Director, Asia Pacific

**Location**: Wellington, New Zealand

As part of Castalia’s Asia-Pacific Team, this position will take responsibility for infrastructure assignments by developing and maintaining excellent client relationships, winning business, directing project execution, and supporting the development of a high-performing team. This role has a particular focus on NZ government-facing policy and regulatory assignments. Success is measured by sustainable profitability combined with the production of high-quality outputs that make a positive difference in the world.

Be one of the leaders in Castalia’s advisory work for infrastructure clients in New Zealand, Asia-Pacific and globally, including governments, regulators, investment funds, and development banks. Maintain strong relationships with existing and future clients. Win new work by identifying client needs and demonstrating how Castalia can fill these needs. Identify new and profitable areas of business and develop them successfully. The position reports to the Asia Pacific Practice Managing Director:

- Deliver high-quality, impactful advice on policy and regulatory reform in the infrastructure sector; financing investment needs; and public-private partnerships.
- Manage teams to execute projects successfully. Direct and supervise other less-experienced staff to:

- Ensure high-quality delivery of economic and financial analysis reports on infrastructure firms in New Zealand, Australia, and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Build and maintain economic and financial models in support of diverse client requirements like feasibility assessments, business operating model evaluation, and scenario testing.
- Undertake research and analysis on the effects of government policies on economic growth and general welfare in New Zealand, Australia, and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Prepare reports for clients on the economic and financial impacts of changes in the economic environment.
- Deliver business development tasks for consulting assignments by preparing of EOIs, proposals and pitches.
- Develop a high-performing team by identifying recruitment needs; developing team members through coaching and training (both formal and on-the-job), retaining high-performers; allocating resources to ensure deadlines are met; and working with the Asia-Pacific Managing Director to ensure a sustainable and profitable balance between maximising work throughput and ensuring staff workloads are reasonable.
- Contribute to the overall leadership of Castalia through a position on the management committee of the firm. Promote a ‘one-Castalia’ approach by sharing knowledge and creating opportunities to work with other teams. Exemplify and uphold Castalia’s values of integrity, intelligence, quality, and results.

**About Castalia**

At Castalia, we use our knowledge, skills, and experience to question and redefine how the world's infrastructure challenges are solved. Thinking for a better world is more than our tagline—it is our driving philosophy. Founded in 1980, Castalia has over 40 years of global experience advising private sector investors, governments and international donor organisations on infrastructure. Castalia has undertaken assignments in 145 countries globally. Our Australian and New Zealand offices operate as a single, integrated team, dividing their time between trans-Tasman projects and work across Asian and Pacific emerging economies.

**Who we are looking for**
- **Required**_
- At least 10 years of experience in the energy or water sector, probably gained with a mix of roles for consulting firms, government organisations, and infrastructure companies
- Experience in consulting, including winning and delivering work and managing consulting teams.
- Extensive network of New Zealand contacts in the infrastructure space
- A graduate degree in Economics, Finance, or related field.
- Experience in leading teams, managing projects, and creating analytic outputs.
- Able to innovate, think laterally, and solve complex problems.
- Native-level fluency in English. Fluency in other languages is a plus.
- Work authorization in New Zealand and a desire to travel globally for work.
- **Highly desirable**_
- Work experience in both developed and emerging economies.
- Knowledge and experience in telecommunications and transport sectors.
- Experience in monopoly and competition regulation

**Remuneration and Benefits**

This is a full-time position based at our office in Wellington, New Zealand. A remuneration package will be determined and agreed upon depending on experience.

Castalia offers a competitive benefits package that includes additional paid holiday leave in between Christmas and New Year public holidays, highly flexible working arrangements, a travel policy that enables staff to combine work and personal travel, and rapid ongoing professional training, coaching and development.

**How to apply**

You will need the following information and documents ready:

- Cover letter and Resume/CV
- Two