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Simon C Reeve BSc (geol.), FIoD

26, Rue St Joseph (UK) +44 (0-771*******

83680 La Garde-Freinet (Global) +1-203-***-****

France skype: REVECOM ***********@***.***

VP GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT and OPERATIONS

Energy, Renewable Energy, Carbon

Highly, entrepreneurial, dynamic and competitive US Fortune 500-trained executive with 25 years experience in Energy, Technology and Finance. Senior company management / full budget responsibility up to US$550m includes Corporate, SME and Start-up in situations of rapid growth, turnaround, rescue, rationalization, trade sale and IPO.

Verticals covered include Energy (GM, CEO), Technology (MD, CEO) and Finance (Director of Ventures). Current responsibility as MD Operations, Kompenergji Sh.p.k., for growing and managing a portfolio of US$2.4bn / annum renewable energy investments.

Global operator with "hands-on" development and operational experience in North America, Europe, Caribbean and APAC (including China).

Core competencies include proven Tier 1 deal origination and closure; finance and human capital management; an innate ability to build strong international, multicultural teams and; to build effective organisational synergies that engender job satisfaction, enhanced productivity and customer delight.

Director/Owner mentality and approach. Self starter. Doer.

ACHIEVEMENTS - SUMMARY:

o

Age 23 after just 1 year from graduation - Country Manager, Litton Energy Inc N.Z.

o Age 24 - Sales Manager, Eastern Hemisphere, Litton Energy Singapore. Best International Sales Achievement Award 3/3 years - annual budget US$56m

o Age 27 - Operations Manager, China and East Asia, Litton Energy Singapore.

o Founded Leutert-Rewa Singapore Ltd, achieving revenues of $10m / annum by 1993.

o As MD, Awarded Service Management Europe Innovation Award in 1995 for a new technology service innovation I conceived and implemented to Sony, HP, IBM and Fujitsu while restoring the French division to profit and driving record growth in the UK

o As MD led successful turnaround of 5 h/c technology acquisitions to $180m IPO.

o Promoted to the Antfactory Board as Director of Ventures to manage US$550m fund

o As MD led successful rescue, funding and sale of plc business to S&P 250, AEGON. today it is the most successful outsourced employee benefits business in the UK!

o As Founder, successfully launched FLEX software and contracted ($10m) to AIG (via 6 Sigma!) where today it runs their US affinity group insurance distribution program.

o Appointed MD of KompEnergji's US$2.43bn renewable energy construction portfolio.

CAREER BRIEF: 1978-96 Energy; 1996-08 Technology&Finance; 2008-present Alt. Energy

Founder/Chairman, Nicon Energy Ltd www.niconenergy.vpweb.co.uk Apr 2008 to Current

Objective

Focus on global renewable energy, green-tech. and sustainable environmental projects.

Provide origination and hands-on operational expertise to carbon-related projects - due diligence, fund-raising, operations management etc.

Connecting government and private business appropriately and at the right level to strategic EPC and funding partners within the energy and alternative energy industries.

Areas of focus currently include Albanian "small-hydro" and Trinidad "waste-to-energy"

Achievements

As a direct result of leveraging my capital finance relationships in Australia, my Albanian client, Foreign Capital Development Corporation, has been able to sign an MoU with China National Electrical Equipment Corporation (CNEEC) for a 1bn debt facility to build-operate-supply over 1500MW (megawatts) of Hydro-electric Energy projects in the Drin ( 800m), Vjosa( 350m) rivers of Albania.

Appointed by my Albanian client to manage the subsequent build-out ( 726m) and operations of over 440Megawatts of Carbon Credit-earning Small Hydro plants producing 500,000 per MW ( 220m per annum of gross revenues over 35+35 years).

Located an EPC contractor in the USA (Innviron Corp.) together with 100% (US$25MM) finance to commence the build and operation of a 10 Megawatt Waste-to-Energy / Recycling plant in Port of Spain, Trinidad. We are currently negotiating government approval for the Power Purchase Agreement so we can start. This represents a free carry of 10% on the 25-yr project for my company worth US$32.5 over the 25-yr project life.

My government client advises this project will be expanded over 500% to completely remove the Port of Spain waste dump.

FOUNDER/CEO, FLEX Group Ltd (now part MSS Ltd) Sept 2003 to Oct 2008

Objective

Raise funding for and develop market-leading (SaaS) cross-selling software for major global financial services companies. Break into incredibly tough US market.

Achievements

Designed, built and launched 'FLEX' platform in August 2007 (www.flexfs.com).

Now a standard for major insurance companies to target their affinity markets.

Successfully led negotiations for and personally signed off on a $9.6m contract with AIG Insurance Company, New Jersey.

Won a second $7m contract to supply New York Life.

Lined up a reverse AIM float for September 2008. The rest, alas, is history but the product is now with MSS Ltd and contracts are all running. I am a major shareholder in MSS.

CEO, Eurobenefits plc (now a division of Aegon UK Ltd

) June 2001 to Sept 2003

Objective

Appointed by Teather & Greenwood to rescue this ailing financial software plc.

Business needed to be restructured, funding raised and trade sold as soon as possible.

Achievements

Reconstructed entirely new Board in 3 months and radically slashed spend by 85%.

Accelerated product launch to FTSE 100 market (Elseviers, Clifford Chance, Std. Life)

Led successful US$12m trade sale to global "Top 5" insurer, Aegon. Returning 2x to investors. Job done! www.benefitsolutions.co.uk is today, UK's leading outsource employee benefits provider!

DIRECTOR OF VENTURES & INTERIM CEO

: Antfactory LtdDec 1999 to Apr 2001

Objective

Help build the largest investment "incubator" in Europe. Mentor and develop a venture team of 60 professionals from the world's leading investment banks, consultancies, accountants and law firms. Oversee the investment pipeline, sit on the investment committee and manage the venture process (exit) for all investments. Help build a large portfolio of technology start-up companies ground-up. Globally. Simultaneously!

Achievements

Instrumental in successfully raising US$550m over a period of just 6 months.

Successfully built and mentored the Boards of 27 companies across 14 countries.

Managed major shareholder relationships including Allianz, CVC, Cinven, Citigroup, Whitney, B-business Partners, Wallenberg Family (Ericsson, ABB)

Devised a successful scaleable end-to-end investment / growth / exit project process implemented by the company to manage the welfare of each company to second round.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

: Cybersoft UK Ltd (Dresdner Bank) Aug 1998 to Jul 1999

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, DRESDNER PROJECT OFFICE

Objective

Initiate and lead a world-class technology programme office within Dresdner.

Lead the roll-out of some of Dresdner's most mission-critical Cross-Bank projects.

Achievements

Grew the business from zero to US$16m profitable (62% EBIT) turnover within its first year.

Successfully led on-time / on-budget programs to roll out mission-critical bank systems including a global equities trading system and a global bonds settlements system

Letter of Praise from Lord Walker (UK Bank Chairman) as my team of 63 hand-picked professionals rolled out Y2K and EMU systems more efficiently than the German team.

VICE PRESIDENT, LK GLOBAL LTD. Aug 1996 to Jun 1998

Objective

Manage post-acquisition merger of 5 technology businesses located throughout England.

Achievements

Merged, rebuilt executive team, rationalised labour force, reduced costs, re-branded, rebuilt revenues. Increased revenues by 50% & cut heavy cost of sales (programming). Reduced overhead by over $2m and outsourced to India.

Achieved EBIT of $12.0m from an inherited loss upon joining.

Totally instrumental in the Group's successful float on NASDAQ at $180m.

PRESIDENT DIRECTEUR

-GENERAL / MANAGING DIRECTORAug 1994 to Jun 1996Tangente Techniques Ltd / Sarl

(Oxford & Paris)

Objective

Turnaround of this loss-making Anglo-French manufacturer.

Achievements

Year-on-year turnover increase of 14%+, record productivity (increase of 18.75% yr-on-yr

Transformed inherited loss to 13.8% EBIT in year 2.

Awarded Service Management Europe Innovation Award for conceiving of and leading the roll-out of a unique new service program for SONY, HP and IBM.

FOUNDER / CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Sep 1984 to Oct 1993Leutert-Rewa Energy Services Pte Ltd, Singapore / Asia Pacific

Objective

Age 27, build a world-class Oil and Gas engineering consultancy across the Asia-Pacific, representing German/US manufacturers and working for government agencies and regional private sector companies (Shell, Exxon, Mobil, Caltex, Petronas, Pertamina, M.O.P.I. China, Kalgoorlie Gold, Mt Newman Iron Ore, W. Australia Mineral Sands)

Achievements

Achieved gross t/o in excess of S$10m with EBIT of 37% mainly trading on commissions)

Built / managed a network of 23 support staff and country agents throughout APAC

Projects managed and personally consulted on included :

o Increased potential production capacity of PERTAMINA's Palembang (Sumatra) and Banjarmasin (Borneo) onshore oilfield by more than 800 bpd ($64,000 per day)

o Increased production at Seria Oilfield (Brunei) for Shell Brunei Bhd by more than 1700 bpd (US$136,000 per day). Personally commended by Head of Production Drilling, Royal Dutch Shell Brunei.

o Identified, production increases of more than 1000 bopd ($80,000 per day) at Pekanbaru Oilfield for Caltex Pacific Indonesia

o Won contract to provide 4.2 million euros value of high technology instrumentation and computers to 11 major oilfields with Chinese Ministry of Petroleum Industry

GENERAL MANAGER

- Kuala Lumpur Aug 1978 - Sept 1984

REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER

- Singapore

COUNTRY MANAGER

- New Zealand

SALES MANAGER

- Singapore

Litton Energy (Oil & Gas Engineering and Consulting)

Objective

Manage the operations and sales growth of this global oilfield services company across the entire Eastern Hemisphere region. Manage the Malaysian and Chinese JVs.

Achievements

Led sales to $56m per annum including China, Japan and East Asia

Awarded Best International Sales Achievement 3 years out of 3.

Promoted to General Manager, Core Laboratories Malaysia and Operations Manager, China, Japan and East Asia.

Country Manager, Petrocorp New Zealand plus a little claim to fame I was the wellsite geologist on New Zealand's first onshore oil discovery in 80 years - McKee #1.

OTHER:

BSc (hons.) Structural Geology (UOL 1978)

Post-grad Diploma, Petroleum Engineering (Dallas, TX. 1980)

Fellow, Institute of Directors (1997).

Married, two kids, currently France-based

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