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 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 time in Berlin , 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.
Responsible for all business
aspects in Latin America and project logistics and co-ordination
worldwide
Bruno Bueno has advised
troubled companies in his capacity as a Project Manager
with Roland Berger where he gained experience in conceiving
and implementing cost reduction strategies. Bruno’s
operations expertise comes from having managed restructuring
and cost reduction projects in South America and Europe.
He was also responsible for the implementation and direction
of management plans and held operational responsibility
in early stage start-up companies in the UK.
Bruno holds a Degree in
Business from Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Marcus Quierin - Commercial Director
Responsible for strategic
commercial planning and financing.
Prior to Resource
Energy Marcus worked at Tesco.com (UK), the world's
largest internet grocery retailer with sales of $2bn
in 2006. There he was most recently responsible for
strategic planning and investment appraisals to enable
profitable growth at over 30% p.a. in a fast-changing
environment. Other responsibilities have included setting
up a new operation under a novel business model, forecasting
evolution of the sector, as well as optimising the
economics of home delivery logistics.
Before that,
he worked at Bain & Company (Boston) and Roland
Berger (London, Frankfurt) advising corporations and
private equity funds on investments, growth strategy
and operations in a variety of sectors. Marcus holds
an MBA from INSEAD as well as a PhD from Cambridge
University and a MA from Oxford University, both in
physics.
Responsible for Controlling
and Acquisition Accounting
Gustavo was International
Financial Controller for Assurant (provider of specialized
insurance products worldwide with over $20 billion in assets)
and was responsible for establishing the international
control network for the group and selecting and mentoring
local financial officers. For newly opened offices Gustavo
was instrumental in establishing accounting processes and
policies. In addition he was responsible for financial
planning, controlling and budgeting for the international
subsidiaries.
Gustavo also worked for
Mapfre – Compañía de Seguros in Miami,
Florida and as a Controller for the Perez Companc Group
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mr. Hamilton has over 20 years experience in operating and building sugar mills and ethanol facilities.
Most recently, Hamilton was General Manager in charge of industrial operations for Royal Swazi Sugar Corporation’s sugar mill and ethanol facilities. Seconded from Booker-Tate, he was in charge of operations of the sugar mills, refinery and ethanol distillery as well as ethanol marketing division. Prior to RSSC, Hamilton was General Manager of Komati Sugar Mill (South Africa), which he had been involved with from its inception and construction.
Prior to Hamilton’s work at Tsb/Booker-Tate he held several senior management and engineering positions in the sugar industry.
Hamilton is a Registered Certificated Engineer and holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Natal Technikon (South Africa) as well as an MBA from Henley Management College (UK).
