Global Project Finance Advisory Council

What Global Project Finance Advisory Council does

Global Project Finance Advisory Council (GPFAC) is a privately held boutique advisory firm operating under Development Capital & Financing, LLC, founded by Alok Mathur in 2005 in Connecticut, USA. The firm delivers three integrated service lines: project finance advisory, project financial modeling, and project finance training. Its advisory work spans sponsor, investor, underwriter, advisor, and asset-manager roles, with particular depth in power generation (conventional and renewable), transportation infrastructure, and large-scale public-private partnership transactions. The firm holds approved advisor status with the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, US EximBank, and SERV (Swiss Export Credit Agency), and has cumulatively closed approximately $279 billion in transactions across more than 50 countries.

The firm's core technology stack is methodological rather than software-based. GPFAC has codified a proprietary project finance modeling approach that compresses the standard 11 project-specific worksheets down to five (Assumptions, Construction Financing, Depreciation, EBITDA, and Cash Waterfall & Debt Service) wrapped around a fixed six-statement financial chassis with built-in accounting tests, allowing models to be built in roughly two weeks and at less than one-tenth the size of conventional models. A proprietary project screening process identifies non-viable projects early, and a proprietary commercial-negotiation framework is used in training and advisory engagements. The firm has 11 consulting principals and 8 consulting partners, supported by 3 teaming organizations (EIC Partners AG, Apex Rail GmbH, Simcore Partners), drawing on approximately 380 years of combined project finance experience.

GPFAC's go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise field sales. The firm does not advertise pricing; engagements are bespoke, quote-based mandates and recurring training programs. Customers are concentrated in four segments: governments and government agencies (US DOE, US EximBank, SERV), Fortune 500 industrial corporates (ABB, GE Capital, First Energy, TXU, Entergy), financial institutions (UBS, Credit Suisse, EBRD, National Commercial Bank Saudi Arabia), and large project sponsors (ENEC, AES Corporation/TotalEnergies, Nesma). Distribution is direct, augmented through strategic teaming partnerships — notably with Frost & Sullivan for market risk analysis — and delivered by principals located across the United States, Switzerland, India, China, Brazil, and West Africa.

Name

Global Project Finance Advisory Council

Legal name

Global Project Finance Advisory Council

Website

https://gpfac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Project Finance Advisory Council (GPFAC) is a boutique project finance advisory firm providing advisory, proprietary financial modeling, and training services to governments, Fortune 500 industrials, and financial institutions across 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Finance Advisory Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure & Project Finance Advisory (BPAHADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Project Finance Capital Raising Intermediation (FSAEALAJ), Project Preparation Facilities & Technical Assistance Windows (BPADAOAI), Real Estate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) & Infrastructure-Adjacent Real Estate Advisory (BPAJANAL)

Keywords

• Project finance advisory
• Financial modeling services
• Infrastructure project finance
• Project finance training
• Energy project advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Project Finance Advisory Services: Comprehensive advisory services including negotiation of bankable commercial contracts, developing bankable security packages and financial structures, managing banking commitment processes, underwriting on behalf of sponsors, and driving the closing process. Also includes due diligence reports outlining critical risks and mitigation solutions.
2. Project Financial Modeling Services: Customized project-specific financial modeling using proprietary approach that accelerates process and reduces costs. Includes building development and monitoring models for lenders and clients.
3. Project Finance Training Programs: Comprehensive training programs covering three pillars: classroom instruction, experience-based learning through job rotation, and mentoring. Programs include off-the-shelf workshops (2-day Financial Modeling, 3-day Project Finance, 4-day combined) and customized programs for specific organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GPFAC provides three integrated professional service lines for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects: Project Finance Advisory (acting as sponsor, investor, underwriter, advisor, and asset manager to drive projects to financial close), Project Financial Modeling (custom models using a proprietary 5-worksheet simplified approach around a fixed 6-statement chassis with built-in accounting tests, typically built within two weeks), and Project Finance Training (classroom instruction, mentoring, and job-rotation programs covering Project & Structured Finance, Contract Negotiation, and Financial Modeling). Services are delivered directly by senior principals and partners to governments, government agencies, Fortune 500 industrial companies, and leading financial institutions across more than 50 countries.

Product overview

GPFAC offers a unified suite of three professional services: Project Finance Advisory Services (core advisory offering), Project Financial Modeling (proprietary simplified modeling methodology), and Project Finance Training Services (comprehensive professional development programs). These services are designed to work together—advisory clients can leverage GPFAC's modeling capabilities for transaction structuring and their training programs for internal capability building—providing end-to-end project finance support from initial screening through closing and ongoing operations monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Finance Advisory Services

Quantifiable outcome

• $279 billion in successfully closed project finance transactions worldwide
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EIC Partners AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEIC Partners AG is an independent advisory firm and project developer focused on the energy infrastructure sector. Located in Zurich, Switzerland, the team combines over 100 years of experience in the energy sector with both industrial and financial backgrounds. EIC provides deep project development expertise and has been instrumental in developing milestone projects including Elysium Solar (500 MWp PV portfolio in Germany) and PQ Energy gas power plants (2,200 MW in Germany). GPFAC has partnered with EIC to strengthen project development capabilities and expand energy infrastructure expertise.
• Apex Rail GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerApex Rail GmbH is an advisory platform specialized in the rolling stock and rail infrastructure sector with wider experiences in financing new green technology. Based in Switzerland, the team consists of senior rail sector experts who develop, structure and arrange complete financing solutions for operators, public transport authorities, investors and manufacturers. Through this partnership, GPFAC gains capabilities in transportation and European rail markets, addressing growing infrastructure needs and creative financing solutions.
• Simcore PartnerssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSimcore Partners is an independent advisory firm specializing in energy transition. The firm provides development and financial advisory services to government, private equity, and corporate customers related to market analysis, financial analysis, negotiation, underwriting, evaluation of credit risks, financial modeling, and execution of debt and equity investments. GPFAC lists Simcore as a consulting partner providing additional support capabilities.
• Frost & SullivansupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld leader for market assessment integrated into GPFAC's teaming approach. Frost & Sullivan provides market risk analysis capabilities to complement GPFAC's financial analysis and structuring skills, particularly for examining feedstock and off-take contracts in conjunction with project legal and technical consultants.
• Development Capital & Financing, LLC (DC&F)coreOthersDC&F was established in 2005 by Alok Mathur following a 30-year career with ABB. The company conducts business under the trademark Global Project Finance Advisory Council (GPFAC). This is the legal entity through which GPFAC operations are conducted.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with project finance advisory across power, transport, and renewables. Comparable integrated technical-plus-financial advisory approach to GPFAC.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin): Engineering and project management firm with dedicated financial advisory and project finance structuring for energy and infrastructure. Closer peer than the Big 4 because it combines technical and financial advisory, similar to GPFAC's integrated offering.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG (Infrastructure Advisory): Big 4 firm with dedicated infrastructure and project finance advisory teams. Competes with GPFAC for advisory mandates on large infrastructure and energy deals.
• Rothschild & Co: Independent global advisory firm with a long-standing project finance and infrastructure practice. Rothschild advises sponsors, lenders, and governments on complex financings, directly comparable in service offering to GPFAC.
• Lazard: Global financial advisory firm with deep infrastructure and project finance capabilities. Lazard advises on large-scale energy and infrastructure transactions worldwide, overlapping with GPFAC's core advisory mandate on a much larger scale.
• McKinsey & Company: Global consultancy with infrastructure and energy practices serving governments and large corporates on financing and project strategy. Comparable in mandate type but far larger and broader.
• Deloitte (Infrastructure & Capital Projects): Big 4 advisory practice advising on large infrastructure and energy transactions, including financial structuring and deal advisory. Overlaps with GPFAC on project finance advisory but at significantly greater scale.
• Bain & Company: Global management consultancy advising infrastructure sponsors and governments on strategy and major transactions. Overlaps with GPFAC on advisory and structuring engagements.
• EY (Infrastructure Advisory): Big 4 firm with infrastructure and energy transition advisory capabilities. Comparable client base of governments, sponsors, and lenders in large-scale project finance mandates.
• PwC (Capital Projects & Infrastructure): Big 4 advisory practice serving infrastructure developers, investors, and governments. Comparable to GPFAC's advisory services but operates within a much broader professional services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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