Name STEWART SCOTT GIBSON
Date of birth 8 March 1944
Profession Management Consultant (Professional Engineer)
Position in firm Principal, Stewart Gibson & Associates (Pty) Ltd
Specialisation Best Practices in the Delivery of Municipal Services
Nationality South African/British
Years of Experience 45
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Combines his engineering qualifications and experience and backgrounds in finance, management and organisational structures with current experience in the optimisation and improvement of the provision of municipal services. Has led the advisory team in a number of public/public and public/private partnership programmes in South Africa mainly involving the water and sanitation sector. Has also had direct involvement in the operation and future structuring of a number of water services authorities and water services providers that were responsible for the in-house provision of water services. Was the leader of diagnostic study teams who assessed the ability of various municipalities in respect of service delivery, cost recovery, financial soundness and the potential for local economic development. He also has developed models to estimate staffing requirements and costs as well as tariff structuring and has undertaken considerable work in structuring budgets for water and sanitation departments including linking these to water demand predictions. This work has also included identifying and assessing reasons for physical losses and non-revenue water and working with interventions to address these matters.
Registered as a professional engineer in South Africa, his background is municipal engineering gained from working in a new town and local authorities in the UK as well as with consultants in South Africa. As an active member of Toastmasters International, he is a skilled presenter and facilitator and has over 25 years experience in top management positions where he was responsible for all aspects including finance, administration, legal, human resources and information technology.
His specialisation fields cover:
municipal management and service delivery
evaluation and implementation of in-house or partnership solutions in local government aimed at improving service delivery
budgeting and cost recovery processes for water and sanitation services
water conservation and dealing with non revenue water
contractual matters associated with the provision of services
management and monitoring for public/private and public/public contracts
the provision of municipal services as part of private sector developments
After 25 years with a major South African consultancy where he achieved the position of Group Director he formed his own company, Stewart Gibson & Associates (Pty) Ltd, to provide independent specialist advisory services in the above fields.
