Glenn Starr
CEO
Founder and Development Director. Glenn has developed windfarms in Ireland and founded Electric Autobus. He started his career as an engineer at Beca.
BEng Civil Canterbury
Ross Newman
CFO
Ross worked in project finance and capital markets at Deutsche Bank before co-founding an Earth sciences technology and services firm. He started his career at PWC.
MBA Columbia
Justin Smith
Technical Director
Justin has more than 30 years of civil engineering experience. He started his career at Beca.
BEng Civil Canterbury
Hamish Orrick
Finance Director
Hamish has worked for more than 30 years in finance and risk management including at CSFB and Goldman Sachs. He started his career at PWC.
CA, BCom Auckland
David Thomas
Power Marketing Director
David is former General Manager of Trading at Vector and General Manager, Generation at Contact Energy.
BEng Chem. Canterbury
Stephen Craen
Senior Financial Advisor
Stephen worked at Chase Manhattan and Société Generale, where he was Co-head of energy banking for the Middle East and North Africa
BA Physics Oxford
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