CASE STUDY

Portfolio Manager to oversee technical assistance investment pipeline

Managed project delivery, pipeline development, and investment alignment

Project Snapshot

LOCATION

Democratic Republic of Congo

Time to project start

ASAP

PROJECT LENGTH

6 months

SECTOR

Financial Services

About the Client

A demand-driven programme supporting sustainable green cities and climate-resilient infrastructure in lower-income countries. As the flagship programme of the UK’s Green Cities and Infrastructure Centre of Expertise Program (GCICEP), the client supports UK Government objectives by accelerating investment in, and delivery of, growth-enabling infrastructure and urban development that is responsible, reliable, inclusive, low carbon and climate-resilient.

The Project

The client sought an Investment Portfolio Manager to oversee the program’s technical assistance (TA) portfolio, ensuring alignment with the program’s investment strategy. This includes

Supporting the development and refinement of GCICEP’s investment TA strategy
Managing the delivery of investment projects within the portfolio
Identifying and advancing a pipeline of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) opportunities across the program.

The Talent We matched

Investment Portfolio Manager

20 Years Experience

TRACK RECORD

Project finance, infrastructure advisory

ORGANIZATIONS SERVED

Governments, Biwater, Botswana Power Corp and Biwater Group, governments, Development Finance Institutions (DFls), multilateral organisations, and private sector clients.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT

Botswana, Ghana, Zambia, Guyana, Sudan, Turkey, British Virgin Islands, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Malawi, United Kingdom

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