Languages:
- English
Regional expertise:
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Education:
- MA Economics, University of Chicago
- BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of Oxford
Huw is an Associate Director in Risk Advisory’s Commercial Intelligence team. He has significant experience completing complex stakeholder mapping and risk analysis assignments with a particular focus on emerging markets. In this context, he has advised on major infrastructure investments, energy transactions, and government procurement programmes.
Huw specialises in projects that involve significant exposure to host governments and geopolitics, especially when these government relationships are key to the commercial success of the project.
Huw has a first-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
Project highlights
- Advised the board of a US-listed E&P company on emerging risk scenarios in their major countries of operation globally. This included contributing to the risk register and offering deeper insights on specific issues to board sub-committees.
- Advised the VP for international business at a major US aerospace & defence contractor during a successful $6 billion military equipment tender in Europe. Contributed to the client’s internal bid evaluation process and helped communicate the recommendations to senior management.
- Helped the investment committee of a private equity firm evaluate an investment in a greenfield power generation project in West Africa. Mapped out the project’s competitive position in the country’s constrained power grid, helping the client avoid committing funds to a project that ultimately lacked the political support needed to secure government approval.
- Advised an international telecoms company through a market-entry process in West Africa, providing in-depth commercial diligence on the market’s growth potential and helping them identify a local partner.