Alastair Watson Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Representing equity interests on the boards of a number of project companies across the country in the transport, healthcare, education and accommodation sectors.

London, United Kingdom

Founding partner of this boutique infrastructure debt advisory and origination business. FHW Capital was incorporated in July 2013 and provides services to infrastructure debt investors including origination and execution of transactions, due diligence, structuring and managing agent services.I led the financing of Salford Social Housing PFI for FHW.

Kettering, Northamptonshire

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, and winners of the HSJ Trust of the Year 2018, NHFT delivers healthcare services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and speciality services.Its 4,400 members of staff deliver care to more than 700,000 people in the local community and NHFT's services are delivered from.

London & Cardiff

Finance Director and Corporate Director with responsibility for Local Partnerships' work in the Efficiency, Infrastructure, and Wales programme areas.Local Partnerships is an organisation that uniquely is jointly owned by HM Treasury and the Local Government Association. It provides commercial expertise and acts for the benefit of the public sector.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all operational aspects of the business (finance and budgeting, legal and compliance, human resources, press and communications, and information technology). as well as the origination and execution of.
• Supporting the first close of Aviva Investors Hadrian Capital Fund 1 in May 2012;
• Leading the bid to provide debt finance to Glasgow College NPD, for which Hadrian’s Wall Capital presented the most competitive capital markets solution;
• Providing credit analysis and/or bid support for half a dozen other UK PFI deals in the transport (roads and bridges), waste, acute health, social housing and university accommodation sectors.

London, United Kingdom

• I was responsible for overseeing the financial, legal and commercial aspects of originating and executing new PPP/PFI deals in the education, waste, health and social housing sectors. I sat on the boards of a number of.
• Building & managing a high-performing team of twenty transaction specialists;
• Recruiting a General Counsel and establishing a legal panel for the PFI/PPP business;
• Developing a standard returns model and set of metrics for investment appraisal;
• Achieving financial close on three PFIs and one major PFI variation;
• Selling two hospital investments on the open market (and preparing a third for sale);

London, United Kingdom

Involved in financing aspects of Kent BSF, the Tameside BSF bid, and supporting bids for a number of street-lighting projects.

Involved in closing East Dunbartonshire PFI, and bidding Fife Hospital, St Lukes Mental Health, Knowsley BSF and Wigan JSC. Worked with AWE on economic appraisal of various Scottish on-shore wind energy projects.

London, United Kingdom

Advising public sector and private sector clients on PPP/PFI projects across a range of sectors including education, primary health, leisure and specialising in criminal justice and emergency services projects (police, fire, courts, prisons).

London, United Kingdom

Writing Value for Money reports in the Public Private Partnerships team, auditing the National Lottery Commission and various Lottery distributors including the UK Film Council and Millenium Commission.

M.Phil, Medieval History

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Cycling, SquashAuthored thesis on "The Aims and Organisation of the Rebels of 1381 in Suffolk and.

2:1 Honours, History

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Hockey, Chair of SU Standing Orders CommitteeElliot College