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Biography:

Colin Aimers joined Wind Prospect in 2002 having worked with Directors Euan Cameron and Bruce Allan on a number of wind farm projects since 2000.

Colin is a Director of Wind Prospect Limited, the UK services subsidiary of Wind prospect.

Since 2002, Colin is responsible for the civil engineering technical affairs of Wind Prospect Group's UK portfolio of business. With a wide variety of technical and specialist staff, they conduct; civil, structural and environmental design, geotechnical investigations during preconstruction and construction phases of a project for a variety of clients. The team also provide support to a range of internal and external development clients, providing technical advice and engineering design for a variety of projects prior to planning consents being granted.

Biography:

Damian Aubrey joined Wind Prospect Group in 2003 as a Senior Development Manager and was involved in the management of the development stage of onshore wind farm projects. After nine years with the Development team in Edinburgh, Damian moved to our Adelaide office in May 2012 to begin a new position as Development Portfolio Manager.

Damian graduated from Aberdeen University in 1997 with a degree in Geography and a Masters degree in Environmental Management and Planning. He has worked for Scottish Natural Heritage initially as an Area Officer in the Scottish Borders before moving to Aberdeen to drive forward the designation of the Cairngorms National Park.

In 2000, Damian moved to a remote part of western Uganda where he managed a nature reserve and community development project. Following this Damian returned to the UK and entered into the field of wind energy with npower renewables before transferring his skills and experiences to work for Wind Prospect Group. 

Biography:

Ken has recently joined Wind Prospect as Managing Director of the Irish business. A qualified electrical engineer, Ken has over 20 years of experience in the power generation business with the last 13 years spent in the wind industry. Ken will use this experience to guide the Irish business through a period of growth while maintaining the existing high standards of quality and customer satisfaction.

Biography:

Since taking responsibility for the overall Wind Direct business in February 2012, Eva has been proactively working to optimise the company's distinct business model.  Eva previously worked at E.ON and has over 20 years' experience in the energy industry with particular focus on business development, strategy and change. Eva is well respected among her peers as a role model leader.

Biography:

David Groves is Director of Wind Prospect Limited, the UK services subsidiary of Wind prospect.

David established Wind Prospect’s European Advisory and Wind Resource consultancy services business in 2004. He then went on to lead the establishment of Wind Prospect’s French subsidiary in 2007 to undertake advisory work across France. More recently David has overseen the launch and development of Wind Prospect’s South African business. He is continuing to expand the business across Europe and also acts as expert advisor to external clients, providing advice in respect of projects across Europe and Africa.

David’s specialisms include wind turbine contract negotiations, due diligence of projects and portfolios, and power purchase agreements. He has worked on many wind energy projects, ranging from sub-MW schemes to the 347.5MW Fantanele wind farm in Romania for which he developed the balance of plant contract.

Before joining Wind Prospect in 2003, David spent four years with the renewable energy team at E.On. During this time David directed the construction of Askam, Tursillagh and Deucheran Hill wind farms, and managed the development of others in the UK and Ireland. Prior to working in the renewable energy team David spent two years developing combined heat and power projects for E.On. 

Biography:

Achim Hoehne is Director of Advisory & Energy Resource Services. With an electrical engineering background, he has been working in the wind sector for 20 years, and spent part of his career running PB Power’s wind team in Australia/New Zealand.

Achim then moved to Macquarie Capital in London where he was closely involved in developing projects in South Africa, then to ABO Wind to manage various European development businesses.

He has worked internationally for developers, consultants, investment banks and turbine manufacturers – including Pacific Hydro and Envision Energy.

Biography:

James is the outcome of a successful development programme, having originally joined Wind Prospect as a Project Engineer in 2004 and worked his way up through the ranks to Director of Civil Engineering. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and named on the APS design risk management register. Prior to Wind Prospect he worked as a Bridge Engineer for a Local Highways Authority and a designer for a steel fabricator.

James is responsible for all civil engineering activities within Wind Prospect including civil, structural and geotechnical designs and investigations. Works are conducted for both internal and external clients from project conception and development stages through preconstruction and construction phases to operational activities.

Biography:

Duncan joined Wind Prospect in 2010 and heads up the its operations business in the UK and Ireland. After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree, Duncan joined BP International in London where he qualified as a chartered mechanical engineer and gained over eight years experience throughout the UK/Worldwide providing engineering & project management roles in major capital projects and delivering asset management services within the energy sector. Duncan then co-founded an engineering services business in Ireland providing project management, construction and maintenance services to the power, petrochemical & heavy industrial sectors with an annual turnover of €9million. Since 2009 Duncan has been engaged in the development, operation and life cycle asset management of wind projects. He also holds a degree in mathematics and a certified diploma in accounting & finance.

Biography:

Ari joined Wind Prospect in 2007 and now leads the Advisory Services Team with a focus on technical due diligence, turbine contract negotiations, feasibility studies and operational performance assessments. The team is active across a number of markets with a depth of experience in the UK and eastern Europe and has recently expanded into new markets including South Africa.

Prior to joining Wind Prospect Ari spent over five years with Garrad Hassan, two years of which were based in the US, where her responsibilities included wind resource assessment, technical due diligence, and the development and marketing of the WindFarmer software.

Ari is a chartered mechanical engineer, and, when not for Wind Prospect, uses her extensive understanding of the wind for her sailing.  

Biography:

In 2008 Keith emigrated from South Africa to Australia with his family, and now lives in the seaside town of Victor Harbor in South Australia. Before coming to Australia Keith was Financial Director of a well known tyre tread manufacturer and distributor. Prior to joining Wind Prospect, he was Financial Controller of a leisure management company with interests in both Australia and New Zealand.

A Chartered Accountant by training, Keith finds his time consumed by the activities of his 14 year old daughter, manages to get in only the occasional round of golf, and enjoys seeing South Africa winning at cricket when playing Australia, and rugby when playing New Zealand.

Biography:

Adrian Oakey has been with Wind Prospect since 2005, providing technical, administrative and business support and has been part of the wind and renewables industry for the last 20 years including testing prototype wind turbines (Vortec), green field site development (Novera Energy) and commercial and technical support roles (GE Wind Energy). His primary role is overview of all technical aspects of business, including supporting delivery of jobs through his extensive knowledge of the wind industry, training and mentoring of staff as well as implementing technical process improvement.

During his time with Wind Prospect, Adrian has been undertaken work across Australia, Asia and UK/Ireland in the area of wind energy assessments, wind monitoring programs, technical due diligence (owners and lenders), contract due diligence (owners and lenders), contract negotiations including both commercial and technical aspects as well as providing technical advice and support across the development, preconstruction, engineering, construction and operations phases of the wind farm life cycle.

His latest work has included the energy assessments for the 113MW Boco Rock wind farm, preparing specifications and providing technical support for the negotiation of the EPC contracts.

In addition Adrian has supported the business functions of Wind Prospect, including development and management of integrated management systems (Wind Prospect is ISO9001 accredited), business systems, businesses development, finance and business planning.

Outside of Wind Prospect, Adrian’s passions have been the building of his straw bale house in the Aldinga Arts Eco Village (www.aaev.net), renovation of other housing projects and participating in community activities as a resident of the Aldinga Arts Eco Village.  

Biography:

Chris Porter joined the renewables industry in 2002 after 16 years in capital equipment manufacturing, developing business in the UK and internationally. In 2005, Chris became a Director of Wind Direct and takes a leading role in bridging the gap between industry and on site wind generation opportunities.

Biography:

Barthelemy Rouer became head of Wind Prospect France in June 2008 and is now in charge of consolidating the existing clients portfolio, growing the advisory and engineering businesses and establishing WP?s reputation in France.

Based in Paris, Wind Prospect France are primarily focusing on short-term due-diligence and valuation targets as well as more long-term construction and operation contracts.

Barthelemy is a Mechanical Engineer, with onshore and offshore wind development experience, with track records in France, UK, China, Spain, US, the Caribbean, Italy and Greece.

Barthelemy has worked for Vergnet, enXco, Shell WindEnergy and UPC Renewables before joining Wind Prospect.

Prior to Wind Prospect Barth has also done some freelance wind consultancy jobs.

Biography:

Paul Stangroom joined Wind Prospect in May 2008 to take responsibility for expanding the wind resource and energy yield assessment services in Europe. His earlier career included a PhD in wind flow modelling, followed by a number of years of consultancy experience across the energy sector.

After 4 years of growing the wind resource team in the UK into a sustainable and well renowned business covering wind projects across Europe and Africa, Paul moved to Australia to work as General Manager for the Asia-Pacific region.

Paul is now responsible for Wind Prospect’s business across the Asia-Pacific region, from development in Australia to consultancy across Australia and through Asia. He is in charge of the day-to-day operation of the business and its growth in new markets.

Biography:

Alex has had a number of years experience working within the wind energy industry, having been involved in the development and operation of wind farm projects in the UK, Australia and China.

In 2000 he joined Powergen (now EON) in the UK, starting in wind farm operations he moved onto development. In 2003 Alex joined the Wind Prospect team in Adelaide to assist with development and commercial work relating to the successful South Australian portfolio of projects.

In late 2004 Alex returned to Hong Kong and set up a Wind Prospect office to work in the growing Chinese and Asian renewables markets. Since Jan 2008 he has worked closely with CLP on their wind projects across Asia. He is also project manager of the 201MW Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm, and does regular advisory work for Government and private clients across the Asia-Pacific region.

 

Biography:

Mark joined Wind Prospect in 2007 with responsibility for internal and external communications, across all the businesses within the group.  His varied marketing background in consumer and business to business marketing is particularly relevant to understanding the different audiences and stakeholders Wind Prospect communicates with.

Mark has 20 years experience in marketing and business planning, much of it working with owner managed businesses and professional services firms.  His experience includes 7 years as a self-employed consultant working with clients such as Ernst & Young and Thames Water.