Curriculum Vitae
Nick Graham
Address
Phone: +27 21 671 1402
PO Box 46830, Glosderry, Cape Town, 7702
Fax: +27 21 671 1406
South Africa
Cell: +27 83 262 1028
E-mail: nick@pdg.co.za
Personal
Date of birth:
12th October 1979
Languages:
English; (excellent), Afrikaans (fair)
Education
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BSc.Eng in Civil Engineering (First Class Honours), UCT, South Africa, 2001
MSc.Eng in Urban Engineering, UCT, South Africa, 2004
MSc. in Nature, Society and Environ. Policy (Distinction), Oxford, UK, 2004
MLitt Human Geography, Oxford, UK, 2005
Membership of professional institutions
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Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) – Professional Registered
Engineer (PrEng No. 20080242)
South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE) – Associate member
(Membership No. 205318)
Institute of Municipal Engineers of South Africa (IMESA) – Full member
(Membership No. G3945)
Field of specialisation
Infrastructure investment planning and analysis, urban systems modelling for city
efficiency and fiscal impact, municipal systems and policy, municipal financial
modelling, research and policy development in the housing, water, solid waste,
transport, and energy sectors.
Work experience
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Aug 15 – present PDG, Cape Town, South Africa
Managing Director
Nov 11 – Aug 15 PDG, Cape Town, South Africa
Director responsible for the Urban Systems Practice Area.
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Sept 09 – Nov 11 PDG, Cape Town, South Africa
Consultant
Jun 08 – Dec 08 Ninham Shand (Moçambique), Lda., Maputo,
Mozambique
Resident Engineer
March 05 – May 08 Ninham Shand Consulting Services, East London,
South Africa
Candidate Engineer
KEY PROJECTS
Public Finance
2014-2016 Draft amendment to the Municipal Fiscal Powers and
Functions Act, National Treasury: Contributed to a team drafting national
legislation and regulations on Municipal Development Changes.
2015
2014/15 Urban Investment Strategy, National Treasury: Undertook
research and drafted a strategy for the Neighbourhood Development Programme.
2014
Infrastructure
Investment
Planning
Training
Workshop,
Development Bank of Southern Africa: Designed and presented a two-day
course on infrastructure investment planning to two divisions of the DBSA.
2013 City of Cape Town Development Charges Policy, City of Cape Town:
Drafted the policy and developed the financial model to support its
implementation as part of a consortium led by AECOM
2012 Local Government Fiscal Framework: Undertook analysis and reporting
on the state of the local government fiscal framework for presentation at the FFC
public hearings.
2011/12 Municipal Services Financial Model Support, eThekwini Metro:
Assisted the eThekwini Metro in using the Municipal Services Financial Model for
capital budgeting and strategic planning around the provision of services.
Urban Systems
2015/16 Cape Town Medium Term
Infrastructure Investment
Framework, City of Cape Town: Designed a spatial decision-making tool to
calculate fiscal and non-fiscal impacts of alternative 20-year city growth
scenarios.
2015/16 Housing Demand Model for Gauteng, CSIR: Designed an MS Excel
model to project the interaction between housing supply and demand over 20
years and the cost thereof under various delivery scenarios.
2015 Western Cape Human Settlements Demand Study, WC Dept of
Human Settlements: Provided conceptual input to design an online database to
quantify the human settlement demand in Western Cape municipalities.
2015 Chapter for the 2015 State of Cities Finances Report, South African
Cities Network: Wrote a chapter titled: “Financing the Human Settlements
Mandate”.
2015 Mossel Bay Growth Options, WC Dept of Environmental Affairs and
Development Planning: Provided conceptual and modelling input to a study of
the financial and non-financial impacts of different spatial growth patterns in
Mossel Bay.
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2014/15 Gauteng Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan Framework,
Gauteng Office of the Premier: Undertook research and modelling to develop a
framework for infrastructure provision in the Gauteng Province from 2015 to
2030.
2014-2016 Fiscal Impact of Development Study. South African Cities
Networks and National Treasury Cities Support Programme: Developed a
tool for metros to calculate the long-term fiscal and non-financial impacts of
large-scale integrated developments
2014/15 Urban infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa – harnessing land
values, housing and transport, UK DfID: Undertook literature review of
housing responses in Sub-Saharan Africa and contributed to research on
infrastructure financing using land value capture.
2014 Chapter in ‘Housing to Human Settlements’ publication, South
African Cities Network: Wrote a chapter titled: “The Municipal Planning
Framework”
2014 Public Transport Investment Assessment Framework, South African
Cities Network: Designed a conceptual framework for evaluating the impact of
public transport investments.
2013 Amendments to the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act,
National Treasury: Contributed engineering and financial input into a consulting
team drafting legislative amendments and regulations to govern the imposition of
municipal development charges.
2013 Western Cape Infrastructure Framework, WC Dept of Transport and
Public Works: Managed a large team of consultants to develop a long term
framework for all infrastructure sectors in the province, including a prioritisation
model.
2013 Municipal Financial Sustainability of Current Spatial Growth
Patterns: Provided a financial argument to support the spatial principles of
compaction and densification using a 10 year projection of municipal capital and
operating costs for Western Cape municipalities.
2010 Cost of Inefficient Land Use Study, Financial and Fiscal
Commission: Developed a costing methodology and City Efficiency Costing
Model (CECM) to quantify the economic costs of various urban spatial forms in
South African cities.
Water services
2015/16 Western Cape Urban Sanitation Review, Water Research
Commission: Led a team undertaking research to inform a sanitation ‘Game
Changer’ in the Western Cape.
2012 Institutional Reform and Re-Alignment, Department of Water
Affairs: Part of the Deloitte consulting team responsible for the reform and
realignment of Water User Associations and for research and financial modelling
around Regional Water Utilities.
2012 Municipal Introspection into Decision-Making and Implementation
of Water Service Delivery Mechanisms, SALGA: Team member responsible
for case study research and reporting on municipal implementation of Section 78
decisions around water services delivery.
Environment
2012 Solid Waste Tariff Model, Department on Environmental Affairs:
Revised a tariff strategy and tariff setting model to assist local municipalities in
setting solid waste tariffs, including piloting and training on the model.
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2011 Costing of the National Waste Management Strategy, Department of
Environmental Affairs: Part of a team responsible for developing a financial
model to cost the implications of the revised National Waste Management
Strategy.
Monitoring and Evaluation
2014 Rapid Appraisal of Outcome 8, Dept of Human Settlements:
Undertook a rapid appraisal of the implementation of the Output 8: Output 1
programme of government including recommendations for improvement.
2013 Evaluation of the Urban Settlement Development Grant: Undertook
metropolitan case studies and synthesis report to evaluate the design and
implementation of the USDG.
2012 DCoG Municipal Differentiation Barometer: Developed municipal
service delivery indicators and analysed municipal data sets.
Publications
GRAHAM, N & PALMER, I. Forthcoming. ‘The role of the fiscal framework in
shaping the informal settlement upgrading agenda’. Chapter 19 in Cirolia L,
Görgens T, Van Donk M, Smit W & Drimie S (Eds) Pursuing a Partnership Based
Approach to Incremental Informal Settlement Upgrading in South Africa. UCT
Press, Cape Town.
CROESE, S, CIROLIA, LR & GRAHAM, N. 2016. ‘Towards Habitat III: Confronting
the disjuncture between global policy and local practice on Africa’s ‘challenge of
the slums’’ Habitat International, Vol 53(2016), pp 237-242.
GRAHAM, N & FOSTER, K. 2015. ‘Financing the Human Settlements Mandate’ in
South African Cities Network (Ed.) State of City Finances 2015. South African
Cities Network, Johannesburg. pp 125-146.
GRAHAM, N, PALMER, I & JOOSTE, M. 2014. ‘The municipal planning framework’
in South African Cities Network (Ed.) From Housing to Human Settlements:
evolving perspectives, South African Cities Network, Johannesburg, pp.29-54.
GRAHAM, N & VAN NIEKERK, B. 2014. Developing a public transport investment
assessment framework, South African Cities Network, Johannesburg.
PALMER, I, WALSH, K, GRAHAM, N & GOLDBLATT, M. 2013. ‘Financial implications
of demand-side management for electricity and water’ Chapter 6 in South African
Cities Network (Ed) 2013 State of City Finances: Towards sustainable municipal
finances, South African Cities Network, Johannesburg, pp.149-171.
PALMER, I & GRAHAM, N. 2013. ‘Financial modelling as a strategic planning tool’
Chapter 7 in South African Cities Network (Ed) 2013 State of City Finances:
Towards sustainable municipal finances, South African Cities Network,
Johannesburg, pp.173-192.
GRAHAM, N. 2006. ‘Informal Settlement Upgrading in Cape Town: Challenges,
constraints and contradictions within local government’. Chapter in Huchzemeyer,
M and Karam, A (Eds.) Informal Settlements: a perpetual challenge?. UCT Press,
Cape Town, pp 231-249.
GRAHAM, N. 2003. A review of infrastructure services for the upgrading of
informal settlements in South Africa. MSc.Eng thesis, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Cape Town.
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