Denis has thirty years experience in all fields of transport consulting in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas.  He holds a degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Transport from Imperial College, London.

For the last 15 years he has provided the direction and leadership for the Maunsell Group’s international transport planning and economics group.  He is currently a director of AECOM Enterprises –– in this role he is the global co-ordinator of the firm’s Traffic & Revenue advisory services and has responsibility for the positioning of the firm in private sector projects.

In particular, Denis has focused upon the development and application of quantitative methods for analysis and forecasting of toll road traffic and revenue.

He is now regarded as a world authority in the art/science of traffic and revenue forecasting for toll roads. His opinion and expertise are regularly sought by project financiers in Australia, Europe and USA.

His forecasting work underpinned the successful Melbourne City Link transaction in the mid 1990’s, the M7 (Sydney Orbital) and the RiverCity Motorway transactions in Australia. In North America, he has been a consultant to 407ETR in Toronto and the SR125 in San Diego on pricing strategy and was leader of the Traffic & Revenue teams supporting Cintra and Macquarie’s successful bids for Chicago Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road. In the UK, he directed the forecasting for the M6Toll refinancing transaction in 2006.

Globally, in excess of $12 billion of project financing has been based upon the T&R advice he has directed.

AECOM Enterprises

AECOM Enterprises, Inc., delivers expertise in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) for AECOM. Our mission is to be the primary strategic and professional service provider to developers, financiers, owners, and other key players in the PPP market.

AECOM Enterprises works with developers early in the PPP process to deliver revenue forecasting, technical due diligence and project design ideas to improve their competitiveness on projects. It also works with its strategic partner, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund, to identify and support investment opportunities.

AECOM is a leading global provider of design and management services in the transportation, facilities and environmental markets, with approximately 28,000 employees around the world. AECOM Enterprises draws upon the staff and resources of AECOM to deploy the best-available, globally experienced talent. 

AECOM companies provide a unique blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering outstanding solutions that create a better world in which to live and work.  Named in Forbes’ list of the largest private U.S. companies, AECOM serves clients in more than 60 countries and has annual revenue of approximately $3.4 billion.