Allard M Nooy
President, Covanta Asia Pacific

Allard Nooy became President, in March 2008, of Covanta Energy Asia Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Covanta Holding Corporation.  With more than 18 years of business experience in Asia, Mr. Nooy has worked successfully with municipal governments to develop, acquire, and manage infrastructure projects throughout the region.   Project formats have varied widely, including:  Public Private Partnerships, Build Operate Transfer projects, and Design Build Finance and Operate structures.

Before joining Covanta, Mr. Nooy was Regional Director, Infrastructure Development with Leighton, Australia's largest engineering and contracting group.  From the Asian head office in Hong Kong, he managed Leighton's business in China as well as its infrastructure development and investment activities throughout the region.  Prior to joining Leighton,  Mr. Nooy was Thames Water International’s Regional Director for Greater China, where he initiated and led numerous M&A transactions and oversaw joint-venture and other projects in China and Hong Kong.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Nooy was based in Vietnam, where he served as the General Manager of Vermeer - Ballast Nedam, an international EPC group.  In that capacity, he was instrumental in the development, financing and oversight of major water supply and Energy-from-Waste projects across Southeast Asia.