Transport Advisory
Our Transport Advisory experts provide strategy and transaction advice across all modes of transportation and sectors. Bringing together best in class transport and economic insight, we combine strategic, commercial, and technical expertise with a deep understanding of the relevant economic infrastructure sectors, allowing us to provide robust and reliable evaluations of projects worldwide.
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30+
Years’ Senior Team Experience
200+
Projects
30+
Countries
A bespoke solution
We leverage a suite of proprietary analytic tools and expertise in socio-economic and sector level modelling to help our clients maximise the value of their transportation assets. Based on a detailed understanding of over 200 toll road, express lane, high-speed rail, LRT, parking, port and airport projects, our team offers clear guidance on potential risks and opportunities.
Greenfield Transport Infrastructure Development
Developing transport infrastructure demands foresight, expertise and a deep understanding of political landscapes and commercial dynamics. Our team specialises in the development of investment grade demand and revenue forecasts, assessing addressable markets and drivers of market share. Having access to OE’s comprehensive set of integrated economic forecasts, we offer a unique ability to integrate both top-down macroeconomic narratives with detailed land use and project-specific developments. With a keen appreciation of risks and opportunities we provide invaluable insights to drive project success, whether you’re assessing market feasibility or potential market entry.
Due diligence supporting investment in existing transport infrastructure
Investing in existing transport infrastructure demands meticulous due diligence to mitigate risks and maximise returns. Our team specialises in providing independent and robust advice to the sell and buy side, backed by a structured approach and thorough analysis of risks and opportunities such as those resulting from random and non-random events. We understand the nuances of investor and lender expectations, guiding you seamlessly through the transaction process. We support the production of asset valuations for a range of requirements and our advice support allows you to make informed decisions.
Maximising the value of existing transport assets
Unlocking the full potential of your business requires a keen understanding of market dynamics and consumer behaviour. Our team excels in identifying opportunities to optimise products and prices, thereby maximising your return on investment. Our approach is founded on innovative methodological frameworks and analytic approaches, blending big data, consumer insight, and pricing strategies for sustainable revenue growth. With our expertise, you can harness the power of your existing assets to drive profitability and long-term success.
Understanding the economic impact of transport projects
Our highly skilled team, located across the globe, is familiar with the unique requirements and assumptions applied in impact studies across different jurisdictions and the need for a highly tailored solution to ensure relevance for each project. Our economic impact and cost-benefit analysis experts operate alongside our transport experts ensuring consistent and comprehensive solutions to help secure approval and funding for projects. Use of tried and tested templates/approaches means that we can efficiently develop economic assessments, with confidence that the methods we use have been successfully applied on numerous projects previously.
Dispute support
Our team specialises in providing expert witness support, drawing from a wealth of knowledge amassed from over 200 privately financed transportation projects. What sets us apart is our ability to articulate technical concepts with utmost clarity, ensuring that non-technical audiences grasp the intricacies of the matter at hand, equipped with clear insights and expert guidance.
Our team
Maarten Kroes
Director, Transport Advisory
+44 (0)20 3910 8160
Maarten Kroes
Director, Transport Advisory
London, United Kingdom
Over 25 years’ of management consultancy experience in economic infrastructure and finance, with a focus on the transport sector:
- Expert support to multi-national infrastructure operators, developers, government organisations and financial institutions, based on a detailed understanding of over 100 privately financed transport projects.
- Track record in delivering robust commercial traffic and revenue analysis for toll road, managed lane, rail and parking projects.
- Development of innovative methodological frameworks and analytic approaches, blending big data, consumer insight and pricing for revenue growth.
- Expertise in financial and cash flow modelling with a proven ability to bring together engineering and financial concepts to produce robust and comprehensible modelling outputs.
Worldwide experience including the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Portugal, USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Nigeria, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, Peru, Thailand, China.
Richard Frost
Associate Director, Transport Advisory
+44 (0)79 6042 5952
Richard Frost
Associate Director, Transport Advisory
London, United Kingdom
Richard has over 30 years’ experience providing transport planning advice and infrastructure advisory services, with a particular focus on highway traffic and revenue forecasting and economic appraisal projects. He has led dozens of demand forecasting projects around the world. He has managed numerous large traffic modelling projects, many with major data collection programs, and is familiar with various modelling software including SATURN, EMME, and Visum. He has worked on highway projects across the world including the USA, Canada, Europe (UK, Ireland, France, Portugal, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Slovakia), Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Chile, Belize, and Brazil. Richard has experience working on several projects in the US, including studies in Texas, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington DC.
Darren Anderson
Head of Global Transactions, OE Australia
+61 2 8458 4210
Darren Anderson
Head of Global Transactions, OE Australia
Sydney, Australia
Darren heads up our global transactions team, with a focus on both commercial and economic due diligence. He is also a specialist in freight movements, both at a port level and as the lead on Oxford Economics' global TradePrism service.