely in the areas of macroeconomics, public finance, and regulation. He was awarded the Econometric Society’s 2002 Frisch Medal for the best applied article (empirical or theoretical) published in Econometrica in the previous five years. His current research interests include dynamic macroeconomic models and private participation in infrastructure.

Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India

Building on years of experience in infrastructure development and finance, Nasser Munjee serves as an advisor to governments in South Asia in the area of public-private partnerships. He was managing director of India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Company and executive director of the Housing Development Finance Corporation.

Robin Simpson, Independent Consultant

With global expertise in policy development for infrastructure provision, Robin Simpson is a consultant and senior policy advisor for Consumers International (based in the United Kingdom) as well as the  European Commission, World Bank, and WaterAid. He has written numerous papers and participated in many international symposia relating to infrastructure. Areas of particular interest include utility regulation and pricing, private participation, and the development of consumer rights institutions.

Valentine Chitalu

Valentine Chitalu is an entrepreneur in Zambia and southern Africa specializing in private equity and local private sector development. Until December 2003 he worked for CDC/Actis in London and Lusaka specializing in deals origination throughout southern Africa and portfolio management in Zambia and Malawi. Valentine was previously chief executive officer at the Zambia Privatization Agency, where he was responsible for divestiture of over 240 companies.

Valentine holds several board positions in Zambia, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom and is chairman of Zambia Breweries, MTN (Zambia) Limited, Stanbic Bank (Z), and ALBIDON (Zambia) Limited.