Castalia Staff

Arnaud Braud - Senior Analyst

Arnaud focuses on infrastructure financing in developing countries. He has experience designing financial mechanisms and subsidies, evaluating policy reforms and structuring public-private partnerships in water and sanitation, energy and transport. Arnaud has a Masters degree in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po Paris and previously worked for the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

Uryia Dolev - Senior Analyst

Uryia specializes in investment strategy, business valuations and market modeling. He has provided advice on identifying and structuring investment opportunities and has completed technical due diligence for investments in the telecommunication, power, and transportation sectors. Prior to joining Castalia, Uryia served as an advisor to the Chief Executive of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. Uryia holds a first-class Masters degree in economics.

Veronica Chalmers - Senior Analyst

Veronica specialises in regulation and policy relating to water, energy and climate change. She has double Masters degrees in natural resources law and policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and Bachelors degrees in law and economics. Before joining Castalia Veronica worked for the New Zealand government and a top commercial law firm on a range of policy issues including water allocation, resource management, indigenous rights and regulatory law and policy. Currently she is working on a project for the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Output-Based Aid, analysing and documenting lessons and best practice for performance-based subsidy schemes

Daniel Brass - Analyst

Daniel is an economic analyst with a focus on regulatory issues and infrastructure. Before working at Castalia he studied physics and economics, and worked for the New Zealand Government on a variety of policy issues. In his current work at Castalia to date he has focused on Pacific Island infrastructure issues and is currently working on the design of a market and contractual mechanism for balancing pressure within gas pipelines.

Francisco Estrazulas - Analyst

Francisco is a public policy analyst specializing on regulation and governance of infrastructure projects. He has advised local, state and national governments, international financial institutions and the private sector on setting up successful business and government arrangements. Before joining Castalia, he worked for the World Bank, the National Government of Maldives and Pact Inc. Francisco has 7 years of professional experience working in Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Africa, Western Europe and the United States. Born in Uruguay, he is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in English, French, and Portuguese. Francisco holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College.

Martina Tonizzo - Analyst

Martina is an economic analyst with experience in water sector financing, public policy analysis and institutional reforms. Prior to joining Castalia, Martina worked at the Center for Global Development and the World Bank, developing econometric models to evaluate policies on urban infrastructure, health and international aid architecture. She has an extensive knowledge of Asian affairs, and has lived and worked in India and the Philippines. Martina holds Masters degrees in Economics from Bocconi University (Italy) and Development Management from the London School of Economics.

Michael Doherty - Analyst

Michael is an economic analyst with experience in the energy and transport sectors. Michael has project experience advising on commercial and strategic issues faced by investors in renewable energy, and conventional thermal generation sources. Michael has provided commercial advice, economic assessment and risk analysis to large-scale energy infrastructure development in Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa. He also has experience in service procurement, bid evaluation and PPP design for major public transport initiatives in Australia and New Zealand. Michael holds a BSc from Victoria University of Wellington and a Master of Science degree (Hons 1st class) from Victoria University of Wellington/University of London: Royal Holloway.