Matt Firla-Cuchra
Matt Firla-Cuchra
KPMG
With over 25 years of experience in banking and consulting, Matt is an economist and finance practitioner advising on strategy, regulation and financing of utilities and infrastructure. Matt leads KPMG practice in Water and Power & Utilities in the UK and is the KPMG lead on nuclear energy globally. His clients include major water and energy networks such as National Grid, Thames Water, Cadent Gas, or Anglian Water as well as large energy suppliers such as Centrica, Engie, EDF, CEZ, SSE and Fortum. Matt has advised on many large infrastructure projects including Sizewell C, Hinkley Point C, Dukovany & nuclear new build, Whitehorse and other reservoirs, Thames Tideway and Heathrow expansion. He also regularly works for governments and regulators including Ofwat, Ofgem, CAA, ORR, Ofcom, FCA, European Commission and HM Government. On occasions Matt acts as an expert witness providing evidence to courts, regulators, competition and other public authorities, including at the High Court, CMA, CAT and HMRC. Matt began his career at Rothschild and Citigroup, is an expert on structured finance and the author of several key studies on the subject. Prior to KPMG, Matt was spent 8 years at Oxera where he led the finance team. He has extensive training in finance and economics having studied and taught courses at Oxford and Harvard.
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