Charles Derblay is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. He is also a registered member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants and the Mauritius Institute of Directors.
Charles worked for a local building and civil engineering firm for over 15 years. During this time he led the development of a gas to energy project, which was the first project, in Mauritius, to be registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). He was also involved in the negotiation of several key Joint Ventures with large international construction firms.
He more recently worked at PwC, where he was involved in project finance, corporate valuation, buy and sell side assistance and due diligence exercises.
Charles now heads Gradient Advisory Ltd and has been involved in the development of several large real estate projects, the most notable being the Victoria Urban Terminal, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure project