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 
• Robin Simpson, Independent Consultant

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.

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.