Satheesh is a senior infrastructure finance specialist with the World Bank's Infrastructure Finance, PPPs & Guarantees group. He has worked on different World Bank operations across the Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, and South Asian regions in the energy, transport and water sectors in public and private projects. A significant part of his experience includes providing technical assistance and financial structuring to governments on public-private partnerships, formulating enabling policy and regulatory frameworks, designing transactions, and structuring credit enhancements including with World Bank guarantees.
Prior to joining the Bank, Satheesh worked with a Big 4 professional services firm in London advising public sectors, infrastructure funds, private equities and sponsors across Europe in energy, transport and utility investments. He has worked on some of the most complex projects of that time including London Underground PPPs, Thames Tunnel Tideway and Greater Manchester Waste to Energy PFIs. He holds a PhD in Project Management in Engineering from the University of Maryland and has published a number of papers in international journals.