Transforming organizations and service delivery
We help investors and asset owners
transform enterprises. We identify business constraints, strategic assets, and market opportunities, then develop strategies that remove constraints, build on strategic assets, and maximize value from market opportunities.
We help international agencies and governments
create systems that maximize value for money across the entire portfolio of projects and enable governments to deliver bankable projects. We design tools to assess and manage fiscal risk at project, sector, and government level, we use a proprietary toolkit to analyse stakeholder interest, optimize communications, and broker consensus, and manage markets for vital public services. We also turn around the performance of public utilities and other enterprises.
Sectors
Flood Control Scheme for Otago River, New Zealand
We analyzed the economic benefits of a flood control scheme to determine a fair cost allocation between two regions in New Zealand that are protected by the scheme. One region’s ratepayers were paying an unfair share of the costs for ... Read more
Hybrid Investment Share Structure for Farmer-Owned Business
Castalia showed how proposed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act would benefit Fonterra shareholders ... Read more
Private Partnership Structure for Uruguay’s Education System
Castalia helped the Government of Uruguay (GoU) structure a PPP, so it could develop 60 early childhood education centers. The government wanted to ensure its planned early childhood education centers offered high-quality services, could be privately financed, and provided value ... Read more
Water Utility Turnaround Plan for Can Tho, Vietnam
We followed the Utility Turnaround Framework (UTF) to help turn around performance at Can Tho WASSCO—the largest water utility in the Mekong Delta. Can Tho WASSCO was underperforming—tap water was not safe to drink, non-revenue water was high, and coverage ... Read more
Elderly Care Sector Assessment, China
Castalia proposed ways to address the mismatch in demand and supply of elderly care accommodations in Yichang City with the use of private sector participation. The PRC has become one of the world’s largest infrastructure markets, driven by strong economic ... Read more
Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Procurement Plan, Nigeria
Castalia developed the documents, processes and regulations for Nigeria to procure renewable energy through competitive tenders. Nigeria had a huge shortage of generation, and no mechanisms to use competitive procurement to develop local renewable resources to add energy at least ... Read more
Public Private Partnerships Screening Criteria, Vietnam
Castalia developed a Toolkit and screening criteria for PPPs so the Government could attract the private finance that was needed in Vietnam’s water sector. Vietnam’s urban water sector needed $600 million of investments each year to improve and expand services ... Read more
Energy Company Restructure for Communauté Electrique du Bénin
Castalia diagnosed CEB’s underlying problems, and recommended reform options to transform it into a viable and well-managed company. CEB’s poor financial performance was increasing costs of power for customers, hurting Benin and Togo’s economy, and damaging the viability of the ... Read more
