Rolfe is co-author of the forthcoming World Bank publication “Scaling Reuse: a tipping point for municipal and industrial use” and advises the 2030 Water Resources Group on their global programmes. He advises the South African Minister of Water on economic regulation and National Treasury on reforms to water services in cities. Rolfe advise the City of Cape Town during their response to the ‘Day Zero drought’, was lead drafter of the Cape Town Water Strategy “Our shared water” the author of “Strategies to improve decision making in a crisis: lessons for utility and city leaders from the Cape Town experience.” (2024) and ‘Providing Water to Poor People in African Cities Effectively: Lessons from Utility reform’ (2016). He supports KfW, GIZ and VEI in the conceptualisation and development of the Urban Water Catalyst Initiative, launched at the UN Water Conference in 2023. He has convened leadership programs for African water utility CEOs, for mayors and city managers of South Africa cities. Rolfe works independently as an international water adviser. He has a PhD in Economics and over 25 years of experience advising governments and development agencies on water policy, institutional reform, regulation and utility management.