Andrew Matthews
founder
management
Island Water Technologies
Canada
Biography
Mr. Matthews is founder of Douglas McNeill. Douglas McNeill helps Canadian companies succeed internationally. Over the last five years Andrew has been completely dedicated to one client, Appleton Consulting Inc. As one of the two partners at Appleton he ran all the operations, which included business development. Appleton is a leading engineering consulting company that helps international and local firms grow in Afghanistan. One of Andrew’s accomplishments during his time with Appleton was bringing Ellis Don (one of Canada’s top engineering firms) and Canarail (an international rail engineering company based in Montreal) into Afghanistan, by finding them the right opportunities and supporting them in their entry into this new environment. Now Appleton is working with Ellis Don to oversee the construction of 3,000 low-cost housing units in Kabul, and with Canarail to conduct the pre-feasibility and preliminary design of 700 km of railway in Northern Afghanistan, both multi-million dollar projects. In addition to bringing in international clients, under his leadership the team helped their local engineering clients win over $150M worth of projects.
Research Interest
business development
