World Bank Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit 2014
 
 


Title
Partner, Advisory Asia Pacific Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader
Company
PwC Singapore
Bio

Mark Rathbone is a PwC partner and leader of the firm’s Asia Pacific Capital Projects & Infrastructure (CP&I) practice, with lead responsibility for the CP&I team in Singapore. He advises clients on a range of transactions across the Infrastructure, Project Finance and the PPP market, including transactions in energy (gas /oil storage), power and renewables, defence, health, accommodation, transport and sports sectors, as well as secondary market transactions and debt raising. Mr Rathbone is a specialist in advising clients delivering large infrastructure transactions that straddle the complex interface between public and private sectors. He has been integral to the development of project structures, tariff mechanisms, risk allocation and the related funding solutions for large infrastructure transactions, while also leading the development and negotiation of PPP, joint venture and concession type contracts. Among his accomplishments, Mr Rathbone has led the advisory teams on a number of Award Winning transactions – Singapore Sports Hub PPP, ITE College West PPP and Fujairah Oil Terminal; as well as a broad range of projects including numerous IPP commercial reviews, toll road divestments and the acquisition of a minority stake in a Chinese Port. Prior to joining the Singapore office, he was with the PwC Project Finance Group in the UK, where he advised on a number of social infrastructure transactions in the defence and health sectors. Before that he worked in the Audit and Business Advisory Services business of PwC in the UK. Mr Rathbone holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Stellenbosch.