Darwin Djajawinata

Mr. Darwin Djajawinata has more than 30 advisory activities in various sectors, including transport, energy, tourism, and urban infrastructure. His focus is to manage the portfolio for project preparation under different financing modalities (including PPP and municipal financing), advisory in assisting project owners and investment entities both public or private to access fund or project opportunities through various arranger activities.

Metro Manila’s Water Public-Private Partnership: Take-aways of a Regulator

Joel Yu, chief regulator of the Philippines' Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) shared lessons gained from implementing public-private partnerships (PPP). He cited several issues and regulatory challenges the MWSS-RO encountered, as well as the ways the office responded to these hurdles. This presentation details his take-aways as a regulator of water concession agreements in one of the fast growing mega-cities in Asia.