The 2013 Envirotech Investor Summit | October 30-31 in London

Team Head - Power, Renewables & Water, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

Federico commenced his career as General Counsel at an infrastructure conglomerate (partly owned by the IFC, the private arm of the World Bank) in Buenos Aires. In 2002 he joined Currie & Brown, a British PFI and PPP consultancy practice for projects in the UK and Latin America, advising on project financing and concession agreement with governments and the private sector.

Managing Partner & CEO, Glennmont Partners

Joost Bergsma founded BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners in mid 2008 whilst working at ABN AMRO Asset Management now owned by BNP Paribas Investment Partners.  At the end of 2010, Clean Energy Partners finalised its fund raising at Euro435m for its first clean energy fund.

Managing Partner & CIO, Montpelier Technologies

Jonathan Wymer promotes investment in the new technologies that stand to benefit from disruption of existing platforms in big data, data science, DevOps, and he manages one of the most sought after Kubernetes development teams in Europe. With a background in big data, Jon's team strives to exploit cutting edge strategies in artificial intelligence to bring new functionality to existing applications within green tech. Major advances in CAD, using IA informed, containerized software orchestration have provided opportunities to contribute to global cloud based solutions made available to both governments and industry.

Senior Product Development Manager - Energy Efficiency & Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)

Asari Efiong is Senior  Product Development Manager in the Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD). She is responsible for new financial product development in renewable energy and clean technology across the EBRD countries of operations.

Managing Director-Project & Commodity Finance, UniCredit Bank AG

Amit specialises in financing projects in the conventional and renewable energy sector.  Amit has 15 years of experience in the energy sector in both financing and advisory. 

CEO, Innasol

A highly experienced and respected CEO. Prior to founding Innasol in 2010, Silvio spent 8 years as the CEO of Internorm Group, Europe’s highly successful leading window manufacturer responsible for 1,800 staff and 1,200 commercial partners. He is a vocal commentator on renewable energy and UK renewable heating and has indirectly participated in the drafting and debate of a UK renewable financial incentive programme and UK Government support.

Development Manager - Offshore Wind, The Crown Estate

Ian Bryan joined The Crown Estate in February 2009  and currently has responsibility for delivery of the Offshore Wind Test & Demonstration programme.

Senior Manager for Energy Policy, Isle of Man Government

Since 2009, Dr Ken Milne has been Senior Manager for Energy Policy in the Isle of Man Government where he has advised on energy policy and economic development. He has a MBA from the Open University and a BSc (Hons) and PhD from the University of Dundee in the UK. 

Kelsey B. Lynn is Director, Technology Ventures, at Imperial Innovations, a £230m venture business focused on technology commercialization and venture financing for startups associated with the top UK research universities.

COO, Hydrodec

 David Robertson has been the Chief Operating Officer of Hydrodec Group plc since January 2012. He previously spent 30 years at BP plc, with 10 years in executive level roles concluding as Technology Vice President, Conversion, in the Refining and Marketing segment.  After leaving BP in 2009 he held the position of COO at a US based technology start-up business in the energy/waste sectors, with accountability for R&D, projects and operations.

Director, Marwind Group

Rob van Basten Batenburg has almost 10 years of experience in the offshore wind, marine and other forms of renewable energy sectors. After a distinguised career in the Royal Netherlands Navy as submariner and senior staff officer for plans and policy, he focused on providing professional services in management consulting and innovation in HiTech, CleanTech, maritime and energy technology areas. He also has a tenure as Director in BT Group, where he was an innovator and drove international business.

He is a graduate of the Dutch naval and defence academies, AmsterdamUniversity and LondonBusinessSchool with a Sloan Fellowship.

CEO, Atlantis Resources Corporation

Timothy acquired a unique combination of academic, practical and commercial experience before taking the role of CEO of ARC. Tim has accumulated a wealth of engineering and concept development experience.

Susan Petty President & Chief Technology Officer, AltaRock Energy

Susan Petty is the Chief Technology Officer, President, and Founder of AltaRock Energy, Inc.  She has over 34 years of experience in the geothermal industry in electrical and direct use project economics, optimizing of power plants to meet resource conditions, reservoir evaluation, reservoir modeling, well, plant and wellfield performance data analysis, well testing and test data analysis.  She has also assisted in negotiation of geothermal lease agreements, power sales agreements, geothermal project financing agreements and geothermal property sales and purchases, and policy studies for state and federal agencies.

Jean-Baptiste Barbaroux Head of Corporate Development, Global Bioenergies

Jean-Baptiste Barbaroux is Head of Corporate Development at Global Bioenergies. He was trained as a molecular biologist and he obtained his PhD from Imperial College London, UK. Jean-Baptiste Barbaroux later turned his R&D activities to the fields of synthetic biology and enzyme engineering. He joined Global Bioenergies in 2011 to lead enzyme engineering projects before taking over the responsibility of Corporate Development. Jean-Baptiste is now based in Hong Kong from where he actively develops the company’s network in Asia.rporate Finance, RBS and Merrill Lynch.

Founder and Managing Partner, Capricorn Venture Partners

Dr Jos B. Peeters is Founder and Managing Partner of Capricorn Venture Partners, an independent pan-European venture capital and asset manager seeking to invest in technology based growth companies. Capricorn is investing out of its Capricorn Cleantech Fund, its Capricorn Health-tech Fund, its Capricorn ICT Arkiv and is managing Quest for Growth, a cross-over fund quoted on EuroNext Brussels, and the Quest Management Cleantech Sicav.

Portfolio Delivery Manager - Offshore Wind, The Crown Estate

Dorothy Shepherd is The Crown Estate’s Portfolio Delivery Manager, responsible for the delivery phase of the offshore wind programme. She heads the Offshore Wind Delivery Team, located in Edinburgh and London, who support post consent offshore windfarm sites that face project finance challenges to reach a financial investment decision.

Managing Director, Turqouise International

Francis is a Managing Director of Turquoise International, a merchant bank specialising in Energy and the Environment. Established in 2002, Turquoise offers both corporate finance advisory and investment management services. Turquoise is also a founder member of Turquoise Capital LLP, a seed-stage investor, and acts as fund manager to the Low Carbon Innovation Fund. Francis previously worked at Close Brothers Corporate Finance, RBS and Merrill Lynch.’s network in Asia.rporate Finance, RBS and Merrill Lynch.

Managing Partner, Georgieff Capital Advisors (UK) LLP

Nicholas Atkins has over 20 years of corporate finance and private equity experience.  He has advised on a range of M&A and corporate finance transactions across various industry groups, including the technology sector, and now heads up Georgieff Capital’s clean technology advisory practice.  He has also successfully led a number of private equity transactions both as an advisor and principal.  Mr. Atkins has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.  He has dual British and US citizenship.

Partner, Generation Investment Management

Colin works on Generation's Climate Solutions Fund. Prior to co-founding Generation in 2004, Colin was a Director at Sustainable Asset Management ("SAM") where he worked on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and SAM's sustainable investment funds.

Founder & Managing Partner, Platina Partners

Thomas is the founder and a Managing Partner of Platina Energy Partners, an independent European investment firm specialized in renewable energy established in June 2002, investing its third generation fund mainly in wind and solar opportunities across Europe. Thomas chairs the investment committee and oversaw the investment and operational activities of more than 1.1GW of investments in renewable assets. Prior to this Thomas was Senior Vice President, Business Development for Sithe Energies Europe, which acquired and operated large power generation assets, where he led the business development effort in Central and Eastern Europe.

Head of Marketing & Sales - EV Charging Infrastructure, ABB

Martin Hale is the Head of Marketing & Sales for UK and Ireland at ABB EV Charging Infrastructure, a world leader in fast EV charging solutions.

CEO, Stratagem

Nicola Baker-Munton is the Chief Executive Officer of Stratagem Intellectual Property Management Limited which she founded in 1999.  At Stratagem, Nicola has pioneered strategic management of IP through her strong commercial experience and belief that IP clients require expert advice as part of an overall defined plan for maximising the value of IP assets.

Executive Vice President - Europe, Skanska

Steve Cooper is EVP for Skanska Infrastructure Development, an operating unit of Skanska AB, one of the world’s largest development and construction services companies.  He is responsible for the UK and European PFI / PPP market, overseeing projects in development including healthcare, education, roads, waste, energy, and accommodation.

Managing Director, Greenway Operator a.s.

Peter founded GreenWay Operator together with Juraj Ulehla in 2011, as a spin-off from MyEnergy, which is active in various clean technology and renewable energy projects in the Slovak Republic. Peter is also the Director of the Slovak Electric Vehicle Association and initiator of the National strategy for electric mobility in Slovakia.

UK Sales Manager,Trina Solar

Richard is UK Sales Manager at Trina Solar, bringing with him a wealth of commercial knowledge developed over more than 20 years in senior sales and business development positions in the energy efficiency and micro-generation sectors.

Project Sustainability Manager, Sir Robert McAlpine

Amie Shuttleworth has worked for Sir Robert McAlpine for the last 8 years in various roles including environmental engineering, community liaison and sustainable procurement. She is currently the Project Leader of the National Initiatives Group examining design and commercial reporting of construction projects.  Her passion is sustainable design, she was the Project Sustainability Manager of Air W1 which included a hydrogen fuel cell solution in London’s West End. She has recently completed her thesis at the University of Cambridge where she analysed

Deputy Director - Scenarios, World Energy Council

Mr. Dan A. Rieser is Deputy Director, Scenarios, at the World Energy Council (WEC). He coordinates the work on the WEC’s World Energy Scenarios to 2050.

Managing Director, Yellow&Blue

Albert Fischer has 23 years of experience in venture capital and management in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Over the course of  his career he has invested in 22 companies focusing on sustainability and clean energy, two of which have gone public (AIM and NASDAQ).  Albert is Managing Director of Yellow&Blue and a Board member for portfolio company Triogen.

Chairman & MD, MagPower Systems

Mr. Hilliard has been the Chairman and Managing Director of MagPower Systems Inc. since November of 2009.  Recasting the company’s financial statements, developing a comprehensive business plan and securing funding lead Mr. Hilliard to assume control of corporate activities.  The Company has reached manufacturing agreements and anticipates commercial production this fiscal year.

Partner, Charles Russell

Mark is a partner in the Corporate Finance group at Charles Russell. He advises on primary and secondary listings (on AIM and the main market), M&A, VC/PE investments, joint ventures, restructurings and distressed asset sales.  Mark's clients include companies operating in the Energy and Natural Resources and Technology sectors, and it is this which has resulted in Mark's interest in Cleantech.

Managing Director, Geothermal Engineering Ltd

Mr Law is a geologist specialising in shallow and deep geothermal systems.  He has a degree in Geology from Oxford University, a Masters in Hydrogeology and a PhD on the transport and modelling of heat in fractured rocks.

Investment Director, Albion Ventures

Christoph joined Albion Ventures as an Investment Manager in October 2011 and focuses on investments in healthcare and renewables. He initially practised as a radiologist, before spending 3 years at Bain & Company. In 2006, he joined 3i working for their Healthcare Venture Capital arm. Most recently he has worked for General Electric's healthcare division, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions in the medical technology and healthcare IT sectors.

Principal, British Gas Venture Capital

Ashley runs British Gas Venture Capital and has spent more than a decade in clean-tech. Prior to co-founding BGVC, Ashley invested in technology companies ranging from gas turbine efficiency to solar to power electronics at CT Investment Partners. Earlier in her career, Ashley worked for Franklin Templeton Investments and the Environmental Protection Agency. She has an MBA from Wharton Business School, and a BSc from McGill University.

Head of Responsible Investment - EMEA, Mercer Limited

Aled is the Head of Responsible Investment (RI) for EMEA within Mercer Investments. He is responsible for managing the delivery of RI services to Mercer’s clients in the EMEA region. Aled also works directly with clients to provide them with advice on formulating and implementing all aspects of their RI strategy.

Partner, Virgin Green Fund

Brooks is a Partner of the Virgin Green Fund Emerging Markets and a member of its Investment Committee.  Brooks has been investing in renewable energy in emerging markets since 2005. Prior to founding VGF EM, Brooks was the Principal at Wolfensohn & Company,  an emerging market private equity firm led by former World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn where Brooks  focused on low carbon energy investments in global emerging markets.  From 2003 to 2008, Brooks had a number of senior management roles at BP plc in emerging markets, including head of global business development and M&A for BP Solar, and chief of staff to a Group Vice President running 10 large downstream oil businesses with $450 million in EBIT operating across 100 countries, most of them emerging markets.

CFO, Innasol

A dynamic professional and highly respected CFO, with 20 years’ international business and finance expertise. David spent seven years with Ernst & Young advising fast growing businesses on how to succeed and implementing financial best practice across a number of industries. Following this he worked for 10 years as a senior corporate finance professional, raising significant amounts of capital for both public and private businesses and has focused on the clean tech sector since floating the UK’s first fuel cell company in 2004.

Jochen Wermuth, Founding Partner, Wermuth Asset Management

Jochen Wermuth is Founding Partner, Wermuth Asset Management family office & Green Gateway Fund,  Advisory Board member of the World Economic Forum’s GCC, Davos, and of the Liberal Mission Foundation, Moscow. He has overseen investments in Russia/CIS valued in excess of $1bn, participated in the set-up of Deutsche Bank Russia and worked in the Russian Ministry of Finance ‘93-97.

CEO, Windlab

Roger is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Windlab Systems Pty Ltd. He is also a Partner at Innovation Capital, Windlab’s largest shareholder. In more than 25 years of experience Roger has worked for both multinationals and start-up companies in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Chief Investment Officer, Ludgate Investments

Bill joined Ludgate in 2008 and is the Chief Investment Officer; as a Director of Ludgate, he has responsibility for the management of the investment team. Bill graduated with honours from the University of Pennsylvania, with degrees from both Wharton and the School of Engineering and has an MBA from INSEAD. He started his career at Environmental Resources Management as a consultant, moving on to various operational experiences, including helping to turn around a start up in the metals sector.

CEO, NewCO2Fuels

David Banitt, CEO of NewCO2Fuels, has more than 20 years experience in management, marketing and development gained at several successful high technology companies. He worked for El-Op, developing military thermal imaging systems. Later joined Optrotech, a world leader of capital equipment vendor for the printed circuit board manufacturing market, where his last position was vice president of marketing.

Global Market Sector Head – Clean Energy & Power Generation, Ricardo UK Ltd.

Paul joined Ricardo, a leading provider of technology, strategy and environmental consultancy services, in April 2010 to lead the strategic direction of the clean energy & power generation area.  Previously Paul was Business Development Director at Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), a wave energy technology developer.

Director of Corporate, Solarcentury

Archie Fraser, Director of Corporate Finance at Solarcentury – Archie is responsible for Solarcentury’s relationships with its project investors; this role has become increasingly important as Solarcentury’s utility-scale development activity increases.  He is also responsible for developing finance solutions for Solarcentury’s rooftop business.  Before joining Solarcentury, Archie was Head of Alternative Energy Research at Redburn Partners. 

CEO, Sunbird Bioenergy

Richard Bennett is CEO of Sunbird Bioenergy Africa and also a non-executive Director of AIM listed China New Energy who are Asia's largest builder of biorefineries. Richard is an experienced entrepreneur and executive who excels at commercialising emerging technology. Previously, Richard was a co-founder of J2 Inc (NASDAQ:JCOM) and CEO of Coms plc (AIM:COMS). Now at Sunbird, he is implementing his vision of creating a sustainable bioenergy industry in Sub-Sahran Africa.

CEO, Moixa Group

Simon Daniel is CEO & founder of Moixa Group, pioneering IPR in advanced mobile and energy technologies. He previously launched USBCELL batteries and Moixa ventures, including gaining a dozen US patents and licensing a 2 million unit selling folding keyboard.  Simon leads the strategic, innovation and commercialization of Moixa Technology which is delivering MWh pilots of distributed energy storage for consumer and grid balancing. He was previously a senior manager/technology evangelist for Accenture and holds a physics MA CANTAB.

Director - Operational Development, Ricardo-AEA

Tim has been with Ricardo-AEA (and its predecessor AEA Technology) since 2007 and has held senior management roles in the energy and environment field for the last 15 years, in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. In addition to a number of operational responsibilities, Tim leads on strategy and business planning within Ricardo-AEA.

Board Director, EU Ocean Energy Association

After completing his Masters in Environmental and Marine Pollution law, David moved to the UK and took up a role at the Construction Industry Research and Information Association, primarily managing a nuclear stakeholder dialogue. He joined RenewableUK in mid-2011 and coordinates the wave and tidal energy work on behalf of the association.

CEO, Fjord IT

Helge is an experienced entrepreneur and truly believes that innovation and technology can be used to industrialize eco-friendly solutions. He is the founder of a range of companies in the media and IT from 1989 until Fjord IT 2011, such as TV and media productions, web development, IPTV, Web TV / convergent and virtualized services.
Helge is the inventor of the patent pending passive cooling technology that is at the core of the Fjord IT technology platform.

CEO, Environmental Investment Organisation

Sam is currently leads the Environmental Investment Organisation, devoting his time and energy to advancing a pragmatic investment solution to address the climate crisis. Sam joined the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO) in 2009 and has been the driving force behind the development and launch of the Environmental Tracking (ET) concept.The ET Carbon Rankings list the world’s largest 1,300 companies according to their carbon emissions and levels of transparency. The ET Index Series is designed to provide the investment community with a market mechanism capable of harnessing the power of the financial system to incentivise corporate emissions reductions through share price pressure. The EIO is a UK based non-profit research body, focused solely on advancing practical and marketable solutions to address the impending climate crisis.

UK Operations Manager, Cluff Geothermal Ltd.

Michael Feliks is Cluff Geothermal’s UK Operations Manager, and current Chair of the REA deep geothermal energy subgroup.  Prior to joining Cluff in 2011 he worked in several UK Government departments including the Treasury and DECC, where he worked on developing renewable heat policy and the creation of the Renewable Heat Incentive.  He latterly led DECC’s policy response to the re-emergence of deep geothermal energy in the UK.  He holds a PhD in physics from the University of Glasgow.

Environmental Advisor, Mayor Of London's Office

Matthew Pencharz first joined the Mayor's team at City Hall from the BBC in November 2009. He spent more than three years on the network section of the BBC One programme Politics Show, where he focused primarily on environment and energy stories.

Head of Incubation, Carbon Trust

David Aitken is Head of Incubation at the Carbon Trust and focuses on support to early stage clean technology ventures. David has advised more than 50 clean technology ventures across a wide range of low carbon technologies and led the Carbon Trust’s $5m incubation partnership with General Electric, which was launched in early 2012, to find, assess and incubate clean technology start-up businesses across Europe. David also leads the Carbon Trust’s incubation work for the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s £35m Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.

Barney Lee, Partner, Mourant Ozannes, Guernsey

Barney joined Mourant Ozannes from Australia in 2005, spending five years with the firm before leaving to set up the office of another international offshore firm in Guernsey 2010. Barney returned to Mourant Ozannes in 2013 where he focuses on the needs of investment funds and related clients including fund formation, structuring and regulatory advice, restructuring, M&A, corporate and finance. Barney is qualified as a Solicitor in both New South Wales and England and Wales (currently non-practising).

Head of Marine, REA

Dr Stephanie Merry is the Director of Focus Offshore Ltd, an engineering consultancy specialising in marine renewable energy, and Head of the Ocean Energy Sector Group of the Renewable Energy Association in London.

Board Member, BCSD-UK

David Symons sits on the managing board of the BCSD-UK and leads WSP’s sustainability advisory practice, helping companies and cities develop clear strategies and deliver on these in new and imaginative ways.

Managing Director, Tidal Energy Ltd.

Martin is a Chartered Engineer who graduated in electrical and electronic engineering and gained an MSc in power electronics engineering. He has spent the great majority of his career in the marine sector, firstly serving as a Marine Engineering Officer in the Royal Navy for 12 years and since then, 20 years in managerial positions in industry. Martin joined Tidal Energy Ltd as Managing Director in 2009 and is leading the company in the development, build and commissioning of its full scale prototype DeltaStream device.

Global Head - Clean Technology Investments, International Finance Corporation

Nikunj Jinsi joined IFC in 2003 and heads IFC’s clean technology investment team globally, as part of its Climate Business Group. He combines over 20 years of experience in various industry sectors, having worked and lived in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the US. Nikunj blends operational, entrepreneurial, investment banking and over 17 years of emerging market private equity experiences with unique global perspective on several industries. At IFC, Nikunj has led over 25 growth equity investments, several of which have had successful exits, for which IFC acted as a (co-)lead, involving other leading private equity and strategic players, and has taken on board positions on several of IFC’s portfolio companies.

2013 showcase:

This year’s Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit will once again feature a third stream of dedicated sessions showcasing emerging innovators and technology developers to a targeted and expert audience of investors, industry leading-companies and large corporates.Presenting companies will include breakthrough businesses from a range of sectors and backgrounds, offering insights into new industry developments, business opportunities and potentially game-changing technologies.

Global Bioenergies was founded in October 2008 by Marc Delcourt and Philippe Marlière. In February 2009, the company raised €3.2m ($4.6m) from Seventure Partners, the VC subsidiary of BPCE, one of France’s main banks. In 2009, a proof of concept was obtained for the process leading to the bio-production of isobutene. A lab-scale prototype was built in 2010. Two preliminary agreements have been signed on the isobutene process, one with an American major and one with a German car manufacturer. In July 2011, Global Bioenergies has performed its IPO to raise the capital necessary to the development of its isobutene process. €6.6m have thus been raised on the NYSE Alternext market in Paris. In July 2011, the Company has announced the signature of a partnership with Synthos to replicate to butadiene the success originally obtained on isobutene, another member of the light olefins family. A milestone in this partnership has been reached in December 2012 which has resulted in the payment of €2.7m by Synthos to Global Bioenergies. The butadiene process is now in its development phase.

In June 2013, the Company announced the beginning of the industrial pilot phase of its isobutene process, in collaboration with Arkema and supported by a €5.2m financing to be received from the French State (“Investissements d’Avenir” program).

Venue

This year's Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit will take place at the Grange City Hotel in London.

Grange City Hotel
8-14 Coopers Row, London 
United Kingdom

Quote the reference CNB1214381 to make reservations and take advantage of the limited spaces at the special rate of £239.00 + VAT including Continental Breakfast on the 30th October. To reserve, please call or email:

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