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[October 2009]
Ceramic Fuel Cells Recruits Senior Executives in Europe
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) has recruited two senior business development executives to drive its European sales of integrated combined heat and power products and BlueGen modular generators.
Paddy Thompson, to be based outside London, has extensive business development experience gained over 10 years as a corporate finance adviser, particularly in working with companies specialising in low carbon and renewable energy generation. He has experience of building an environmental consultancy business in the UK, working with innovative environmental companies, the public sector, technologists, entrepreneurs and financiers. Mr Thompson qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and is also a qualified corporate financier and fluent Spanish speaker.
Frank Obernitz also joins the company, to be based in CFCL’s office and manufacturing plant in Heinsberg, Germany. The plant will be officially opened on 2 October 2009. Mr Obernitz has gained extensive business development experience in the utility and industrial sector over the last 10 years. After setting up the sales and added value services activities of Dutch utility Nuon in Germany, he became responsible for the Acquisition, Marketing and Sales group in the industry park business of the company in the Benelux and Germany. Mr Obernitz graduated in energy and process engineering and followed a general management study at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. A native German speaker, he is also fluent in Dutch and English.
Mr Thompson and Mr Obernitz will both report to Managing Director Brendan Dow and will join the company’s Executive Management Team.
ENDS