Management Team

 

GTL Directors

• Richard Ruebe, Group CEO

Richard has nearly 30 years of general business experience in the USA, most recently in the managing of multi-site manufacturing operations.  Prior to taking his position with GTL Resources plc, Richard was, between 2002 and 2006, the Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Operations of Hollinee LLC, a fiberglass and non wovens filter manufacturing company which had nine manufacturing facilities in Europe and the US and over 750 employees.  As its Chief Executive Officer, Richard successfully streamlined the manufacturing facilities, improved profitability and successfully arranged the sale of the business.  Prior to this role, Richard spent seven years as Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Interlake Material Handling Inc., a company with sales of $300m.  In this role, Richard managed four plants and the construction of a Greenfield facility in Mexico.  Previously, Richard worked for Boots Pharmaceuticals, part of the Boots UK global business, between 1992 and 1995, and Zenith Electronics Inc. between 1981 and 1992 in several financial roles.  Richard has an MBA, BS in Accounting, and a CPA.

 

• Mike Brennan, Finance Director

Prior to joining GTL in April 2005 Mike Brennan qualified as a Chartered Accountant before joining ICI. He has worked for over 20 years in the Petrochemicals industry. In 1996 he joined Petroplus Refining Teesside Ltd (formerly Phillips-Imperial Petroleum Ltd). In 1999 he was appointed Chief Accountant of this refiner, marketer and distributor of hydrocarbon oils and in 2002 became Divisional Finance Director of the Petroplus Group Refining Division.

 

Non-Executive Chairman

• Julia Henderson, Non-Executive Chairman

Julia Henderson has 20 years’ experience of advising UK quoted growth companies across a broad range of
sectors. She left ANZ Merchant Bank in 1989 to become a founder member of Beeson Gregory Limited (now Evolution Securities). Having resigned from Beeson Gregory in 2001 she formed her own consultancy and acts as a consultant and independent adviser to private and quoted companies. Julia was previously a nonexecutive director of TTG Europe plc. In June 2007, Julia joined the board of Alkane Energy plc.

 

Non-Executive Directors

• Graham Wickham, Non-Executive Director  
  
  

  Graham Wickham has over 25 years’ experience in the London financial markets, specialising in investment analysis and corporate finance. Graham joined what was Hoare Govett, now ABN Amro Hoare Govett, in 1970 as an investment analyst and left in 1973 to join Williams de Broe. At Williams de Broe Graham worked on floating and financing small companies on the London Stock Exchange’s main market and on AIM. Graham has held a number of positions as non-executive
  director, including Double Exposure, an independent television production company which has recently been successfully sold.

• Michael Nobbs, Non-Executive Director

Michael Nobbs has a thirty year track record in investment banking, with a focus on corporate and project finance. He was a Managing Director and senior credit officer for Citigroup/Citibank and Group Finance Director for Tishman International Companies, a major global real estate development and investment business. In his career, Michael has participated in many capital raisings, both debt and equity, and in the areas of securitisation, initial public offerings, and corporate acquisitions. He has held positions in London, New York and Los Angeles. Today, Michael acts as an Independent Company Director and Investment advisor. In addition to GTL and IRE, Michael is on the Boards of Ithaca Energy, Sound Oil, Plasco Energy, Mart Resourses, Inc., and Leeder Financial Services.  These entities are listed on AIM, the TVX or the TSX, or are still Private pending IPO.He chairs a variety of Committees, including Remuneration, Audit, Governance and Investment. He is resident in the USA, but travels extensively in the UK, Asia and Canada.

 

Committees of the Board

Members of the Audit Committee and members of the Remuneration Committee:

• Julia Henderson
• Michael Nobbs
• Graham Wickham