David Baxter is the director of the Institute for Public Private Partnerships, a Tetra Tech Company based in Arlington, Virginia. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and has lived and worked across Africa. He is a fully trained educator and socio-economist and has worked at a number of educational/research institutions. He is focused on developing PPP capacity building programs for international clients (public and private sector) mostly who are focused on the energy, water, and transportation sectors.