November 11 2009 Seminar - André Fernon is co-founder of SolarPrint, Andrew Parish is CEO of Wavebob & John Travers is CEO of Alternative Energy Resources
André Fernon is co-founder of SolarPrint. SolarPrint is developing Dye Sensitised Solar Cell (DSSC) technology, a novel 3rd generation printable, flexible solar cell technology, which uses abundant, cheap raw materials and employs a low-cost, fast and easy manufacturing process. SolarPrint recently announced a significant investment of €1.6 million, from Custom House Capital, Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investor partners to ramp up production and accelerate the company’s growth.
Pictured far right (l-r): Andrew Parish, CEO, Wavebob, John Travers, CEO, Alternative Energy Resources and André Fernon, co-founder, SolarPrint
André started his career as a financial analyst within the Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division before joining Apollo Real Estate Advisors, a US private equity firm, where he remained as Vice-President until his return to Ireland in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he was a Director of Crownway Investments, an Irish private equity firm.
He has a BA in Economics and a Master in Management from the ESCP-EAP European School of Management.
Andrew Parish is CEO of Wavebob. Wavebob, established by William Dick in 1999, is one of the world's leading wave energy technology companies. The company is developing a unique Wave Energy Convertor, ‘Wavebob’, which harnesses the immense power of the ocean to produce clean, renewable energy.
Prior to joining Wavebob, Andrew 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.
He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, the Irish Management Institute and Henley Management College, London.
John Travers is CEO of Alternative Energy Resources (AER). AER which is headquartered in NovaUCD, is a leading Irish biofuels company with a world class performance record in three key areas; production and supply of biofuels in the Irish market, large scale biofuels production projects and next generation biofuels research and development.
John has extensive experience in the energy and consulting sectors. He has worked for 14 years in the energy industry, spending 5 years at Shell International in Holland as an operations manager and subsequently commercialising Shell technologies for the worldwide oil and gas industry. He joined McKinsey management consultants for 4 years and worked as a manager specialising in energy. He led consulting projects at international companies and governments in Ireland, UK, US and Africa.
He holds an engineering degree from UCD and an MBA from Harvard University.
| John Travers, André Fernon, Andrew Parish & Panel Discussion | |
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| Date | Wednesday 11 November 2009 |
| Venue | NovaUCD |
