Dr. Sotiris Pagdadis is a principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Advisory practice and is the PwC New York Metro Capital Projects & Infrastructure (CP&I) leader. He has over 25 years of experience consulting with top executives in public and private sector infrastructure management around the globe. Sotiris has helped clients manage the complexities associated with public-private partnerships, privatization, capital development and capital improvements. His expertise in project due-diligence includes: masterplan and infrastructure assessment, capital project financing, value analysis, risk assessment and analysis, lifecycle analysis, and technology assessment.

Prior to joining PwC, Sotiris was founder and president of the Lambousa Infrastructures Consultancy Group where he pioneered a risk-based management review and project appraisal methodology. He previously served as Managing Director of the Transportation Infrastructure Practice at McKenna Long and Aldridge, LLP, focusing on governmental affairs, procurement advocacy, public-private partnerships and privatization. Earlier he was world-wide vice president of public sector transportation at CA, Inc. There he advised government agencies and private sector clients globally, creating best-of-breed solutions for some of the most prestigious airport and seaport authorities around the world in the areas of asset and portfolio management, services management, and security command and control.

A few examples of Sotiris' client experience includes:

• Conducting a conceptual stage risk assessment for financing a new terminal for a dominant airport authority in Europe;
• Advising the Government of Cyprus in establishing PPP Concessions nation-wide in public transport.
• Developing risk management plans and project finance alternatives for  the International Arrivals Building at JFK International Airport;
• Conducting the financial and technical risk analysis of the AirTrain for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
• Advising a multi-national concessionaire on capital investment plans for a dominant power generation facility in Malaysia;
• Developing a risk-based, financial model for a prestigious public agency to formulate a 20-year transportation business strategy in electronic tolls collection;
• Conducting a risk assessment and reviewing IT requirements for the largest E911 system in the USA, including security and systems integration;
• Developing decision models for the largest government utility agency in Canada to develop project finance strategies for their water system;
• Conducting a five-year risk and reliability assessment of all MTA subway systems in New York; and
• Providing strategic support for the formation of an IT Security network for the Athens Olympic Games.