Tim Whittaker, PhD is Director of the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA). He was awarded his PhD in Finance from Griffith University in 2013. His research interests are infrastructure finance, public private partnerships, valuation and asset pricing. In addition to his PhD, Tim holds a Master of Business (Financial Management) from Queensland University of Technology and a Bachelor of Economics as well as a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and is a member of CPA Australia.