David B Sinclair: Co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Totex Infrastructure Partners, David is the founder and Managing Director of CWR Holdings, Lifespan Royalty Co. and holds numerous international patents related to construction material innovation. David is driven to develop smarter infrastructure products, service solutions and strategies that drive down the Life Cycle Cost of infrastructure and to effectively address the Infrastructure Funding Gap. David has over 20 years of Private Equity investing experience, including projects with LafargeHolcim and Aliaxis Group. His current interests include advising major Infrastructure investors on their acquisitions and developing new Asset Level Work Plans that materially improve investor returns, risk management and customer outcomes. David is an Economics graduate from McGill University.
Tim Young: Co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Totex Infrastructure Partners, Tim is also the founder and Managing Director of ICS Consulting, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure consulting practices. For over 20 years, Tim has been advising the largest water, power and gas utilities in the UK, including National Grid and Thames Water, invest billions of pounds sterling in their capital, maintenance and operations while meeting their strict regulatory requirements. Winner of numerous awards by leading UK utilities, Tim’s current areas of interest include driving down the total cost of ownership for utilities while maintaining an acceptable level of risk – through the entire investment cycle: acquisition strategy, ownership and disposition. Tim is a Charted Engineer, a member of the IET and IAM, and graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield.
Dr. Tim Watson: Co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Totex Infrastructure Partners, Tim is also a founder and Director of Probit Consulting and Director of Modelling at ICS Consulting, Tim is one of the UK’s leading asset management investment modelling experts whose clients include Scotia Gas Networks, National Grid and Anglian Water. Probit and ICS provide leading-edge strategic advisory work and modelling for the UK’s largest water, power and gas utilities as part of their regulatory Business Plan submissions and approvals. Highly respected and sought out by both leading utilities and the regulators (Ofgem and Ofwat), Tim is presently focused on developing next generation Project Work Plans that drive down the total cost of ownership, minimizing customer rate increases and effectively managing risk. Tim was awarded his PhD in Engineering from the University of Auckland.
John D Redfern: Chairman of Totex Infrastructure Partners International Advisory Board, John is the retired Chairman and CEO of Lafarge Canada and former Director and CEO of Lafarge North America. For over 50 years, John has been involved with the building of North America and its highways, bridges, water, mining and energy infrastructure as part of the world’s largest construction materials firm. Named to the Order of Canada, his current passion is advancing smarter management of “built” infrastructure and advancing new solutions for addressing the global infrastructure funding gap. John is a Civil Engineer and graduate from Queen’s University.