DAVID FRANCIS

David has experience managing long term (>10 years) and high value (>$2B) infrastructure programs covering strategic capital planning and project prioritisation, project development, funding submissions, stakeholder engagement, building program and project management teams, developing systems and processes for efficient delivery and reporting of progress, and the development and implementation of governance and assurance activities.

Program Manager Project Development, Dam Improvement Program, Sunwater

• Large scale infrastructure program management (21 dams) including strategic planning and prioritisation and project business cases (preliminary & detailed)
• Stakeholder engagement (internal and external)
• Program and project resource planning and development
• Program and project systems and processes development
• Team management (line and project)
• Progress reporting (monthly financials, program performance, quarterly shareholder program)
• Commercial / contract management
• Executive presentations
• Senior team member coaching
• Business development and client development
• Integration of strategic and technical, engineering and economic concepts

Executive Advisor / National Sector Lead Water, ConnellGriffin

• Business lead for water with a team of state managers
• Independent prudency and efficiency review of five year capital program for Port of Melbourne including review of compliance documentation and supporting business cases for planned infrastructure works
• Funding business case including program schedule and resourcing plan for implementation state wide water augmentation project, Dept of Planning & Environment (NSW). Submission to ERC and Cabinet for approval.

Director / Founder SIP Advisory Pty Ltd

• Business Case Lead, Cairns Water Security Stage 1 Project.  Expert advice and assurance review leading team undertaking strategic assessment, options analysis and detailed business case as per the QLD Govt’s Business Case Development Framework.
• Business Case Director, Paradise Dam Improvement Project, Building Queensland / DRDMW leading an integrated team (Govt, Owner, consultants) to prepare project development documentation (Options Assessment) in preparation for Detailed Business Case.  Managed complex stakeholder engagement and interactions, specialist investigations, governance and assurance reviews.
• Technical advisor to URA team (preparations for ESC PS23 Expenditure Review – 3 x businesses) including review of capital planning and governance processes, business cases, asset management, cost estimation, procurement and delivery frameworks.
• Independent business case reviewer – Yarra Valley Water reviewing business case framework and templates, coaching senior leaders on regulatory process and business case development.
• Independent Evaluation Panel Technical Advisor – Sydney Water Planning Partnership (2020) providing technical and regulatory assistance to an Independent Evaluation Panel assessing the performance of the Sydney Water Planning Partnership.
• Independent Reviewer Sydney Water PR2020 Submission preparations assisting with understanding the regulatory process, internal review of systems and processes for asset management and capital planning and delivery including business cases, and coaching of senior leaders to prepare for the review.
• Specialist capital consultant to KPMG team leading review of Seqwater capital and operating expenditure for QCA.  Assisted with review of corporate business systems and processes and review of capital programs and projects and supporting business cases.

Head of Advisory, Programmed Facility Management

• Leading a team of advisors servicing other PFM groups with whole of life asset management, operations, maintenance and renewals assessments for long term FM contracts and providing similar advisory services to select external clients.

Associate Economics / Infrastructure with Arup / Strategic Economics Consulting Group

• Interface between strategic planning and advisory and the engineering / design teams
• External strategic economics advisory services for major infrastructure programs, reviews of asset management frameworks, independent assessments of capital expenditure for economic regulators in VIC and ACT.