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Trémolet consulting specialises in the economic, financial and institutional aspects of infrastructure. We provide consulting, research and training services to international organisations, development agencies and banks, governments, non-governmental organisations and the private sector.

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Sophie Trémolet

set up the practice in 2004 after seven years of working for international consultancies NERA (National Economic Research Associates) and ERM (Environmental Resources Management). She has worked in a broad range of developed and developing countries on issues including electricity sector privatisation, infrastructure regulation, water resource valuation or the financing of dry-pit latrines. Sophie has a passion for clear thinking and writing applied to complex social and environmental issues. Sophie has established a solid reputation for strong and in-depth research on critical policy issues in the water and sanitation sector. She works on a regular basis with international organisations, bilateral donors, foundations and NGOs and is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Sanitation Fund. She trained at Sciences-Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York, earning two Masters in international business and finance, followed by economic development. Sophie is fluent in English, French and Spanish with a working knowledge of Portuguese and basic Arabic.
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we work with

  • Martina Rama

    Martina Rama

    is a political scientist specialized on environment and sustainable development. She works on the economic, political, institutional and socio-cultural aspects of water management (services and resources), with a special focus on developing countries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences and International Relations from the University of Bologna (Italy) and a MA in Environment and Sustainable Development from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (France). After graduating, she worked as a consultant for UNESCO before joining the French Water Academy where she held a position of project manager, carrying out different studies mainly sponsored by the French Ministry of Environment and the French Development Agency (AFD). She is currently based in Mali and working throughout West Africa.

  • Barbara Evans

    Barbara Evans

    works part-time as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds and also carries out independent consultancy work. She has twenty five years experience working in the field of water and sanitation service delivery in low-income urban and rural areas of South Asia, Africa and Latin America. Barbara is a member of the Technical Advisory group of the Global Sanitation Fund, an advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation water programme, and a member of the Global Development Solutions Advisory Group of the International Water Association. She also chairs the review Panel for DFID’s flagship sanitation research programme RiPPLE and is one of the four-person Strategic Advisory Group for the United Nations’ global Joint Monitoring Program on Water and Sanitation. Her work focuses on the interplay between institutional, financial and technical factors needed to achieve sustainable access to sanitation in improvements in hygiene in low-income urban areas and in rural districts.

  • Robert Martin

    Robert Martin

    is an independent consultant providing expertise and management support to organizations dealing with issues in water and sanitation. Recent work has included assisting in the design and implementation of the Global Sanitation Fund of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and supporting water projects of the European Investment Bank. He was previously Director of the Water and Sustainable Development Programme of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Prior to that, he worked 15 years in the Suez Group, managing rural and urban water and wastewater operations in France and programmes to support operations worldwide. His first experience in the field of water was with rural water supply projects in West Africa in the early 1980s. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from Yale University. He has both U.S. and French nationality.