Jason Harlan has over twenty years experience in the
energy and infrastructure sector as a senior executive,
investment banker and attorney. Harlan was responsible
for Southern Company's (Mirant) 1.7 Billion dollar investment
in the Berlin utility Bewag (1996-2002). As architect
of the investment and Chief Executive Officer -Germany,
Harlan helped achieve the retooling of the previously
state owned company, which became the most profitable
utility in Germany by 2001. The strong year on year performance
allowed for a successful sale in the troubled industry
context of 2002, resulting in an IRR of over 30% for
the investment. Following the sale and Mirant's exit
from the European market, Harlan joined the energy and
infrastructure investment bank, Fieldstone in 2002. Harlan
led the management buy out of Fieldstone from the South
African Insurer Gensec in 2003. At Fieldstone, Harlan
focused on new energy sectors such as wind, carbon abatement,
bio-generation and energy technology. He was asked by
CIR, a company with whom he had fashioned a partnership
at Southern, to join the board of a carbon credit initiative.
This activity led to his foundation of the forerunner
of Resource Energy in 2006.
Harlan began his career as a project finance attorney with Katten Muchin and
Zavis in Chicago. He was recruited by Troutman Sanders in Atlanta in 1993, where
he served exclusively as a project and project attorney for Southern's international
developments in South America, Asia and Europe. Harlan was recruited by Southern
(SEI) in 1995 to act as Project Director. During his Berlin years, Harlan was
also charged as Chief Development Officer -Europe with all of Soutnern's (Mirant)
development activities on the continent. As a developer, Harlan has experience
in structuring transactions in over two dozen countries in Africa, Asia, South
America, the Caribbean and Europe.
Harlan holds a law degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, a Master's in Classical
Philosophy from St. John's College in Annapolis and a Bachelors degree from Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. He is registered with
the CFA in London and is a member of the state bar of Illinois and Georgia.
Cesare Bastianini has been a Director within CIR’s Corporate Development group since 2005.
From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Bastianini worked as Associate and thereafter Investment Manager within BA Capital Partners (Bank of America’s Private Equity partnership), in London and in Milan. From 1997 to 1999, he worked within Merrill Lynch’s London-based Investment Banking group.
Cesare Bastianini graduated in Economics from the University of Turin in 1995 and was awarded an MSc in Economics by the London School of Economics in 1997.
Derek has 20 years experience of financial, commercial and general management in an agro-industrial environment. He was involved in the establishment of Komati Mill, RSA, and its expansion thereafter and he also spearheaded the implementation of the SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) project within TSB. As Operations Director, Derek holds a broad knowledge of global sugar dynamics and operations.
Has been in charge of Strategy and the Development of new initiatives for CIR and COFIDE since 1998. From 1989 to 1998 he was a Vice President with Bain & Co., working for the Milan and Boston offices as officer in charge of the M&A and Private Equity businesses.
Prior to that, he worked for McKinsey (Milan) and for Westinghouse & Co. (Pittsburgh, USA).
Claudio Stabon graduated from the University of Genoa in Electronic Engineering in 1983 and was awarded an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1987.
