Joe Oliver

Mr. Oliver has over 20 years’ experience at leading transaction advisory, public-private partnership, capital raising, and strategic advisory projects worldwide. He has advised on more than $5 billion in successful transactions and specializes in the design and execution of energy sector projects. Mr. Oliver has led emerging markets’ energy projects that include renewable and conventional power generation development, regulatory reforms, and utility sector unbundling and restructuring. He led Deloitte’s team advising the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on the design and launch of the Power Africa Initiative in 2013, including mobilization of full-time transaction teams in multiple sub-Saharan African countries. Currently, he advises Millenium Challenge Corp. on development of the second Tanzania compact, focused on energy market reforms, and advises the Southern African Power Pool in the development of a regional IPP framework. Mr. Oliver has worked in eleven African countries and numerous markets across Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Deloitte, Mr. Oliver led the Mergers & Acquisition practice for Davenport & Company, a leading midAtlantic investment bank. Mr. Oliver was also based in Warsaw Poland for three years with KPMG Peat Marwick, where he advised that government on the successful privatization of more than 200 small and medium sized enterprises during the 1990s. Mr. Oliver received an MBA (Management) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA (Economics) with High Honors from the University of California – Santa Barbara.