Recent Assignments

Within the last few years Chris Head has worked on the following assignments:

  • Structuring of a regional multi-purpose hydro project to be jointly owned by Burundi, Rwanda & Tanzania.
  • Private hydropower concessions, needs assessment for negotiation and monitoring of agreements, Lao PDR.
  • Options for private hydropower development, Ethiopia.
  • Concession terms for a 700 MW captive hydro plant, Greenland.
  • Training workshops on private hydropower in Pakistan, Serbia, Tanzania, Thailand and Zambia.
  • Bidding arrangements for a 3,100 MW private hydro concession, Brazil.
  • Privatization of 480 MW of state-owned hydropower assets, Macedonia
  • Power trading arrangements for 2,045 MW hydro project, Southern Africa
  • Options for a new hydro project as a public-private partnership, Zambia
  • Strategic review of regional generation and transmission projects, Africa
  • Host government advisor on a 1,080 MW private hydro project, Lao PDR
  • Capacity building within the Ministry of Energy, Mozambique
  • Power sector privatisation with specific reference to hydro assets, Romania
  • Structuring/financing options for a multi-purpose dam on the Blue Nile, Ethiopia.
  • Institutional and legal restructuring of water resources management, Zambia
  • Expert Witness in arbitration following the failure of a hydro project, Canada.
  • Structuring/financing options for new multi-purpose dams on the Indus River, Pakistan.
  • Report based on analysis of case studies for structuring major projects.

Recent Clients

  • Brazil, Government of
  • EBRD, London
  • ENTRO (tri-national body)
  • Ethiopia, Government of
  • Greenland Development Inc
  • Hidroeléctrica Cahora Bassa
  • Hydroelectrica SA, Romania
  • IFC, Africa, Southern Europe
  • IPDF, Pakistan
  • Lao PDR, Government of
  • Mozambique, Government of
  • Tanzania, Government of
  • UNDP, New York
  • World Bank, Washington
  • Various international consulting firms and lawyers