Our Team

Rupert has decades of professional consulting experience in both Southeast Asia and Africa. As a former corporate and commercial attorney he has advised some of the world’s largest companies navigate an unfamiliar regulatory landscape and structure their investments to minimize risk. He has also assisted various development organizations in their regulatory reform initiatives. In the development sector he has advised the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, International Executive Service Corps, the United Nations Capital Development Fund, International Finance Corporation and the Institute of Migration. In the private sector he is proud to have represented ANZ Bank Ltd, Standard Bank PLC, Unilever, Deloitte, Anglo-American PLC, De Beers, Nokia and New Forests Asset Management. He has developed specialist expertise in analyzing and designing policy positions for both private and public sector institutions.

Tia brings many years of financial management to the team. Having served as a Financial Specialist for the US Embassy in Vientiane for many years, he took charge of financial management at MAG and Save the Children in Vientiane where he was responsible for grant management and audit of donor funds from the EU, Japan, Korea, Australia, the US and the UK. He also served as Head of Finance for ANZ Bank (Lao) Co. Ltd before joining the team at Riverstone Consulting.