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Houston, Texas

London, England, GB

Originate investments, fund raise and manage portfolio companies.

Investment in an e-mobility/battery charging/battery swapping venture investment in India.

Publicly traded SPAC or “blank check company” (NYSE: SEDA). Although not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in the identification and acquisition of a target company, the company’s intention is to pursue opportunities created by the rapid shift towards energy efficiency and decentralized energy solutions for a lower carbon economy.

Guelph, Ontario, CA

Serve as an independent board member of this publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CSIQ) that manufactures solar PV modules and provides turn-key solar energy solutions and has c. $3.5 billion in annual revenues. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brazil and solar project development and operations in Europe, North.

Guelph, Ontario, CA

Investment company with an investment in Verto Management LLC ("Verto"). Verto's global investment and asset management strategy focuses on the transformation, utilization, and integration of waste and lower grade material sources to produce higher value products such as renewable heat, power, materials, chemicals, gas, solid and liquid fuels.Verto has.

Early stage company focused on energy storage and energy services solutions.

Private investment company investing in distributed generation and smart grid businesses. By providing capital and strategic assistance to its alliance partners, K Road DG promotes intelligent and sustainable, storage, distributed generation and Smart Grid companies. K Road DG adheres strictly to the principles of environmental and social responsibility.

Zug, Zug, CH

Private equity & infrastructure funds focused on clean energy projects, including gas fired generation, solar, wind, cogeneration, mini-hydro, waste to energy, and biomass. Member of the Investment Commitee. Lead transaction structuring and execution on a global basis. Successfully negotiated and closed the exit of the Capital Dynamics Solar Energy Fund LP.

Served on the Board of Own Energy, a wind energy independent power producer, until the company was sold to EdF Renewables. Chaired the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.

Orange, Connecticut, US

• PPM Energy is a $2 billion dollar merchant energy company and was the second largest U.S. wind energy company, the 3rd largest independent gas storage company, had a substantial thermal power generation and origination.
• Successfully developed and implemented a tax monetization strategy to enable the company to capture the substantial tax benefits associated with wind energy projects. Resulted in a more than 100% increase in operating.
• Part of senior leadership team that grew operating profit from $97M in FY05 to $340M in FY07.
• Restructured and upgraded the finance organization by recruiting a new industry experienced controller, director of financial reporting, and adding a project and corporate finance capability.
• Led Sarbanes Oxley compliance efforts; received “A” internal audit report for Sec. 302 internal certification process.
• Sponsored and led the development and implementation of a new Oracle based enterprise resource planning system to provide the corporation with better information and control of its rapidly growing operations.

Wichita, Kansas, US

• Koch Materials Company was a billion dollar company and was part of Koch Industries, Inc., an $80B private corporation. Koch Materials was engaged in manufacturing, developing, and marketing petroleum products such as.
• Successfully recapitalized and restructured the Company's Brazilian operations to provide for enhanced cash flow and reduced external financing requirements by accelerating receivables collections, "right sizing the.
• Upgraded the finance organization by adding a corporate finance function, restructuring the corporate international controllership function by recruiting a new international controller, recruiting new CFO’s for the.
• A leader in the re-engineering of the Company’s North American operations to close unprofitable plants, realign division operations, reduce costs, and emphasize selling higher margin products, resulting in a 25%.
• A principal in negotiating a potential joint venture with OAO Yukos, the large Russian petroleum company, to produce and market technically advanced asphalt products in Russia.
• Executive sponsor for upgraded ERP IT system implementations in Mexico and North America.

Managed financial operations for start-up energy technology firm, which had patents to convert biomass into a direct substitute for natural gas. Raised new finances through private equity. Early stage investors included Ted Turner through his foundation and Arthur Blank, a co-founder of The Home Depot.

Raised/pursued additional financing with strategic partners and major investment bank for early stage firm constructing a mobile satellite system (FAISAT) for global data communications. Pursued both private equity and high yield bond offering financing. Led development of employee compensation program. Strategic investors included General Dynamics.

the largest independent power producer in the world with operations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Negotiated, structured, financed, and closed largest non-Japan Asia M&A transaction, which contributes $200M annually in profits. Arranged a committed $12B credit facility to finance a cross-border hostile acquisition, structured so $10B was non-recourse.

Designed and recruited an entirely new finance organization of 35 employees to support the firm's strategic growth plans. Managed team in hostile $1.8B cross-border acquisition that established the company as a major energy player in the United Kingdom and contributed over $100M in first-year profits.

Led project finance efforts through a staff of 20 to support project development, including acquisitions and greenfield development on a global basis.Manager of Corporate Finance - Unregulated Businesses, The Southern Company

Atlanta, GA, US

Provided financial support for Southern Company's unregulated businesses, including an independent power producer, a photovoltaic solar joint venture, and a consumer electronics retailer.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Provided finance analytical support for operations, rate cases, and financings.

Produced an analysis of oil and natural gas pipelines for the Energy Information Agency of the US Department of Energy. Produced a study of the Civilian Air Reserve for the Department of Defense.

Washington, DC, US

Provided research and analytical support as collegiate intern for economic investigation for agricultural projects in South Asia in Burma and Bangladesh.

Mba, Finance

Executive Development Consortium For Senior Managers

B.A., Economics