New Karolinska Hospital (Sweden)

Matthew Houseley has advised clients on project, infrastructure and corporate financings for more than three decades. Matthew is a founding partner of Newbridge Advisors. Prior to Newbridge, Matthew was the Managing Director, Head of Royal Bank of Canada’s Social Infrastructure team, where he worked for 12 years following nine years at Greenwich NatWest.

Matthew has helped to deliver funding for hospitals, housing, rail, energy transition, roads, schools, secure accommodation, universities, waste and water projects. Other work has included advising clients on equity disposals and acquisitions, portfolio financings, refinancings, restructurings and capital raisings.

Matthew has recently worked on projects in the UK, USA, Norway and the Netherlands and has previously worked on projects in France, Ireland, Italy and Sweden, as well as many other countries. For six months in 2003 Matthew was seconded to Partnerships UK where he established the refinancings Taskforce. Matthew holds a BA in Physics from Jesus College, Oxford University.

Richard has been a financial adviser on project finance transactions for 20 years. He is a founding partner of Newbridge and has advised on many infrastructure projects including greenfield, M&A and refinancings.

Richard also leads on the analytical side of projects including developing financial models and optimising the financial structuring.

Prior to starting Newbridge in 2012, Richard was part of Royal Bank of Canada’s Infrastructure Finance team where he advised sponsors primarily on PPP/PFI transactions and beforehand at Operis where he led one of its modelling teams.