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Fully integrated, end-to-end economic zone development solutions

STRATEGY & FEASIBILITY

MASTER PLANNING

PROPERTY ECONOMI CS

DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS

LEGAL & REGULATIONS

INVESTMENT ATTRACTION

OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

About Us

EZDA is an alliance of economic zone specialists that have been collaborating and working together for over a decade. As a result of feedback from clients that the UAE and broader Middle East market lacks firms who truly understand economic zones from an SEZ authority / operator’s perspective and are able to deliver practical and implementable solutions, EZDA was formed specifically to focus on this gap in the economic zones market.

We are an alliance with unique global experience and capabilities, offering integrated comprehensive solutions for economic zones:

The strength of EZDA is derived from our unsurpassed capability to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end strategic planning, development and operational performance solutions focussed solely on economic zones and their unique challenges and opportunities.

The following capability document showcases our credentials, covering: •

People

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Clients

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Services

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Projects

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Solutions

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How We Deliver

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Our team

EZDA’s team of over 300 professionals covers a diverse range of specialist disciplines including: •

Strategy & Feasibility

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Supply Chain Logistics

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Master Planning

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Legal & Regulations

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Property Economics

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Investment Attraction

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Development Management

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Operations.

Bernard Erbyn INVESTMENT FACILITATION SPECIALIST 20 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Bernard has 20 years of experience facilitating investment across the African continent, including the Renewable Energy, Telecommunications, SaaS, AdTech, FinTech, InsureTech, EdTech and AgriTech sectors.

With extensive experience in investor lead generation, from emerging startups to a wide range of multinationals, Bernard leads EZDA’s investor attraction team in Sub-Saharan Africa.

As part of EZDA’s integrated team of economic zone specialists, Bernard works with our SEZ development and operation’s team to ensure a steady pipeline of investor leads, drive sustained investor attraction campaigns, and oversee our investor aftercare support program.

Bernard’s tenacity and innovatuve approach to business development has underpinned EZDA’s recent ventures in establishing private-sector led SEZs and bsuiness / industrial parks in Central and Western Africa.

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Paul Morris DIRECTOR - DEVELOPMENT 30 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Paul has spearheaded development in the Middle East since 2000, having been involved in some of the most significant SEZs across the Gulf, including planning for Khalifa Port Industrial Zone (KIZAD), Dubai Maritime City, EnPark (DubioTech), Abu Dhabi Media Zone, Dubai International Financial City, Abu Dhabi Financial District, and Al Fayah Industrial City.

For the past three years he has been the director of Integra / EZDA where he has provided overall strategic and commercial direction, in addition to leading the development management team.

Paul has also held executive roles at global professional services firms over the past 30 years, including Global Market Leader at GHD, where he led over 1,500 architects, engineers and construction managers, with a real estate services’ annual revenue of $250 million for some $8 billion of international projects delivered annually.

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Krysta Fox DIRECTOR - OPERATIONS 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

An expert in free zone strategy and operations, Krysta captained the global award-winning transformation of the DMCC free zone. Fifteen months into the change program the zone was named Global Free Zone of the Year, a title retained all five years of her tenure. She led a period of 5X growth, 40% improvement in customer satisfaction and a complete digital revolution.

She is an accomplished strategist, transformation expert and people leader.

Krysta is experienced in all aspects of free zone strategy, operations and regulations, and has negotiated lucrative partnerships and international government to government cooperation agreements. Her expertise has been sought internationally and she advises on all aspects of free zone development, operation and transformation.

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Dr Gregor Binkert ECONOMIC & INVESTMENT SPECIALIST 35 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Dr Binkert has worked the majority of his career leading project developments in Africa, with extensive experience in Mozambique, Chad, Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic.

With a PhD in Applied Economics, he is a recognised expert in macro-economics, public finance, competitiveness assessment, trade and regional integration, policy-based lending and capital raising for SEZs, industrial and infrastructure projects in Africa.

Greg is also Chairman and/or Board Member of several Investment Funds, the Beluluane Industrial Park (Mozambique) and an expert advisor to investment funds, multilateral development banks and African government in relation to SEZ development, funding and management.

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Hawie Viljoen INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIST 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Hawie’s extensive career has spanned numerous sectors and roles, ranging from industrial engineering through to business transformation and zone appraisal, analysis, due diligence, funding and governance.

With a degree in industrial engineering, Hawie has a strong technical background which has been indispensable on complex industrial, processing and technology-based SEZs. Over three decades, he has initiated, conceptualised, designed, managed or reviewed innovative projects in the mining, mineral processing, oil & gas, automotive, energy & renewables, agricultural, manufacturing, chemical, food & beverage, telecommunications and technology start-up sectors.

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Kaya Ngqaka SEZ EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 25 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Kaya is a highly accomplished SEZ executive with 25 years’ professional working experience across various South African government departments and public entities. He has exceptional strategic development expertise, commercial awareness to oversee investments, ability to strengthen operations and maximize performance across highly competitive markets.

Most recently he has held the position of Acting CEO of Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone, while also heavily involved in the management of the Dube Tradeport Corporation as COO. Kaya’s key strengths lie in his strategy development and implementation, stakeholder management, financial analysis and management, project finance, investment facilitation, and SEZ operations capabilities.

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Dr Andreas Baumgartner REGULATORY SPECIALIST 25 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Dr Andreas Baumgartner is a senior economic development expert at the crossroads of business, public sector and law, with more than 25 years of professional experience. Working for public, semi-public and private sector clients, he has specialized in the development of free and other special economic zones, as a major driver of sustainable economic and social development as well as regulatory innovation. He is passionate about creating and shaping opportunities that lead to sustainable impact.

He has been involved in the foundation and subsequent growth stages of SEZs all over the world as well as, in some cases, the repositioning of SEZs. He started his SEZ related work at McKinsey & Co aand continued it while at the Office of Tony Blair/ Tony Blair Associates, with a stronger focus on political sensitivities and regulatory aspects.

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Strategy, Advisory and Regulation

Matthew Hill Infrastructure Advisory

Khurram Merchant, ValuStrat Real Estate Advisory, UAE

Rita Ricciardi Free Zone Business Strategist

Jang Shabbir Real Estate Advisory, KSA

Eugenio Bettela Legal & Regulation Specialist

During his 25+ year career, Matthew has gained significant experience across all phases of design, delivery and project management, successfully delivering multiple residential, commercial, retail and resort developments plus a plethora of civil, water, wastewater and environmental infrastructure projects. Of note and drawing upon all of this experience, Matthew was in part responsible for the master plan and design of two of the famous man-made ‘Palm islands’ in the United Arab Emirates.

Khurram leads ValuStrat’s execution team for the Advisory business and possesses strong analytical and execution skills in the areas of strategy, research, financial modelling and business valuation.

A trusted senior (enterprise level) Business Strategist, investment attraction consultant and business development professional, whose progressive international career has been based upon a platform of effective planning and execution resulting in securing significant market share growth (clients include multi-nationals British American Tobacco, Huawei, Unilever and Safaricom).

Jang has over 24 years of extensive experience in the UK and KSA in various facets of real estate. He is ValuStrat’s Director & Head of Real Estate for Saudi Arabia and manages the firm’s KSA business for all real estate valuations, market research, construction project monitoring and technical building condition due diligence.

A lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, Eugenio was admitted to Italian Bar in 1997. He is a Member of the International Bar Association of Africa and the Gulf committees.

He has successfully led a large number of advisory consulting engagements across multiple industries. Khurram also has significant experience in equity research and has worked as Research Analyst for Timescape Capital (a NYSE hedge fund).

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Rita has been particularly instrumental in shaping international deals to activate free zone infrastructure in Africa.

Prior to joining ValuStrat, Jang was Head of the Valuation and Corporate Investment Solutions team for Colliers International in KSA, prior to which he had over 17 years in London, U.K. in various real estate advisory firms.

As a highly experienced corporate and M&A professional, Eugenio supports his clients in both national and cross-border transactions, including sectors such as construction, energy and infrastructure, especially in relation to economic zones.

…with a team of 300 professionals specialising in economic zone and supply chain logistics’ strategy, advisory, valuations, design & project management, construction management and operations, EZDA is one of the largest specialist economic zone development consultants serving the MEA region…

Pawel Banach Valuations & Advisory, Qatar

Mark Jamieson Infrastructure Advisory

Jon Whyte Principal Commercial Manager

Saroj Shayinee Policy & Governance

Prof. Timothy Mwololo Waema Technology & Strategy Advisory

Pawel Banach is General Manager of ValuStrat’s Qatar operations.

He has 15 years of experience in real estate advisory, investment advisory, asset valuation and commercial due diligence.

Mark is a Civil Engineer with over 25 years’ global experience in construction and engineering.

Based in Saudi Arabia, he has delivered significant construction projects from nuclear, rail and infrastructure assignments to building mega projects.

Jon has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, with 9 years in the UAE, focusing primarily on the commercial aspects procurement, contracts management and contract administration.

Saroj holds a master’s degree in Management from Cornell University, New York and has 25 years of experience, with the last 12 years focused on government services, with particular emphasis on design, delivery & governance of government and citizen services.

Prof. Waema has proven and extensive information technology, innovation, strategy and project management consultancy experience in Kenya and the African region, in both the public and private sectors.

Prior to joining ValuStrat Qatar, Mr. Banach was Head of Valuation & Research at Land Sterling in Dubai, UAE. Before moving to the GCC region, his past experience includes roles with international companies such as Deloitte, Savills, Knight Frank and Prologis.

Mark sits on many ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) committees and supports local committees throughout the Middle East and Africa. He is also the Council Member for the Middle East and Africa for ICE and Country Representative for the UAE.

His fields of expertise include cost estimating / planning, value engineering, risk management, procurement methodology and implementation, contract drafting, post-contract cost management, contract administration, settlement of final accounts and claims management.

She has extensive experience providing advisory services to free zones on how to set-up the endto-end service delivery, the governance framework for the operations, customer service improvements and other quality enhancement projects.

In the economic zones space, he has in the last six years consulted for Konza Technopolis, a SEZ smart city under development in Kenya. Specifically, he developed corporate strategy, carried out feasibility assessment of a data centre, developed marketing strategy, and developed an economic development strategy for the zone.

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Planning and Design

Richard Young Project Manager

Alf Seeling Concept Architect

Jim Johnston Development Manager

David Rixon Development Manager

Adam McDonald Project Development

Richard is a professional Civil Engineer holding with over 22 years' international experience.

Richard’s expertise includes PMO Set up and Leadership, Project Management and Project Controls, Project close out, transition to operations and associated business transformational change; Contract formation and post contract & commercial management; Multidiscipline design team management; Dispute avoidance and EOT resolution; and Strategic and tactical business development.

Alf has 30 years of experience as an architect including 12 years in the UAE where he was a Principal of Woods Bagot.

Jim has 35 years of experience as an architect, having worked with developers, government planning agencies and consultants in the Middle East for over a decade.

David started his career in technical construction and developed his expertise in project management; in which he interfaces with clients, technical design teams through to implementing practical remedies for pre and post construction.

Adam is an experienced property professional and business leader with a successful history of project delivery throughout Australia and the United Kingdom.

In 2016 Alf established an independent design consultancy with his key roles and interests lying in the conceptual stages of real estate projects.

He was instrumental in design of: • Masdar Headquarters • Dubai Maritime City • Dubai Design District • Qatar Science & Tech Park

With extensive experience from master planning of residential communities, through to design and delivery of major real estate developments, Jim is an extremely well-rounded development manager.

Jim has held senior Middle East positions with: • Abu Dhabi UPC • Zaya Development

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GHD and SMEC consultants

David now is spearheading project strategy and delivery for state-ofthe-art logistics and distribution clients in the GCC. His focus is on cross-functional and complex projects incorporating technology, niche special requirements and consulting on full architectural design through to construction management solutions.

He is a proven development industry leader having led complex, large scale industrial, logistics and infrastructure projects through his capacity as Senior Project Manager and Project Director.

MEA Markets “Project Management Experts of the Year Award, 2018”

Geoffrey Mitchell Senior Construction Manager

James Christopher Construction Manager

Leigh Lenaghan Design Director

Declan Devery Senior Project Manager

Geoffrey is a Senior Project Management professional, with over 22 years’ experience both in the UK and UAE. For the last six years, he has been working with Etihad Airways Property Department based in Abu Dhabi.

His experience includes positions held within both client and main contractor side, land acquisition, financing, property development and leasing. He has a strong commercial understanding and has a comprehensive understanding of construction techniques, drafting, researching and interpretation of contractual and Tender documents.

James leads the TX Asia business.

He has over 15 years construction and property experience, delivering a pipeline of complex, automated and high-bay facilities across Asia-Pacific.

James’ expertise lies in managing the integration of automation into a building to ensure a smooth transition and go-live period. This skillset is invaluable to TMX clients, as industrial assets become more bespoke to cater to the operational needs of their occupiers.

Leigh brings with him over 26 years’ experience in the design, delivery and management of numerous projects in a number of different sectors. He has become skilled in managing clients, staff and contractors while undertaking a variety of roles and challenges under tight deadlines and limitations.

Declan has twenty years of international experience working in construction project management and contracting managing both pre and postcontract phases.

With a particular focus on delivering projects for Media and Broadcast companies (Sky News Arabia, OSN and Abu Dhabi Media), Declan has also been instrumental in project delivery across a range of sectors Hospitality, Healthcare, Commercial, Retail and industrial projects.

Leigh’s experience includes industrial, healthcare, education, defense, museums, and commercial projects ranging from AED 10 million to AED 1.2 billion.

Keenan Grote Mission-Critical Installations With 25 years’ experience, Keenan has delivered awardwinning projects across the GCC, Sub-Saharan Africa and SouthEast Asia, across a broad base of sectors, especially including hitech and industrial projects.

He was a former director of 3Sixty Consult and is a current director of PMKConsult. His engineering expertise has underpinned the delivery of highly complex and mission-critical installations requiring a high degree of technical competency.

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Supply Chain Logistics

Shaun Elliott Supply Chain Specialist

Mark Taylor Supply Chain Specialist

Jamie Dixon Supply Chain Specialist

Adam Noakes Supply Chain Specialist

Rob Turner Supply Chain Specialist

Program manager and Practice Lead for TMX in Supply Chain.

Shaun has extensive experience in Business Transformation, especially in the supply chain sector where he has worked for multi-national FMCG and retail chains.

Mark is Director of Strategy for TMX. Mark is an experienced strategy professional with 20+ years’ experience developing and leading billion dollar transformation programs.

Extensive global experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development, supply chain and advanced negotiations across Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America.

Since joining TMX, Mark has led several of the largest supply chain transformation projects underway in Australia & New Zealand. Mark has helped many large corporates to unlock value from their supply chain.

He has led projects within many industries and countries across freight and logistics strategies, procurement, systems and implementations. He has also pioneered new solutions including last mile strategies, route optimisation, control towers, supply chain sustainability and third-party logistics managed services.

Adam creates innovative solutions to assist businesses improve their supply chain and retail operations.

Following his 5 years leading Kmart Supply Chain, and the great recent success transforming its supply chain and returning the business to strong profitability, he now work with a range of global businesses across varied formats to help them meet contemporary challenges for growth.

Holger leads the TMX team in Asia. Over a 20 year career in contract logistics, supply chain, eCommerce and omnichannel retailing, he has implemented a range of innovative supply chain solutions, with core competency in: • Supply Chain and Contract Logistics • Freight Forwarding • Retail and eCommerce

Shaun has formal training in Lean and Six Sigma methods to drive organisational transformation and performance enhancement. He has led a number of performance improvement programs utilising complex diagnostics, strategy development and solution integration.

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International Supply Chain Award Winner, 2017 TMX – Saig Co-op Distribution Centre

Mitch Bittermann eCommerce Specialist

Jan Becker eCommerce Specialist

Nicole Scherholz-Cipolla eCommerce Specialist

Marcus Carmont Supply Chain Specialist

Kate Rabbitt Senior Quality/Risk Manager

Combining his expertise in eCommerce, Supply Chain and Logistics, Mitch has delivered breakthrough strategies that grew revenue, expanded market footprint and scaled end-to-end infrastructures for business growth.

Skilled professional with thorough understanding of e-commerce and retail industry. Jan spent two years in Southeast Asia to work with Thailand’s leading retail conglomerate Central Group and leading lifestyle e-commerce platform Zalora.

Jan is currently responsible for building and scaling TMX Digital, a new division of TMX providing clients with profound and practical e-commerce and omnichannel consulting services.

Marcus has over 20 years of international supply chain experience. He has worked with a vast array of global brands optimising their supply chain strategies, where he has been responsible for: • Global logistics • Contract logistics • Strategic development

Kate is a commercially astute, performance and achievement orientated Quality and Risk Management Professional with sound technical strengths and solid engagement and communication skills.

His core competencies are: • Ecommerce Strategy • Omni-Channel Strategy • Web Analytics • Supply Chain Transformation • Logistics Warehousing • Order Fulfilment.

Nicole is a highly experienced executive with a deep understanding of digital and eCommerce.

Her entrepreneurial mindset, international background, and customer-centric-focus is now being leveraged by TMX to build and scale TMX Digital to support clients in their digital transformation

Kate has held senior leadership roles for government, developers, consultants, contractors and construction entities over the past 30 years across the Middle East, Australia and SE Asia, with extensive experience in PMC, EPCM, ECM, EPC and Design and Construct project delivery.

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Clients we serve

EZDA’s partners have been serving clients in the Gulf for over two decades, with partner networks stretching to Asia-Pacific, Europe and Africa.

We have developed enduring relationships with our clients, underpinned by an extensive track-record of repeat business. Our staff have a diverse experience base, many of whom have worked client-side for regional developers, blue-chip multi-national free zones and global supply chain logistics corporations.

At the heart of our client success is the fact that each and every project we undertake is ultimately led by a partner director, ensuring that every client has direct access to those who own the business.

A snapshot of our client profile is covered below and in our project overview.

International Supply Chain Award Winner, 2018 TMX – Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Distribution Centre

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'IQ' industry excellence award June 2018 for innovation process and final product for 'Office of the Future' for the UAE Prime Minister’s Office, Dubai.

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What we’ve done

EZDA has completed or is delivering a multitude of projects across the global. Iconic project services and asset classes that our team have delivered include: •

Strategic planning and investment attraction

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Supply chain logistics and freight planning

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Development funding and delivery

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SEZ operations and management.

This section presents just a small slice of our project experience to showcase the depth of talent in our team. We would be delighted to provide more detailed project sheets and case studies of any particular projects of interest.

Khalifa Port Industrial Zone (KPIZ), UAE Free Zone Strategy & Planning Abu Dhabi Ports Company Concept Master Planning

Phase 1 Concept Master Plan of 137sqkm covering full parcellation of land to meet demand out to 2050. 12 Clusters adopted including base metals, heavy engineering, vehicle assembly, chemicals, manufacturing, building & construction, food, trade and support.

An integrated trade, logistics and industrial hub

Image Courtesy of Abu Dhabi Ports Company

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Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone, South Africa Boosting manufacturing, logistics, beneficiation, investment and economic growth in RSA

Image Courtesy of RBDIZ Co.

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Strategic leadership of RBIDZ through 2019/20 with overall responsibility for executive management, investment attraction, strategy implementation, stakeholder engagement, board liaison and human capital management.

SEZ Management KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Govt., RSA Executive Management

Dubai Multi-Commodities City, UAE Free Zone Transformation DMCC, Dubai Strategy Development & Implementation

Develop and implement the DMCC Transformation Strategy from 2012 to 2015 that was the catalyst for 400% growth, 40% customer satisfaction improvement and a complete digital revolution.

Led by Krysta Fox, DMCC Executive Director

Global Free Zone of the Year for 5 consecutive years

Image Courtesy of DMCC

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Dubai Maritime City, UAE A global maritime hub catering for ever business and lifestyle facet of the maritime sector

Image Courtesy of Dubai Maritime City Authority

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A 240 hectare free zone clustered around maritime industries, including the adjoining Dubai Dry-Docks, boat manufacturing and overhaul, brokerage, commercial, exhibition, retail, maritime academy and mixed-use.

Integrated Maritime Free Zone City Dubai Maritime City Authority / Nakheel Concept Master Planning

Dube Tradeport, South Africa SEZ Management KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Govt., RSA

Development of the DTPC Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Zone Strategy, DTPC Electronics Zone Strategy, DTPC Automotive Supplier Park Strategy, and Investment Promotion Strategy.

Dube Tradeport SEZ – Africa’s global manufacturing and air logistics platform

Strategy & Implementation

Image Dube TradePort Corporation

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Dubai Logistics City, UAE Globally one of the largest, stateof-the-art air cargo and logistics cities with unparalleled growth

Image Courtesy of PropSearch, DLC

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Business development for the 21.5km2 Dubai South DLC, signing up 100 logistics companies with an FDI of $3B, including master planning, facility planning, phasing and detailed operational plans.

Logistics City Master Planning Dubai Government / DLC Planning and Business Development

Entebbe Airport Free Zone, Uganda SEZ Planning and Development Uganda Free Zone Authority Advisory and Financial Feasibility

Conceptualisation of the SEZ planned for Entebbe Airport economic zone, including development of funding and business models, governance strategy and best practice zone operational management.

A critical node in the Ugandan agro-processing, minerals, logistics and light industry supply chains

Image Courtesy of dreamtime.com

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Kabaale Industrial Park, Uganda An established hub for Ugandan refinery, petrochemical and fertiliser industries

Image Courtesy of Byco Petroleum

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Strategic advisory commission with respect to business planning, governance and funding models for a new free zone cluster based on oil refining, petrochemical production and downstream industrial value chains.

SEZ Planning and Development Ugandan Refinery Holding Co. Advisory and Financial Feasibility

New RAK Business District Development, UAE Work, Live, Play Development RAKIA, Al Marjan Dev Co & RAK Free Trade Zone

Provision of Market Research, Highest & Best Use Study, & Development Concept Advisory services for a Business District Development in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Multi-criteria analysis to test industry fundamentals

Development Advisory and Financial Feasibility

Image Courtesy of Google Earth

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BPO’s Panama Digital Free Zone Comprehensive investor attraction strategy for this key new world economic zone

Supported the organisational set-up and created a roadmap for Panama Investment Partners Group to achieve its mission in attracting trade and investment to Panama’s Free Zones.

Special Economic Zone Investment Panama Investment Partners Group Investment Strategy & Implementation

Image Courtesy of BPO Panama Digital Free Zone

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Konza Technopolis, Kenya Hi-Tech Special Economic Zone Government of Kenya

Our team was instrumental in development and implementation of the strategy for infrastructure funding of Phase 1 of Konza Technopolis in partnership with the Kenyan ICT Board.

dubbed “..where the African silicon savannah begins..”

Infrastructure Funding

Image Courtesy of Konza Technopolis

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Landsvirkjun Eco-Industrial Park, Iceland Industrial symbiosis underpinned by green finance

Image Courtesy of Landsvirkjun

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Feasibility study and business case for the development of an Eco-Industrial Park / Export Processing Zone for manufacturing and hi-tech clusters in Iceland. Strategy included investment attraction and a prospectus.

Eco-Industrial Park Landsvirkjun – National Power Co. Feasibility Study

Int’l Sir Seretse Khama Airport SEZ, Botswana SEZ Planning and Development Botswana SEZA Advisory and Financial Feasibility

Strategic advisory for the development of an airport SEZ in Botswana, including logistics and connectivity analysis, continental airport SEZ benchmarking, business case modelling and best practice governance.

SSKIA Aerotropolis is emerging as Botswana’s high-tech innovation hub

Image Courtesy of Alamy

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Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority A best-in-class zone development and management roadmap

Advisory to the Zimbabwe SEZA covering zone planning and scoping, set-up and performance benchmarking, best practice SEZ management in Africa and sound governance.

Zone Authority Advisory Services Zimbabwe SEZA. Zone benchmarking

Image Courtesy of The Zimbabwean

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Investment Attraction SEZ Russia Special Economic Zone Investment SEZ Russia

Business development and investment strategy for Moglino SEZ covering vision, value proposition, investment road map development and investment plan implementation.

300ha innovation hub for manufacturing, finance and education – Pskov, Russia

Investment Strategy & Implementation

Image Courtesy of SEZ Russia

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One-Stop-Shop Services Platform, South Africa A customer services-centric delivery model digitally integrated across government

Image Courtesy of Brand South Africa

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Execution plan development and implementation for a one-stop-shop (OSS) services model and digital platform for Dept. of Trade & Competition, RSA, across 6 government departments, including a web-based incentive management platform.

Trade & Competition Management the dtic, RSA OSS Services & Digital Platform

Saldanha Industrial Development Zone, South Africa Industrial Zone Development Western Cape Provincial Government, RSA

Facilitation and management of the prefeasibility and detail feasibility studies for the establishment of the Saldanha Oil & Gas Industrial Development Zone, South Africa.

South Africa’s Energy and Maritime Industries-specific Industrial Development Zone

Feasibility Studies

Image Courtesy of Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone

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Dubai EnPark, UAE Creating a Sustainable City enhancing the economic, education, environmental and social fabric of Dubai

Our team led the master planning of the 75 ha EnPark city focused on sustainable practices, including research, technology, alternative energy, education, urban agriculture (eco-cells), green buildings and infrastructure.

Sustainability Specialist Economic Zone EnPark, Telecom Investments Master Planning & Development Control Regulations

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O.R. Tambo International Airport SEZ, South Africa Special Economic Zones KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Govt, RSA Feasibility Studies

Facilitation of the feasibility study for the establishment of the Jewellery Manufacturing Precinct within the O.R. Tambo International Airport Special Economic Zone, South Africa.

A 7.5ha jewellery precinct leveraging the highly lucrative precious metals and gemstone potential of South Africa

Image Courtesy of African Mining Brief

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Investment Incentive Scheme Review, Namibia Wide ranging incentives for technology transfer, capital inflows, skills development and job creation

Engaged by the Namibia Investment Centre (NIC) and Offshore Development Company (ODC) to review their Export Processing Zone (EPZ) incentive scheme across priority sectors, including changes to the Namibian Incentives Act.

Economic Zone Incentive Scheme NIC / ODC Namibia Competitiveness Review

Image Courtesy of Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa

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ECZA Benchmarking Study, Saudi Arabia Special Economic Zones ECZA, Saudi Arabia Benchmarking Studies

Our team has provided multiple SEZ benchmark studies for ECZA covering regulatory frameworks, company law, and sector and cluster development of economic cities and special economic zones worldwide.

Establishing an investment powerhouse through SEZ hubs connecting three continents

Image Courtesy of Arab News PK

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IKAC Imam Khomeini Airport City, Iran A regional air cargo hub serviced by 6 runways, 3 terminals and 4,000ha dedicated to trade

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Business case development, master planning and regulatory framework development for the 1,500ha Logistics & Investment Park Freezone and 2,500ha Special Economic Zone with an ultimate air cargo capacity of 4MTpa

Air Cargo City Master Planning IKAC, Tehran, Iran Strategic Logistics Consulting

Limpopo Eco-Industrial Park, South Africa Project Due Diligence, Funding and Governance the dtic, RSA Technical and Financial SEZ Advisory

Technical advisory, market study, funding management, PPP infrastructure delivery and SEZ project governance for the 6,400ha eco-industrial city on behalf of the South Africa government.

Africa’s first zero solid waste eco-industrial park

Image Courtesy of Plasco Energy Group – Waste to Energy Plant

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Dubai Airport Freezone, UAE Highly targeted re-alignment of the DAFZ logistics value proposition

Market assessment, internal diagnostics, sector analytics, regional and Dubai trade analysis, industry engagement, and logistics complex development advisory.

Economic Zone Strategy & Investment Dubai Airport Freezone Market Research & Strategy

Image Courtesy of DAFZA

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Beluluane Industrial Park, Mozambique Economic Zone Management MozParks Public-Private-Partnership SEZ Management and Governance

Strategic management input into the Beluluane Industrial Park (BIP) through the private sector investment arm of the PPP. BIP has some 40 companies active in the park, employing 10% of the Mozambique’s industrial workforce

A flagship industrial park anchored by the MOZAL Aluminium Smelter

Image Courtesy of MozParks

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Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Ground-breaking facilitation of highly complex publicprivate sector oil & gas infrastructure investment

Image Courtesy of Stratline Ltd

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World Bank representative for the $4.5 billion project, including investment facilitation, oversight of oil-revenue management program, and implementation of rigorous social and environmental safeguards.

Oil & Gas Infrastructure Development World Bank, Chad Multi-Lateral Investment Facilitation

Bonded / Logistics Industrial Zone, Saudi Arabia Economic Zone Strategy & Investment Global Port Operator (Confidential) Market Research & Strategy

Market assessment, transaction due diligence and revenue forecasting for a bonded zone and logistics / industrial zone in the Jeddah Islamic Port, including detailed competitor zone analysis and performance benchmarking

Short-listing and selection of cluster sectors leveraging Porter’s Diamond Model

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