National Infrastructure Funding and Financing
David Awatere is a highly experienced engineering program manager and founder, currently serving at Crown Infrastructure Partners since September 2017, where responsibilities include overseeing water infrastructure programs and community engagement for digital equity. Prior roles encompass significant contributions in product management, project governance, and technical project management within both Crown Infrastructure Partners and Crown Fibre Holdings, as well as managerial positions at Etisalat and Telecom New Zealand. David established superapps.ai, a boutique web development initiative, and possesses extensive education in management, law, networking, and security from recognized institutions, complemented by industry certifications in Cisco and Microsoft technologies.
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National Infrastructure Funding and Financing
National Infrastructure Funding and Financing (formally Crown Infrastructure Partners), is the New Zealand Government’s investor shopfront for private capital investments into public infrastructure and the centre of expertise on the funding and financing of New Zealand infrastructure. We partner with the private sector, iwi, and local and central government agencies on infrastructure projects involving private finance and alternative procurement models, (including Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and advising on complex financing structures. We finance transactions under the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act and manage several Government infrastructure funds including the Cyclone Recovery, Infrastructure Reference Group, Rural Drinking Water and various connectivity related funds such as Marae Digital Connectivity and Rural Broadband and Mobile funds. Originally formed in 2009 as Crown Fibre Holdings, the organisation successfully rolled out the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) programme providing Fibre-To-The-Home to 87% of population, marking it as the largest co-funded public-private infrastructure initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our role has expanded to include partnering with private sector, central and local government, NGOs and iwi to fund, finance and deliver infrastructure, including connectivity ,water, transport, flood protection, community facilities and social infrastructure.