Allard Nooy

Navigating Emerging Asia

Categories: Asia, Business, China, Investment, Leadership, Strategy, Sustainability

Allard Nooy helps businesses and teams prepare to transform business models and growth strategies.

With globalization, a retracting European market and still abundant growth-opportunities in Asia, the world is transforming and advanced technology is accelerating this change. Competition comes from unexpected angles and disrupts once successful business models and growth strategies. Rapidly changing social, technological and global market environments are threatening the viability of established businesses and the options they need to consider in order to survive and thrive.

Teams and businesses need to be prepared developing growth strategies or transformation processes to stay ahead of the competition and be (disruptive) innovators.

Allard has over 25 years of extensive strategic executive leadership experience in the environmental, renewable energy and infrastructure sector in emerging markets. He successfully developed, acquired and implemented Companies throughout the Asia Pacific region over the last 20 years. This included both “start-ups” as well as developing and implementing growth strategies and managing companies to the “next level up”. This has included the implementation of restructuring and turn-around of businesses.

Allard is Managing Director of MARKLAND Infrastructure Asia (MIA), a Management Consultancy providing Clients with strategic and operational advice ranging from market entry strategies in Asian emerging markets, the implementation of green field projects, M&A, to the transformation and turnarounds of existing businesses.

Allard calls Asia home and has lived in Vietnam, Mainland China, India and Hong Kong SAR and has done projects in Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Former roles

CEO of JITF Water Infrastructure Ltd and JITF Urban Infrastructure Ltd, based in New Delhi, India. Both companies are part of the OP Jindal Group, a US$ 20 bn. and India’s 4th largest conglomerate.
President Asia Pacific (based in Shanghai) with Covanta Energy Corporation, the world largest Energy from Waste Company and listed on the NYSE. Responsible for the region with operations in India, China, Bangladesh and the Philippines with various Joint Venture Companies and responsible for IPP projects with an installed capacity of approx. 900 MW.
Regional Director Greater China at Thames Water International (the 3rd world largest private water company). His responsibilities included the provision of strategic management and leadership to seven joint-ventures in China.
Regional Senior Executive positions at Leighton in Asia, Australia’s largest engineering and contracting group.
General Manager of Vermeer – Ballast Nedam, an international EPC group. Based in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. In that capacity, he started the business from scratch, developed, led and closed financing and implementation of major water supply and solid waste management and renewable energy projects.

Allard holds a Bachelor of Science (Eng) in engineering management and an MBA in international business.

Programs and topics

Allard Nooy key areas of expertise are in:

Building and managing multi-national and multicultural teams;
Indentifying, developing and implementing growth strategies;
Translating global strategies into local execution strategies;
Driving change management;
Transforming underperforming businesses;
Growing business start-ups;
Leading overseas subsidiaries (far away from Head Quarters);
Negotiating and leading Partnerships and Joint Ventures;
Navigating governmental organizations and state-owned enterprises;
Negotiating Mergers & Acquisitions and post-merger integration;
Maintaining morale through team building exercises in a ‘staff competitive environment’; Financing projects during the Global Financial Crisis and an economic challenging environment;
Managing cultural diverse groups and ‘breaking through cultural barriers;

Characteristics

Allard has often been described as an energetic and result oriented Senior Executive with an in-depth knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, a high level of cultural awareness and deep understanding of both Asian and Western business practices. Allard is an open minded and innovative thinker, strong team builder and team player with proven negotiating skills and a diplomatic style.

Projects

During the past 20 years Allard Nooy has been managing businesses in the Asia Pacific region.

Relationship Management

Allard was responsible for the implementation of India’s first large scale Waste to Energy facility in a Public Private Partnership with the Delhi government. There were court-cases against the facility and he successfully managed key stakeholder relations on Central and State Government level and media in relation to the opposition of the project in order to continue the construction and operation of the plant.

Corporate development

Allard developed and led Joint Venture partnerships in India, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong SAR, Philippines and Taiwan. He also developed and defined market entry and development strategies for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and the identification of target companies for acquisitions. He originated, led and closed M&A deals with seven JVs in China.

Eminence building

Allard developed awareness of Public Private Partnerships in the water and renewable energy sector by working with Governments and the Private Sector to create PPP models and toolkits. He is a regular speaker at conferences with senior government officials and industry leaders at international industry conferences, raising awareness of industry related issues in the Asia Pacific region. He won twice a Frost & Sullivan award.

Growth Strategy

In India, Allard realigned Business Development teams, building client relationships, developed bid to win strategies and improving opportunity tracking reporting and subsequently won US$ 250M in new projects. He also led the development and successful closure of two Build Operate Own concession deals in China.

Transformation

Allard turned around and reorganized a loss making process engineering business and managed transition from a non-competitive contracting business to a dynamic commercially focused services group. He also developed and implemented a turnaround strategy, restructured the organization including resolving project delays/contract disputes/outstanding debts, improving Client relationships and implementing IT tools.

Implementation

Allard was both in an EPC and owners / operators environment responsible for the development and implementation of IT and operational systems including CRM, Risk Management, HSE, Financial Performance, Progress and cost control monitoring.

Human Capital Management

At Covanta Energy Allard managed 750 direct employees and 500 staff in JV’s in Philippines, Bangladesh, India and China with over 10 different nationalities. He managed the recruitment of approx. 50 Senior PRC Nationals and developed code of ethics, corporate governance and focus on FCPA.

Examples of speaking engagements

Navigating emerging Asia through a risk-reward perspective – Emerging Asia Forum – PEI Singapore Nov 2012;
New Initiatives in Private Sector Participation – Global Water Summit Berlin, Germany 2011;
Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management and generating renewable energy – International Conference on Climate Change Delhi, India 2011
Developers and roundtable: forming equitable partnerships for a stronger balance sheet – Infrastructure Investment World, New Delhi India Dec 2011
Energy from waste projects : Critical success factors and pitfalls to avoid – Overturning the ‘China factor’ assumption – Renewable Energy Finance Forum, Beijing China May 2009
Climate Change – Sustainable Energy Conference, Singapore Dec 2009

Allard is a very resourceful person who is the consummate professional. He is an excellent listener as well as very open and friendly and a good guy to work with or otherwise spend time with. Excellent with both details and the big picture. A rare combination. An excellent choice to lead an organization given his mix of people and business skills.
~Doug Coulter – Partner, LGT Capital

Allard is someone who has gained some very deep and varied experience in Asia within the broad infrastructure and construction fields. He is very dependable and very open to helping others.
~Nigel Cumberland – Founding Partner at Silkroad partnership, Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

A dedicated professional who embraces the best ethical standards of business conduct.
~John Pike Managing Director – Asian Ventures Limited

Allard Nooy

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