Allard M Nooy
President, Covanta Asia Pacific

Mr. Nooy has worked and lived in several Asian countries over the last 17 years and has gained in-depth knowledge of the region, its cultural diversity, and an understanding of Asian business practices. Prior to his appointment with Covanta in 2008, Mr. Nooy managed Leighton Asia Limited’s business in the People’s Republic of China as well as infrastructure development and investment activities throughout Asia. Previously, Mr. Nooy was Thames Water International’s Regional Director of Greater China where he initiated and led M&A transactions in China and Hong Kong. Before joining Thames Water, Mr. Nooy was the General Manager of the international EPC group Vermeer – Ballast Nedam’s Southeast Asian operations, based in Vietnam where he was responsible for South East Asia, and led the development, negotiations, structuring of finance and implementation of design, build, finance and operating (DBFO) contracts of major water supply and waste to energy projects.