“We believe the water sector benefits from engaging with small companies having water utility operational experience to help devise and provide precise and practical solutions ”
At International Water Specialists (IWS), we have been providing niche service offers to the water sector for 17 years in such aspects as: business operations; development of market strategies; project structuring and development; project financing; asset management; and the introduction of innovative technologies for smarter infrastructure.
IWS provides a sound combination of financial knowhow and technical expertise. Our people have many years of senior level corporate experience that provides a deep understanding of business needs.
Our Team
Brian Allum
Partner
Experience
Water and wastewater projects, PPP structuring, leakage management
Tony Clamp
Associate
Experience
Infrastructure Investment, Water, Climate Finance, Fund Raising
Steven Sodek
Director
Experience
Water and wastewater project, NRW projects
Business Lines
We understand the water sector and its challenges. We work with international agencies, governments, investors and asset owners in three key areas.
Our people have direct industry knowledge and experience, with technical, financial, legal, social, environmental and commercial skills that are relevant to key organisational and business unit needs, and that span the full range of the project development and implementation cycle.
Why us? We do think we are a little different. In a nutshell, we are small, experienced, focused, all-in committed, and crazy passionate about what we do and why it matters. Combining practical operational expertise, and our people-led approach, we seek to be the trusted partner to support your business needs
Business Operations and ESG
Working with asset owners and service providers, IWS performs targeted support to help companies become more efficient and to adopt sustainable practises. This support takes a variety of forms including; the development of business and operational strategies, organisational structuring, audit and compliance work, and the development of management and staff skills.
Financial And Economic Planning
We provide a range of services to investors, asset owners, international agencies and governments to support and advise them in a number of financial and economic planning areas. These include identifying and developing investment opportunities, structuring funding strategies, project financial modelling and assessing climate and impact assessments.
In association with the provision of business operations and technical support services, we are ideally positioned to develop and appraise projects to ensure that they are economically, financially, technically, environmentally, and socially viable.
Technical Services
IWS provides the full range of project lifecycle technical services, from market and sector studies, through to business and operational support. This includes project structuring and development, risk assessment, contract and procurement planning coma operational due diligence, and asset management strategies.
In particular, IWS has significant expertise in non-revenue water management, developing comprehensive and practical engineering solutions for the optimization of water distribution systems.
With the significant market and sector expertise, IWS is well positioned to support companies in establishing new markets and particularly with the introduction of new technologies. We have supported a number of established and start-up companies with a variety of services including market and sector assessments, the development of entry strategies, and the introduction of innovative technologies.
