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Title: Director
Office: London
Specialisation: International Transport Consulting
Richard Edmunds is an economist
and manager of multidisciplinary studies. His experience covers
the full range of transport (road, rail, aviation and airports,
maritime and multi-modal), for both passenger and freight. He is
a specialist in infrastructure evaluation and project delivery in
transport and related sectors, with special expertise in the provision
of high-level institutional and policy advice in both the public
and private sectors.
Richard has broad experience of financial appraisal, training needs
assessment and delivery, socio-economic and environmental issues
and poverty impact assessment. He has direct experience of working
closely with the major international funding institutions, including
the World Bank, EU, EBRD, ADB and DFID (UK), and is managing a number
of major framework contracts for these agencies on behalf of Jacobs
Consultancy.
Representative Projects:
Client
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Project
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| World Bank/IFC |
Transport costs in Mozambique;
Evaluation of Danube shipping;
Jamuna Bridge, Bangladesh;
Yangtse Economic Zone Transport Study, China |
| EU/EC |
Integrated transport planning, Ghana;
Road sector reviews in Lesotho, Mozambique, Cameroon, Suriname;
Review of the TRACECA transport programme, Central Asia;
Civil aviation projects in South and South East Asia
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| EBRD |
Road sector projects in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Croatia,
Romania and Macedonia;
Railway due diligence, Lithuania.
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| Danida (Denmark) |
Ferry rehabilitation, Ghana;
Mekong ferry review, Vietnam;
Redevelopment of Zia International Airport, Bangladesh |
| Private sector |
Due diligence Rostock port, Germany;
Channel Tunnel freight strategy, UK and France |
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Prior Experience:
Richard has been in consultancy for more than
30 years. Originally a transport planner in the UK, he has
been with Jacobs Consultancy (previously GIBB) for 13 years,
responsible for international work.
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