HFH
Management
Consultancy and Interim Management
for the Renewable Energy sector
Business and project development
FINANCIAL –
COMMERCIAL – OPERATIONAL
PRINCIPAL
Arthur has over thirty years’
experience in the development of growing businesses across a range of industries.
He has worked at board level in financial, commercial and operational roles
with early stage and high growth companies to manage their finances, raise
capital, negotiate major contracts, manage product launches and develop
multi-party international alliances. His key strengths lie in combining his
strategic, operational and financial background with exposure across a
variety of industry sectors to bring added shareholder value to any business. He has
been working in the renewables / cleantech / environmental sector for a
number of clients since 2004. |
COMMENTS
Craig Sams, Executive
Chairman Carbon Gold Ltd, former Chairman Soil Association Council and
founder of Green & Black’s “As
COO of Carbon Gold, Arthur’s work on fundraising, and building a team of
technology, product development and projects managers was invaluable in
developing our business“ Owen Yeatman, director of Wessex
Grain and Acting Chairman of Green Spirit Fuels, said in February 2007 “We were pleased to appoint Arthur to help take our plans for a single plant in Somerset and turn them into a multi-plant strategy to attract the funding for the larger business as the leading bioethanol development company in the UK. His understanding of the business, and his ability to open doors and engage major players, then look after the contractual issues, has been a great asset.” |
EXPERIENCE - RENEWABLES
Anaerobic digestion – biogas Õ
Adgen Energy Project and business development for AD
projects in food waste and agricultural sectors. Business development and
coordination of technology / engineering, feedstock and sites to meet financing
requirements for multiple projects. Õ
VC Fund Financial due diligence for VC Fund on
commercialisation of anaerobic digestion technology for biogas production. Õ
Government Office of the South West Co-author of a report for the Government
Office of the South West on the business and environmental potential for
on-farm anaerobic digestion as a renewable energy source in the South West. Biomass Õ
W4B Bristol Interim
CEO for liquid biomass development project company – assessment of project
status and review of strategic opportunities. Biochar Õ
Carbon Gold Strategic review of pyrolysis technology
and business plan development for biochar developer, set up to generate
carbon credits, fertiliser and energy generation products. Established project, technology and
administrative teams following finance; led negotiation of biochar projects
in Belize and Mozambique. Developed A Round business plan, negotiated
equity investments and resultant convertible loan. Transport Biofuel Õ
Green Spirit Fuels – bioethanol
development In 2005
HFH Management’s Arthur Llewellyn led the spin-out of Green Spirit
Fuels, the UK’s leading bioethanol development company, and its
subsequent development financing by Credit Suisse and Tudor Capital. Arthur then joined the company as
Commercial / Finance Director, negotiating the necessary offtake, engineering
and construction contracts for the first plant, and the development of
opportunities for the second and subsequent plants. HSBC was appointed in
September 2006 as lead arranger to Wessex Biofuels for the project debt, and
an equity offer was put forward. Green Spirit Fuels was thus positioned to
become Europe’s first project financed bioethanol production plant. Õ
Other biofuels Õ
Investor-readiness
workshop for biofuels developer. Õ Review of
operations and financing structure of African biofuels developer. Õ
Contract
review and offtake negotiations for European biofuels developer. Bio-fertiliser Õ
Strategic review
and business planning for bio-fertiliser developer. Waste treatment and biomass energy Õ
Waste MBT / biomass energy
plant As acting CFO, led Strategic review and
business planning in preparation for, and negotiation of, development capital
for £20m Integrated Waste MBT and biomass energy plant. Concentrated PV Solar cells Õ
Quantasol Interim CFO for Concentrated PV Solar cell developer. Business planning and preparation for £6m ‘A’ round. |
EXPERIENCE – TECHNOLOGYÕ
PenOp Arthur
took PenOp, a pre-seed technology company, from
concept to world-wide market leader in the handwritten signature software
market, with an extensive and defensible IPR portfolio. Initially as a
consultant, then as Commercial Director, he worked with leading IT companies
to develop and grow the market and legal environment for signature
technologies, negotiated loans, grants and two rounds of venture capital
investment (including a private placing), and led the acquisition of a
competitor’s IPR and business. In his business
development role, he negotiated enterprise software licences and OEM bundling
agreements, built and managed sales teams in the UK and USA, led
international product launches, and built strategic relationships with
technology and territory business partners around the world. Õ
Telecoms network management software
company Negotiating contracts with major telecom operators and equipment providers; managing downsizing and cost reduction process, cutting burn rate by 50% Õ
Secure Internet application Project leadership and design for biometric authentication in internet based transactions. Õ
Property Management Software company Planning and negotiation of potential management buy-in Õ
University Knowledge Management Technology
spin-out Business planning and investment presentation |
EXPERIENCE - OTHER SECTORS
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Early stage life science companies Managing and arranging investment and grant funding Õ
Architects (PLC) Operational review; closed loss-making subsidiaries; negotiated disposal of non-strategic subsidiaries; completed acquisition investigations; prepared corporate plan Õ
Leisure Goods manufacturer Operational review resulting in management re-structure; advised on and implemented diversification strategy (by acquisition) Õ
Medical Training Equipment developer Strategic
review; wrote business plan; negotiated grant and start-up loan funding |
CONTACT
Please
contact HFH Management Ltd at:
Email arthur@hfhmanagement.co.uk Mobile +44(0)7966
375364 |
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