An Introduction to Public Private Partnerships

Date: September 26, 2011
Place: W Hotel Doha

The ICAI Doha Chapter cordially invites its members to a seminar as per below details.

Subject:                    “An Introduction to Public Private Partnerships”

Presenter:                 Jitesh Shah, Director, PwC

 

 

Background of the Presenter

 

 

Jitesh is a Director with PwC and leads the Deals practice in Qatar since January 2011.  He has over 15 years of experience in providing strategy, corporate finance, structuring and valuations services.  He has provided lead advisory services on transactions involving joint ventures, alliances, M&A and public private partnerships, ranging from $20m to $10billion.

 

He has worked across a wide range of sectors including TMT, infrastructure and hospitality; and geographies mainly covering EMEA.  Clients have included corporates, Sovereign Wealth Funds’, Governments and private equity.  His clients in Qatar include Qatari Diar, Qatar Holdings, Qtel, Qatar Satellite Company and Qatar Rail amongst others. Prior to his move to Qatar, he was a Director in PwC’s Corporate Finance team in London specialisingin the telecoms and infrastructure sectors.  He has successfully delivered transactions in Qatar, UAE, Oman and Iraq. Jitesh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, holds an executive MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Hons) in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

 

Presentation:

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) – the seminar will provide an introduction to PPPs.  It will look at the sectors where PPPs have been implemented successfully and explore the key financial and commercial issues that need to be considered.  It will also focus on risk and risk transfer, a key component of any PPP structure.

 

Kindly confirm your attendance latest by 22nd Sep 11 to make arrangements. We have applied for 2 CPE hours for this event

 

Agenda    

 

Time

Activity

6.30 – 7.00 PM

Registration, Networking & Refreshments

7.00 – 7.05 PM

Opening remarks by Sheji Valiyakath, Secretary, ICAI Doha Chapter

7.05 – 7.15 PM

Introduction of the presenter by Girish Jain, Chairman, ICAI Doha Chapter

7.15 – 7.25 PM

Introduction by Stephen Anderson, Head of Advisory, PwC

7.25 – 8.25 PM

Presentation by Jitesh Shah, Director, PwC

8.25 – 8.35 PM

Q & A

8.35 – 8.45 PM

Vote of thanks by Venkat Ramamurthy, Vice Chairman, ICAI Doha Chapter

8.45 – 9.00 PM

Networking & Refreshments