MANAGEMENT

Our management philosophy is based on responsibility, mutual respect and entrepreneurial creativity. This means that we’ll create a work environment wherein employees will feel responsible for the overall company’s performance and be awarded accordingly. Our team’s skills cover all aspects of creating and managing a project in terms of organizing, financing, auditing, marketing, promoting, solving technical and organizational problems.

References are available upon request.

 

  Ufuk Ünal, BSc(Eng), Managing Partner;

An aeronautical engineer by profession, Ufuk graduated from the Technical University of Istanbul and worked on high profile aviation projects until the mid 1990s. Afterwards Ufuk moved into energy development field and currently holds the following posts:

a) Chairman of the Association of Biogas Investments in Turkey,

b) Chairman of the Energy Committee of the Young Businessmen Association of Turkey (TUGIAD),

c) Main Shareholder and the Managing Partner of Eurogaz,

d) Consultant to numerous Turkish Ministries & Parliamentary Commissions concerning energy investment and waste management issues in TR.

 

 Eva Economou, BA in Economics (Finance), MSc, Senior Advisor; 

Our Senior Advisor Ms. Eva Economou has more than 20 years of experience in banking particularly in the areas of investment banking, structured finance, project financing, corporate & commercial banking and acted as the Head of Investment Banking, Corporate Manager and Senior Relationship Manager for BNP Paribas in Greece, from 1993 to 2006. Among the projects she financed through the European Investment Bank (EIB) is the first ever wind power farm in Greece in 1997 and thereafter she took part in the financing of numerous other energy projects thus bringing her renewable energy portfolio to more than 150 MW in total. Between 2006 and 2009 she provided debt and equity advisory services via her own firm in Athens to corporate clients. Afterwards Eva worked as a Managing Director for an investment banking firm headquartered in New York, USA. Eva holds a BA in Economics ( Finance) from the University of Piraeus and a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.
 

 

 Professor Roger Ruan, BSc (Eng) MSc PhD, Senior Technical Consultant;

Our Senior Technical Consultant Professor Ruan PhD, who has been teaching at the University of Minnesota, USA, since 2001, is a world known expert in the fields of Bioproducts and Biosystems. He also holds the following posts: Director since 2002, Center for Biorefining; Co-leader and Co-ordinator, IREE Biofuels and Bioproducts Cluster. Professor Ruan’s research focuses on various aspects of value-added processing, Renewable Energy, and Food Engineering. His current interests are in conversion of Renewable Biomass into energy fuels, chemicals, and materials, biopolymer process improvement, food shelf stability and quality enhancement, safety assurance, nonthermal plasma development and applications in bioprocessing and foods. Professor Ruan has published over 165 papers in refereed journals, books, and book chapters, and over 300 meeting papers and other reports, and holds 10 US patents. He has received over 115 projects totaling over $16 Million USD in various funding for research, including major funding from USDA, DOE, DOT, DOD and industries. Professor Ruan has also given over 120 invited symposium presentations, company seminars, and short courses, and has been a consultant for the US Government Agencies, and many local, national, and international companies and agencies in bioprocess engineering, food engineering, and Renewable Energy areas. He has taught many undergraduate and graduate courses, including Renewable Energy technologies, Biological Processing engineering, Managing Water in food, Biological Systems, Instrumentation and Control for Biological Systems and Engineering Principles & Applications.

 

 Levent Mercan, BSc (Eng) MSc, Technical Consultant;

Our Technical Consultant Dipl.-Ingenieur Mr. Mercan, who is an Energy Engineer by profession, graduated from the Technical University of Bielfeld, Germany, in 1982. Levent is an expert in renewable energy development, organic compost production and waste management facilities & technologies. He worked for a number of blue chip German industrial companies since graduation till late 1990s such as AEG Hannover, BBC Hannover, Siemens etc. and gained valuable experience in the implementation of energy development projects. Since late 1990s he took part in the following projects in Turkey: Project Co-ordinator for € 16M Euro Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility in Denizli which was financed by the German Development Bank KfW; Project Manager for € 12M Euro Geothermal Energy Development Project in Kizildere; Project Manager, Developer and Operator of € 2M Euro Organic Waste Recycling Plant in Izmir; Project Manager for the construction of waste water treatment plants at various locations in Turkey.