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Mr. William Dick, Chairman & Founder
William has an honours degree in physics from Trinity College Dublin and is the inventor of the Wavebob.  He has over 40 years’ experience in industry, starting with International Computers, then Services Director with C&C, and Head of Management Services, Irish Distillers Group.  He has managed many large capital projects, set up and handed over three new businesses, directed a series of EC applied research projects and, for the past 10 years, has concentrated on renewable energy R&D.




Mr. Andrew Parish, Chief Executive Officer
Andrew is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, the Irish Management Institute and Henley Management College, London. Prior to joining Wavebob, he was Irish Practice Leader for Pera International - a commercial R&D consultancy and previously held management positions in Sustainable Energy Ireland and GE Water and Process Technology. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management and Institute of Engineering and Technology.




Mr. David Surplus
David Surplus is Managing Director of the B9 Energy Group of companies which he formed in 1992 after previously working in the merchant navy and for Lloyd’s Register. B9 Energy has now developed numerous renewable energy projects and become the first wind farm operation company in the world to achieve accreditation to ISO14001. B9 Energy has so far overseen the generation of 1 billion units (kWhrs) of green electricity. David is now working on feasibility studies for offshore developments.




Mr. Jeremy Dowler, Non-Executive Director
Jeremy Dowler is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and an honours graduate of the University of Reading. He has been involved in wind energy projects since 1995 and in wave energy projects since 2000. He is on the Board of a number of renewable energy companies. He is an executive director of Fred. Olsen Ltd in London with particular responsibilities for financial matters. He has had extensive experience on the Board of various companies in continental Europe.




Mr Simon Dick, Non-Executive Director
Simon is the founder and CEO of successful Irish biomass and waste management company Clearpower (www.clearpower.ie) which he launched in 2002. He was also the founding CEO of Mapflow (www.mapflow.com) a Dublin based technology company launched in 1997. Mapflow won various awards for growth and innovation, and Simon was recognised for his Mapflow achievements in the 2001 European Top 500 Entrepreneur Awards. Prior to Mapflow, Simon worked as a management consultant based in London, working on assignments for blue chip companies in Australia, Europe and the US. He holds a first class honours BSc from Edinburgh University, won the gold medal for his graduating year, and following graduation spent a year as a tropical medicine research scholar with the Wellcome Trust in West Africa. He is also sits on the Board of Governors of The King’s Hospital School in Dublin since 2003. 




Mr. Christopher Bielenberg, Non-Executive Director
Christopher Bielenberg is the founder of the REL Consultancy Group. REL is the only global firm dedicated to generating cash flow improvements through a comprehensive suite of project-based benchmarking and transformation services, as well as ongoing advisory services. Christopher studied Physics at Trinity College Dublin and obtained his MBA at INSEAD, France. He held management positions in with Novartis and with Corning and has extensive experience working on assignments with many of the world's leading firms, including IBM, Unilever, GE and Philips, which have been developed and conducted on a worldwide basis.