Strategy & Economics Ltd. was established in the UK as a private limited company on 25th September 2000.  The company is led by Stuart King, its Managing Director, and he is supported by a Company Director as well as a network of associate consultants.

Strategy & Economics Ltd. is owned and led by Mr. Stuart King.  Mr. King has more than thirty years’ experience working as a business strategy specialist and economist.  Much of this time has been spent advising companies operating in the utilities sector where he has advised extensively, in both developed and developing countries, on regulation, restructuring, financing and privatisation initiatives as well as proposals for enhancing operational performance.

This breadth of experience incorporates the following key areas of capability and knowledge:

• Developing innovative financing proposals as well as privatisation and other forms of PSP/PPP initiatives to support infrastructure investment initiatives on behalf of both government and utility clients.

• Acting as climate / green financing specialist which entails identifying potential funding sources and assisting in accessing such funding.

• Carrying out mid- and end-of-project evaluations on behalf of a variety of development partners.

• Reviewing and enhancing the operational performance of utilities.

• Helping reform and develop the policy and institutional framework governing utility sector operations, including the establishment of regulation authorities.

Until June 2011, Mr. King was Managing Director of the Singapore office of IPA Energy + Water Economics.  Prior to this, he ran his own economics consulting business for eight years and also worked for several management consulting companies include Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Stone & Webster and Deloitte & Touche.

Mr. King has an MBA from London Business School and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.