Robert SpehtBEng MSc CEng PGCert MEI AMIMechE

Compton Lodge, Mill Lane, Swansea, SA3 5BD, UKEmail: robertspeht@googlemail.com

Mobile: 07971 635290

PROFILE

A successful director, and project director working in the renewable energy and finance sector and specifically wind and offshore energy. A professional manager with over 16 years experience in renewables and wind power. To date Rob has been involved in renewable energy projects with a combined total of over 9GW of installed capacity and an investment value of more than US$17 billion. That's enough renewable energy to power more than 7.3 million homes.

His skills are building up and managing/directing teams and projects, winning new business, working with permitting authorities & other regulatory bodies and structuring project/private finance for renewable energy projects particularly wind and offshore wind. He is fluent in English and German, and recent work in UK, Europe, China and the USA give him a good understanding of the renewables sector today across the World. He has a background in successful business start-up in challenging markets over many years and 13 years of experience serving as Director, Chairman, Non-Executive Director.

CAREER HISTORY

Sept 13 - DateGeneral Manager & Company Director, OutSmart UK, OutSmart offering is to service the full lifecycle of a wind turbine or wind farm and all aspects related. We combine experience with and knowledge of Engineering, Contracting, Construction and Operation - all in one organization. OutSmart manages on- and offshore wind projects from development to maintenance. In the operational phase, we manage the assets of our clients, thus securing maximum output and lowest Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE). Rob is a registered director and company secretary for the UK subsidiary (OutSmart Wind Professionals Ltd t/a OutSmart UK), and has responsibility for the companies activities in the UK, including company matters, legal & contracting matters, employment and line-management, business development, project delivery etc.

Rob works out of offices in London, Swansea, Hamburg, Emden, and Velp, NL. http://www.out-smar t-uk.com

May 07 - Date

Director, Renewables Experts Ltd, Hire the best renewable energy experts for your project. Investment decisions require the best available advice, and that’s what Renewabels Experts provide. Renewable energy corporate strategy to help you think outside the box, project scoping to help you back the right projects, renewable energy advice for Local Government, Regional Government, National Government and Inter-governmental. Rob works out of offices in London and Swansea. Renewables Experts ltd is pre-qualified for the UK Green Investment Bank’s panel of consulting experts.

http://www.renewables-experts.co.uk

Aug 11 - Aug 13 Business Development Manager - Renewables Due Diligence Global, SGS UK Ltd the World’s leading testing, verification and certification company with over 75,000 employees and offices in 160 countries. His role is the UK lead for business development for Due Diligence services in the financing of large scale renewable energy projects. Services include; project/private finance, due diligence, acquisition & construction monitoring, project management.

Rob works out of offices in London, Camberley, Swansea and Hamburg. http://www.sgs.co.uk/wind

Jan 08 - Aug 11 Wind Energy Manager, Team Leader & Project Director, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Renewables Team Leader for the global wind group at Mott MacDonald - a World class technical advisor with 15,000 staff in offices in 140 countries. He has worked on many large renewables and wind power projects both onshore and offshore including in the fields of permitting, project/private finance, due diligence, acquisition & construction monitoring, project management on offshore wind power projects up to £2Billion (US$3Billion) in value.

Based in the Brighton, Glasgow, Boston (USA), Beijing (China) offices, Robert regularly travelled around the UK and to Germany, USA and China to work on wind and offshore wind projects and understands the need to be flexible in work location to suit the client’s requirements.www.mottmac.com

Robert recent projects over various companies include;

Bard 1 Offshore Wind Farm, Germany - for Ocean Breeze GmbH Drafting HSE documentation for Bard 1 Offshore Wind Farm in German waters.

Noirmoutier & Le Treport Offshore Wind Farms, France – for GDF Suez / EDPR – Project Manager leading the project review for the client’s submission under Round 2 of the French government Offshore Wind Tender programme.

Wind Farm Acquisition Due Diligence, UK – for Sofidel – Project Director leading the acquisition due diligence. Sofidel were looking to acquire and build wind farms to cover their energy consumption.

Crucea I and II Onshore Wind Farms, Romania - for European Bank for Reconstruction & Development acted as the Project Director, leading the due diligence for financing the Crucea wind farm in Romania. The role included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Gode Wind II Offshore Wind Farm, Germany - for Plambeck Emirates - Adviser to the potential Eur400 million equity investment. Robert was Project Director for the Due Diligence process.

Huaneng (Wind Farm Portfolio) IPO, China - For the potential flotation on the Hong Kong stock exchange of the large Chinese wind power developer Huaneng New Energies, Mott MacDonald provided the services of independent engineer. Robert acted as Project Director for the team providing the independent verification of assets.

Shepherds Flat Wind Onshore Farm, Oregon, US - for GE Energy Financial Services - the largest wind farm in the world at the time of construction (845MW) acted as the Project Director, leading the due diligence for equity investment at the Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon, USA. The role was as Project Director and tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Long Yuan (Wind Farm Portfolio) IPO, China - For the flotation of the Long Yuan company on the Hong Kong stock exchange, China’s largest wind power developer. Mott MacDonald provided the services of independent engineer. Robert led the wind team providing the independent verification of assets for the flotation prospectus.

4 Offshore Wind Farms, Germany - For EnBW, a Germany utility company. The 4 offshore wind farms all in German waters - Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Kriegers Flak & Nordsee wind farm. The role was as Project Director for the owners engineering services provided to EnBW for four offshore wind farms in German waters. Tasks include contract negotiation, design specification and many other owners engineering services.

Darlowo Wind Farm, Poland - for the European Investment Bank (EIB) he was Project Director, leading the due diligence for financing the Darlowo wind farm in Poland. Tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Orites Wind Farm, Cyprus - for Platina Partners / EIB. Robert led the LTA Services for the due diligence for financing the Orites wind farm in Cyprus. The role was as project manager and tasks included assistance in providing advice for the pre-construction due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Beicheng Wind Farm, China - for HSBC acted as the Project Manager, leading the due diligence for financing the Beicheng wind farm in China. The role was as Project Manager and tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Suvorovo Wind Farm, Bulgaria - for European Bank for Reconstruction & Development acted as the Project Director, leading the due diligence for financing the Suvorovo wind farm in Bulgaria. The role included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Cote d’Albatre Offshore Wind Farm, France - For NordLB, a German bank, led the due diligence for financing the Cote d’Albatre offshore wind farm in French waters. Role was as project manager and tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

2 Portfolios of Onshore Wind Farms, Germany - For NIBC, a Dutch/German bank, acted as Project Director and led the due diligence for the potential acquisition of the onshore wind farm portfolios. Tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Sandbank 24 Offshore Wind Farm, Germany - For ENBW, a German utility company led the due diligence for the potential acquisition of the German offshore wind farm, Sandbank 24. Tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Co-Ver Energia, Italy - For the investment company Lexicon Partners Ltd and bank Arcapita Bank BSC, recently led the due diligence for the acquisition of a portfolio of wind power, solar power and hydro power assets across Southern and Eastern Europe. Tasks included assistance in providing advice to Sponsors on behalf of lenders during contract finalisation as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

June 12 – Mar 14 Community Councillor, Mumbles Community Council. Representing the

residents of Mayals Ward. www.mumbles.gov.uk

June 04 - May 12 County Councillor, City & County of Swansea. Elected to serve the residents of Landore Ward (Hafod, Landore, Plasmarl & Cnap Llywd) and represent them at the City & County of Swansea.

June 04 – May 12 Member, Local Planning Authority (City & County of Swansea), representative sitting on Area 1 committee, and Full Planning Committee.

May 10 - May 12 Chairman, Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee, City & County of Swansea. The Overview and Scrutiny Business Committee has a cross cutting and coordinating role in respect of the work of the overview and scrutiny boards at the Council. The Committee has many roles including: Agreeing the overview and scrutiny strategic work programme report and monitoring the delivery of the overview and scrutiny work programme. www.swansea.gov.uk

April 08 - May 10 Chairman, Environment & Regeneration Overview Board, City & County of Swansea. Policy making committee of the City & County of Swansea. Policy projects include: New Tram Scheme, New Cycling Strategy, Local Procurement Strategy. www.swansea.gov.uk

2007 - 08 Independent Renewable Energy Consultant, Seren Energy Ltd, Renewable Energy Consultancy based in South Wales. Projects include wind and hydro power projects planning applications and project management. www.serenenergy.co.uk

May 06 - Feb 07 Chairman, Education Scrutiny Committee, City & County of Swansea. Scrutiny committee of the City & County of Swansea. Scrutiny Projects include: Healthy Eating in Schools, Schools Reorganisation Strategy. www.swansea.gov.uk

May 04 - May 06 Chairman, Economic Development Cabinet Advisory Committee, City & County of Swansea. Policy making committee of the City & County of Swansea. www.swansea.gov.uk

2000 - 2007 Director, EnergyTech Ltd, Swansea. A company working in the renewable energy (wind power, solar power etc) and energy efficiency sector, providing services and products. Projects included wind farm planning applications and installations, hydro and solar power projects, energy auditing and renewable energy feasibility work and consultancy. Worked on TAN8 for WDA National Assembly for Wales).

1998 - 2000 Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Energy Ltd, Swansea. A company working in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector. Projects included wind power and solar power installations and energy audits. www.sustainable-energy.co.uk

1989 – 1998 Various Jobs, at various employers. Part time work evenings and weekends, and temporary work in the Summers whilst studying GCSEs, A-Levels, Degree and Masters Degree.

SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Since graduating from Loughborough University with an MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology Robert has gained experience over 16 years in the power & renewable energy (especially wind power) sector. To date he has been involved in renewable energy projects with a combined total of over 9GW of installed capacity and an investment value of more than US$ 17 billion. That's enough renewable energy to power more than 7.3 million homes.

His experience is in the following areas:

Structuring Project/Private Finance for renewables power projects up to £3 Billion in value.

Good experience as Project Director for the Lenders Engineer / Independent Engineer role on a number of wind power projects.

Managing a team of technical specialist across the world to meet project timescales and budgets on power projects financed via the project/private finance route.

Analysis of renewable technologies, assessing social, environmental and economic impacts, Assessment of energy loads and consumption profiles at developments.

Permitting for integration of renewable energy technologies. Preparing energy & other statements to accompany planning applications.

Managing projects from initial customer enquiry through to completion.

Advise clients on risks & rewards associated with renewable energy sources and potential income streams.

Designing, seeing through the consenting process and project managing the installation of small and medium sized wind turbine/farm schemes.

A strong project management track record and have substantial experience in report writing and editing, project management and delivery and liaising with clients.

Experience of the due diligence process for the financing and for the acquisition of wind power projects and portfolios of other renewable energy technologies.

Acting as Independent Engineer to verify assets for IPO (floatation) of renewable energy companies on stock exchanges.

Robert has excellent skills in communication, business development and client/team management and work well with demanding deadlines.

Experienced business development skills, bringing in major projects including the world’s largest wind farm, the USA’s first offshore wind farm and 4 German offshore wind farms.

Experienced at growing a business and a team of professionals to meet ambitious growth targets.

Robert has over 10 years of experience in negotiating with Local Planning Authorities and other consenting bodies on energy and planning issues, and has an awareness of UK/EU energy policy, including:

Producing Environmental Impact Assessments and all aspects of Additional Planning Statements to accompany wind power planning applications.

He has a very good understanding of the UK (England, Wales & Scotland) EIA and planning (permitting) regulations and a good general understanding of UK/European environmental legislation.

Has 10 years experience of producing EIAs and Environmental Statements, including non-technical summaries and detailed technical reports, across a variety of projects.

He is experienced in UK planning (permitting) law and general development control and have experience of giving evidence at Planning Inquiry, and making Planning Appeals including Appeal on Ground of Non-Determination.

DIRECTORSHIPS

OutSmart Wind professionals Ltd (2013-date, current, Director & Secretary) - company providing services to the wind sector www.out-smart.nl

Renewables Experts Ltd (2013-date, current, Director) - company providing consultancy services to the renewable energy sector. www.renewables-experts.co.uk

Environment Centre Swansea an independent charity (Charity no. 1039378, Non-exec Director), whose focus is environmental information, education and activity in South West Wales (2011-2012)

Swansea & Mumbles Railway Company Ltd (current, Director) - working to bring a tram system to the city of Swansea

Bay Leisure Ltd (2009, Non-exec Director) - runs the LC, Swansea's main Leisure Centre with 700,000 visits per year it is Wales' most visited attraction

Swansea City Waste Disposal Company Ltd (2004-2008, Non-exec Director)- manages all the domestic and commercial waste in the County of Swansea, for around 250,000 people

Balanz CO2 Ltd (2007-2009, Director) - a carbon trading company Melyn Gwynt Ltd (2005-2007, Director) - special purpose vehicle company for wind farm

development Swansea Bay Energy Partnership Ltd (2004-2006, Director & Secretary) - special purpose

vehicle company for wind farm development EnergyTech Ltd (2000-2008, Managing Director) - renewable energy company Fresh Approach To Ltd (2006-2009, Director) - ethical & environmental cleaning company

EDUCATION

2012 - 2013 Middlesex University, London, UK

2000 - 2002 Institute for Energy & Sustainable Energy, De Montfort University, UK

1997 - 1998 Centre for Renewable Energy Systems, Dept. Electrical & Electronic

Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

1995 - 1996 Fachhochschule Mannheim, Dept. for Sustainability & Environmental

Technology, Mannheim, Germany

1991 - 1997 Swansea University, Dept Mechanical Engineering, UK

1989 - 1991 Selby Tertiary College, North Yorkshire, UK

1984 - 1989 Selby High School, North Yorkshire, UK

QUALIFICATIONS

Postgraduate: P.G.Cert. The Mechanics of Project Finance

Postgraduate: Ph.D. Grid connection of small renewables in the UK (unfinished)

Postgraduate: M.Sc. Renewable Energy Systems Technology

Degree: B.Eng. (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering with German

LANGUAGES English - Mother Language German - Fluent

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Robert enjoys cycling, walking the dog and swimming. When at home in Swansea he loves to walk and swim in Gower - a renowned National Park near by. He enjoys travelling, both at home and abroad. As a previous Governor and Chair of Governor’s at 3 different schools in Swansea and as a former local County Councillor Robert enjoys a strong sense of serving the community. His passion is sustainability and making a difference in terms of “saving the planet”, and aside from promoting renewable energy he has been an advocate for bringing trams back to Swansea and the Severn barrage scheme.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Robert Speht

Qualifications: BEng MSc PGCert CEng MEI AMIMechE

Home Address: Compton Lodge, Mill Lane, Blackpill,

Swansea, SA3 5BD, UK

Email Address: robertspeht@googlemail.com

Mobile Phone: +44 (0) 7971 635 290

General Health: Excellent

Date of Birth: 15th November 1972

Driving Licence: Full, Clean and Current

Affiliations: Member of the Energy Institute, Consultants list Institute of Energy, Associate Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

References:Mark DowellLine manager when I worked for SGSEmail: markdowell@btinternet.comMobile: +44 (0)7765 285809

Alan Lowden Line manager when I worked for Mott MacDonaldEmail: alanlowdon@aol.comMobile: +44 (0)7759 810455