ABOUT

Built to advise differently.

FD was founded to keep experienced people close to the work, provide independent advice and build a company whose success creates opportunity beyond its founders.

WHY FD EXISTS

Better outcomes start before delivery.

Complex projects can lose value long before construction begins. Requirements remain unclear. Technical, commercial and sustainability decisions are made separately. Assumptions go unchallenged. Advice arrives as a report but does not create a path to action.

FD was established to bring experienced, independent judgement closer to the decisions that shape scope, investment, procurement and delivery. We help clients understand the real choice in front of them, test what needs testing and move forward with greater confidence.

Our role

Make the decision clearer. Make the trade-offs visible. Make the next step practical.

WHEN TO CALL US

The decisions clients bring to FD.

When the decision matters, and the answer is not obvious. Clients bring FD into high-value, high-consequence decisions where technical performance, commercial value, sustainability and delivery risk intersect.

Define the right strategy

A power, infrastructure, sustainability or transformation pathway needs to be clarified before major commitments are made.

Test the investment case

Options, assumptions, costs, risks or projected benefits require independent challenge.

Structure the market approach

An EPC, IPP, PPA, adviser or delivery partner must be procured and evaluated effectively.

Connect competing requirements

Technical, commercial, sustainability, operational and stakeholder priorities are pulling in different directions.

Strengthen client-side capacity

The internal team needs senior support for a critical period without building a permanent layer too early.

Recover momentum

A project, rating pathway, process or decision has become unclear, fragmented or difficult to progress.

HOW WE THINK

One decision. Multiple lenses.

Good infrastructure decisions are rarely only technical, only commercial or only about sustainability. FD connects the disciplines that influence the outcome so clients can see the whole decision before committing capital, time and reputation.

Energy & Power Infrastructure

Power strategy, hybrid systems, infrastructure options, procurement and project development for mining, industrial and critical assets.

Infrastructure Due Diligence & Commercial Advisory

Business cases, financial and lifecycle analysis, commercial models, tender strategy, proposal review and decision assurance.

Sustainability & Built Environment

Infrastructure Sustainability, Green Star, ESD, building performance, decarbonisation and delivery-ready sustainability pathways.

Digital & Process Transformation

Practical improvement of information, workflows, reporting and decision processes, supported by additional specialists where the assignment requires them.

Not every engagement needs every capability

We shape the scope around the decision. The aim is not to sell a full service catalogue; it is to bring the right combination of judgement and expertise to the problem in front of the client.

OUR MODEL

Founder-led. Built to scale with purpose.

Today, clients work directly with Om Dolasia or Camila Fonseca Mazzo. The founder responsible for an engagement remains accountable for the scope, judgement, communication and quality of the work.

When an assignment requires additional capacity or specialist depth, FD adds it openly and deliberately. Employees, associates and delivery partners are selected for the actual work, with their role made clear and one accountable FD lead maintained throughout.

As the firm grows, the promise remains the same: experienced people stay close to the decision, clients know who is doing the work, and growth adds capability without adding unnecessary distance.

What clients can expect

Direct senior access

The person accountable for the advice stays involved in the work and the important conversations.

A team matched to the assignment

Capability is added because the scope requires it, not because a large team must be kept busy.

Transparent delivery

Clients know which work is performed by FD employees, associates or specialist partners.

One point of responsibility

The delivery model can expand while accountability remains clear.

INDEPENDENCE

Independent means useful, not detached.

FD is not tied to a technology vendor, contractor or predetermined solution. Our responsibility is to the client’s decision and the evidence that should inform it.

We test assumptions, make trade-offs visible, identify conflicts, distinguish evidence from preference and say when the answer points in a different direction. Independence also means being honest about the limits of our role and recommending other specialists when that is the better outcome for the client.

Our independence principles

Disclose relevant relationships and potential conflicts.
Separate evaluation criteria from preferred solutions.
Show assumptions, uncertainty and material limitations.
Maintain the client’s decision rights and ownership of the outcome.
Be direct when FD is not the right adviser for the work.
HOW WE WORK

The FD Way

Listen before advising. Challenge respectfully. Tailor the engagement. Protect independence. Invest in people. Leave things better.

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