Daan Vermeer is currently completing his PhD thesis on the critical evaluation of strategic PPP/PFI investment vehicles for social infrastructure portfolios. His doctoral work is linked to UCL’s MSc course in Infrastructure Investment & Finance, and supported by the UK’s Major Projects Association, the Education Funding Agency, and PARIO. Daan also works part-time as SPV General Manager at PARIO, a specialist SPV management firm in the UK and Ireland. He provides PPP/PFI contract and commercial management services on behalf of lenders and investors for social and economic infrastructure projects.