Expert in: Economic/financial sustainability of

Public Transport

Dr. Ayman Abutaleb – PhD, FCPA, MBA

Principal and Managing Director

Financial sustainability of a public transport network requires a combined experience in:

✓ business financial planning (likely financial performance), and

✓ Identifying the technical drivers behind achieving the plan.

Then, the above can be smoothly transformed into informed contract/s endorsing the financial plan with regular feedback (plan update) from actual financial results.

Most public transport infrastructure projects DO NOT generate sufficient revenue to cover their full costs, however if properly structured, knowledgeable financing institutions and capital will be interested to sustainably finance them. So, identifying opportunities to finance rail projects is a key driver for:

❑ Capital expenditure.

❑ O&M cost coverage.

❑ Debt (if financing is utilized) service.

Hence, we uniquely bring you Dr. Ayman Abutaleb as an expert in financing public transport infrastructure projects.

Additionally, ridership (demand) forecast is a key driver for:

❑ Network capacity and station area design

❑ Fare revenue estimate

❑ Operation planning, such as transit headway

❑ Operation & Maintenance (O&M) cost estimate

❑ Asset management plan

❑ Manpower and deployment plan

Hence, we uniquely bring you Dr. Ayman Abutaleb as an expert in economic/financial sustainability of public transport.

Dr. Ayman Abutaleb’s key credentials are:➢ (26) year of work experience in business financial sustainability.➢ Expertise in preparing statuary financial reports (General Purpose

Financial Reports) for listed multi-national and governmental organizations operating in the western and MENA regions.

➢ Expert in preparing tax returns, tax effect accounting, and transfer pricing and benchmarking studies.

➢ Direct connections network with the Capital Market, Export Credit Agencies, International Banks, Governing bodies, Investors.

➢ PhD. in Urban planning majoring in transit ridership forecasting➢ Fellow of CPA Australia since 2011 ➢ Published Academic research papers in top quality journals. ➢ Accredited Reviewer of published research work in Planning Practice

& Research (a top-quality journal in urban planning)➢ Bilingual (English and Arabic)

Dr. Ayman Abutaleb’s major achievements resulted in:➢ Securing finance for Dubai Tram project using Islamic finance and Export Credit.➢ Securing finance for Dubai Metro extension to EXPO 2020 precinct.➢ Global settlement of Dubai Metro Red and Green project with negotiated debt

instrument covering 1/3 of the project cost. ➢ Concluding Dubai Metro O&M concession renewal contract with significant cost

savings. ➢ Public Transport fare modeling framework for setting fare in the Emirate of

Dubai ➢ Dubai Metro and Tram Break Even plans ➢ Securing financing offers for Dubai Metro and Tram O&M during period of

downturn (if needed). ➢ Reporting the economic Impact of Dubai Metro in a joint academic study ➢ Published academic research works in top quality urban planning journals

Check us online under “Ayman Abutaleb”To see more of our

professional & academic work

Contact:Dr Ayman Abutaleb - Principal and Managing DirectorTelephone: +971 556007381 (M)Email: aymanabutaleb@hotmail.com