Marcel Ham

Technical Assistance Specialist, REBEL

Marcel Ham is co-founder and co-owner of Rebel. He has more than 20 years of experience in assessing, developing, structuring and implementing innovative finance and P3 projects in the US, Europe and globally. Marcel has been lead financial and transaction advisor on over a dozen innovative finance and alternative project delivery projects. Marcel led the team that developed advanced guidelines on risk assessment and value-for-money assessment for U.S. DOT and co-authored the Model P3 Contract Guides and guide on Successful P3 Practices in the U.S.

Relevant Project Experience

• Virginia DOT 460 Audit, Petersburg-Norfolk: Advised Virginia DOT on the US 460 project, a $1.3B toll road between Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA.
• US 36 Bus Rapid Transit/Managed Lanes, CO: Advised on TIFIA loan for $480M bus rapid transit/managed lanes P3 project between Denver and Boulder.
• A59 Highway P3, the Netherlands: Advised the Province of Northern Brabant on the A59 highway P3 project, the first availability payment P3 for road infrastructure in continental Europe.
• LaGuardia AirTrain: Advised PANYNJ on the new LaGuardia AirTrain, focusing on funding, financing and project delivery options.
• Chapel Hill – Durham Light Rail, NC: Advised the transit agency on the development of this $1.8B light rail project.
• Oakland County Connected Vehicle P3: Supported the successful bidder on the partnership with Oakland County for this first-of-its-kind P3 project.

Policy & Research

• Case Studies of Handback Experience with Public-Private Partnerships, December 2017, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Guidelines for the Development of a Policy for Managing Unsolicited Proposals in Infrastructure Projects, October 2016, World Bank, PPIAF  
• Revenue Risk Sharing for Highway Public-Private Partnership Concessions, December 2016, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Guidebook for Risk Assessment in Public Private Partnerships, December 2013, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Guidebook for Value for Money Assessment, December 2013, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Model Public-Private Partnerships Core Toll Concessions Contract Guide, September 2014, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Availability Payment Concessions Public-Private Partnerships Model Contract Guide, September 2015, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration  
• Successful Practices for P3s, A review of what works when delivering transportation via public-private partnerships, March 2016, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

Training

100+ trainings, bootcamps and webinars on innovative funding, financing, project delivery, project finance, risk assessment, value for money assessment and P3 procurement