Conduct due diligence on potential investee companies for Talanton LLC, an impact investor helping to create jobs, fight poverty and transform lives by investing in faith-driven enterprises in Africa.

- Assisted in the establishment of project management and engineering services company offering services to the petrochemical industryo Company registrationo Email and File Transfer Server set upo Establishing relationships with Hong Kong based service providers (banks, serviced office providors.etc.)- Conducting feasibility studies for major petrochemical projectso Preparing macroeconomic scenarioso Analysing global market dynamics for a number of petrochemical productso Analysing pricing history and developing future pricing projectionso Analysing project economics to rank a range of optionso Completing detailed financial evaluation of short listed optionso Identifying issues to be considered in developing preferred options- Assisting Asian and Australian polymer convertors in resin procurement strategy, recycling and quality issue resolution- Advising Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange on the establishment of plastic futures contracto Contract specificationo Warehouse operating guidelines and tendero Promotion of contract to industry participants including producers, traders, convertors and end users- Assisting clients in procurement reviews assessing competitiveness and identifying areas for improvement

- Assisting in the preparation and delivery of petrochemical training courses to the public and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Australia and Africa- Courses cover both the technical and commercial aspects of the petrochemical and polymer industry

- Conducted due diligence on potential investee companies for impact investment organisation

- Assisting six joint venture companies in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region in procurement of monomer (US$1 billion per annum), logistics (US$100 million per annum) and additives (US$50 million per annum). - Completing major project evaluation in Asia, the Middle East and South America (investments considered were between US$200M and US$2 billion)- Assisted in the establishment of a joint marketing entity to manage the exports of products from three Asian joint ventures and one wholly owned business (total annual sales US$500 million)- Assisting the Senior Vice President Asia Pacific Operations in monitoring joint venture performance- Managing the supply chain for product supplied to the Asia Pacific, Indian Subcontinent, Africa and Middle East from supply sources in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North Americao Managing the range of products offered by the supply sources including addition of new products and deletion of obsolete products- Managing the forecasting and availability checking process and working with the supply sources to improve delivery performance. o Total value of product sold is US$1 billion per annum. from 10 supply sources into over 30 countries. o Establishing logistics models for three large Saudi assets, including selling product while on the water and managing warehouses in Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore and Bahrain (two reports)- Member of global team managing LyondellBasell’s involvement with the LME and investigating if it can be used to manage pricing risk.- Assisting senior management in evaluation and implementation of mergers, acquisitions and divestments.

- Negotiated and managed high value plant consumable contracts (e.g. monomer, additives, packaging, services etc.)- Managed the purchasing of additives and packaging materials - Managed the procurement process of Basell Australia.o Suppliers included major oil companies (e.g. Shell, Caltex, BP) and multinational chemical companies (e.g. Ciba, Akzo, Great Lakes). o Total value of the contracts was in excess of A$100 million per annum- Established and coordinated a regional procurement initiative with four Asian joint venture companies o achieved annualised savings of US$3M by end of 2002 - Acted as the focal point for contact between Basell Global Procurement and joint venture companies in Asia and Latin America.

Managed polypropylene customers in Sydney and MelbourneAccounts included Kimberly Clark, Shorko, PolyPacific, ITW, Cryovac, Sebel, Southcorp, Viscount and Snaith Industries, three distributors and a number of small privately owned businesses. 2000 sales were A$80 million. Negotiated contracts and pricing with customers, assisted customers with technical and supply issues, liaised with technical department on new grade development and liaised with supply department on stock management.

Managed quality control laboratoryManaged product dispatch from plant to external warehouses Negotiated raw material contracts and managed offtakesScheduled plant Assisted in preparation of annual raw material budget Maintained ISO 9000 quality accreditationDeveloped new Polypropylene products

Provided technical service for Shell Chemicals' injection moulding polypropylene customers (e.g. Tupperware, Sebel Furniture, Southcorp Packaging)Developed new polypropylene materials for the Australian and Asian marketManaged customer relationships in Australia and China, India, Philippines, Thailand and New ZealandConducted training courses in polypropylene for customers and agents in Australia and Asia

Conducted chemical and physical testing of polypropylene in support of technical service and product development