Board

Vanda Russell Gould
Chairman
B.Com (UNSW), M.Com (UNSW)

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Chairman of Vita Life Sciences Limited, Cyclopharm Limited, CVC Limited, CVC Sustainable Investments, and is a Director of CVC Managers Pty Ltd and numerous private and public companies including educational establishments. Mr Gould is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Alexander (Sandy) Beard
Non Executive Director
B.Com (UNSW) CA

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Beard is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in private equity investing. He is the Chief Executive Officer of CVC Limited and he is also a Director of Cellnet Limited, Mercury Mobility Limited, Blue Energy Limited and CVC Managers Pty Ltd. Mr Beard is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

John Douglas Read
Non Executive Director
B.Sc (Hons) (Cant.); MBA (AGSM)

Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. Chairman of The Environmental Group Limited, Pro-Pac Packaging Limited and Patrys Limited, and is a Director of CVC Limited, CVC Private Equity Limited and was a Director of the Australian Institute of Commercialisation Limited.

Mark Fogarty
Non Executive Director
Master of Laws (LLM) (Syd Uni); MBA (MGSM)

Mark has over 15 years senior management experience in the sustainability sector. Much of this time has been focused on the clean energy sector. During this time Mark has served as CEO of organisations such as SEDA who administered the Sustainable Energy Fund. This Fund allocated over $50m of early stage funding to sustainable energy projects. Mark is now contributing the value of this experience to such funding initiatives as CVC Sustainable Investments and CVC REEF.

Mark has considerable experience in Asia, particularly in China. He currently sits on the Board of RE-EX Singapore and REEEP International.

Key Personnel

Bill Highland
Investment Manager
B E (UNSW), Certified Mine Manager

Mr Highland is presently a senior executive and Investment Manager with CVC Limited, and has extensive general management experience in developing and building companies in Australia, USA, China, Europe with OPSM, BTR Nylex, Boral and with the CVC Group. Bill graduated as a Civil Engineer and is a certified Mine Manager, and his previous experience includes hands on senior management positions in the construction materials, industrial minerals, and the industrial safety and medical equipment sectors. Over the last five years Bill has also established a specialist knowledge and expertise in the environmental sectors and has driven CVC's investment activities in expansionary energy businesses.

Additionally, Bill has served as a Director on both public and private companies, including previously as a Director of Tamaya Resources Limited and currently a Director of Blue Energy Limited, HydroChile Limited and BioPower Systems Pty Limited.

Sean Wiles
Investment Manager
B.Com (Acc & Fin); CA

Sean Wiles is an Investment Manager with CVC Sustainable Investments. He recently joined the team after several years with Big-4 chartered accountancy firms both in Australia and the UK. Sean’s primary experience has been in independent business and diagnostic reviews for both Private and Public Sector participants, cash management, operational and financial restructuring and turnaround planning and transactions due diligence.

Along with his recent exposure to environmental investing, Sean also has significant industry sector experience in government and health advisory, manufacturing, construction, agribusiness and pharmaceuticals. Sean has a bachelor degree in Commerce (Accounting and Finance) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia.

Jo Hume
Investment Analyst
ME, Dip PE, BE (Hons)

Jo Hume is an Investment Analyst for CVC Managers Pty Ltd. She has 15 years experience in the energy and environmental sectors. Jo joined CVC from AGL where she was a senior energy analyst (commercial). Prior to that she ran the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development, managed sustainable energy commercialisation programs for the NSW Sustainable Energy Development Authority, was a market analyst for the NZ electricity market administrator and worked in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum engineer. She is a director of the Australia-NZ Climate Change and Business Centre and has a clear understanding of the conditions required to commercialise sustainable businesses. Relevant awards - Winston Churchill Fellowship, Premier’s award for environment and education, Queens Trust Forum participant.