E.R. Yescombe is a consultant on public-private partnerships and project finance, with many years’ experience in various forms of structured finance, including project finance, leasing, export credits, property and asset finance. He has advised government entities on PPP policy issues and contract standardisation, as well as both public- and private-sector clients on the financial aspects of PPP and other project finance-funded contracts, as well as providing public and private training seminars in these fields.

His books "Principles of Project Finance" (2nd edition 2014, 1st edition 2002), and "Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance" (2007), translated inter alia into Chinese, Japanese and Russian, are recognised as leading works on these subjects. He was previously head of project finance in Europe for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, one of the world's largest project-finance lenders.

He is a law graduate of Oxford University. For further information see www.yescombe.com