Ludovic Delplanque

Ludovic Delplanque

Senior Infrastructure Specialist

Ludovic is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist with a focus on energy and transport for both the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), which he joined in 2016, and the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership, and is a senior member of the World Bank’s Infrastructure, PPPs & Guarantee (IPG) team based in Singapore.

Ludovic has over 25 years of experience in PPP transactions and institutional advisory and a multifaceted background in managing stakeholders and structuring and financing power projects, of which the model case Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in Laos is a particular highlight. Before joining the World Bank, Ludovic spent almost 20 years in the private power industry, starting in 1996 with the founding of the Asian branch of Sithe Energies, a leading IPP company. In recent years, Ludovic has independently advised numerous governments in South and East Asia and East Africa on their respective PPP programs and projects.

A French and Australian national, Ludovic holds a Master of Science in engineering and international development, and a post graduate degree in marketing and finance from ESSEC business school, France.