DFCC Consulting powers business advancement

DFCC Consulting functions independently and provides specialised services such as due diligence, financial evaluations, sourcing and syndication of funding and sourcing investors and developers for identified projects. The firm also performs a wide spectrum of support functions for DFCC Bank where it provides supplementary expertise in specialised areas such as project engineering, environmental impact assessment and renewable energy.

DFCC Consulting (Pvt) Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of DFCC Bank and is a member of the well-diversified DFCC Group which includes DFCC Vardhana Bank, Synapsys Limited, Lanka Industrial Estates Limited (LINDEL), Acuity Partners (Pvt) Limited and National Asset Management Limited (NAMAL).

Set up in 2004 with the mandate to provide fee based consultancy services using the experienced human resources available within the DFCC Group, DFCC Consulting during its first decade of operation, has grown in stature and has established itself as a key player in the consulting sphere.

The firm's areas of specialisation include advisory services to the energy and finance sectors. Its track record is impressive having performed several domestic and overseas assignments for government, multilateral and private agencies. These include the World Bank who retained DFCC Consulting to evaluate the financing and performance of private grid connected renewable power projects in Sri Lanka.

The firm was also retained by a leading NGO in Nepal to provide capacity building to a specialised development bank for the appraisal of hydropower projects in that country. At present DFCC Consulting is advising an agency of the Government of Uganda on the implementation of a loan scheme for solar power.

The firm was also instrumental in supporting the DFCC Group in the conversion of the Home Finance Company of Fiji into a commercial bank, providing consultancy services in IT, trade finance and Treasury management.