On graduation Bill Howe worked for 2 years on major UK construction projects. He relocated to South Africa in 1969 and subsequently accumulated over 25 years experience providing management, engineering and construction services to major international corporations and government entities. Most recently he was CEO of Ecomulsion Fuel Solutions SA and Quadrise Fuels International plc, a start-up AIM listed emulsion fuels company which successfully commercialised oil-in-water emulsion fuels based on refinery heavy residue feedstocks. Previously, he was Executive Director at Bateman Projects responsible globally for that company’s oil, gas, energy and water engineering businesses. He spent over 20 years with the Foster Wheeler group a leading process plants contractor holding the positions of Director of Sales at Foster Wheeler Energy Limited UK and Managing Director of Foster Wheeler‘s South African affiliate. He was involved as a principal in an MBO of Foster Wheeler South Africa and its subsequent re-sale to Babcock and later to the Foster Wheeler group. He has interacted with and delivered major projects for clients in the oil and gas, power generation, oil refining, synthetic fuels, water and environmental sectors on an international basis. Mr. Howe is currently CEO of Gasconsult Ltd an LNG technology provider for mid-scale applications. In summary his career experience covers:o CEO level experience in private and listed companieso Experience interfacing with financial institutions and equity markets o International operations and sales experience (EMEA, Asia and the USA) o Acquisition, merger, joint venture and MBO experience o Successful company right sizing and turn-around experienceMr Howe has also provided independent consulting services on the energy sector to over 20 financial services firms.