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Board of Directors and Management Team
Lord Colin Moynihan, Chairman
Neels Kriek, Chief Executive Officer
Neels has a BSc in Chemistry and Biochemistry, an honours degree in Business Management and an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch.
Derrik Robb, Operations Director Derrik started his career in an offshore corrosion engineering role and then progressed through project and functional department management roles at Stone and Webster (the engineering procurement and construction constractor) delivering projects to global operators. Derrik more recently applied his project management skills, gained in a contracting environment, to the successful roll out of networks in the telecommunications industry as well as the management of operational facilities.
Hans Middelthon, Board Director Hans has a Masters in Economics from Universite de Fribourg and an MBA from London Business. |
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Neels joined PWP in November 2009 as CEO. He has over 30 years of experience working in a variety of industries including the chemical, defence, industrial gases, electronics and global semiconductor sectors. Neels spent 15 years working for BOC Edwards holding executive management positions in each of the group's different lines of business and becoming managing director of materials and services. He has been responsible for managing businesses with annual revenues exceeding $600m per annum and has extensive global management experience having worked in South Africa, Europe and the USA.
From a background in the wind energy sector, Richard founded Pelamis Wave Power in 1998. He is now the company’s Chief Technical Officer, responsible for all aspects of the technology R&D and product development programmes. Richard is also a Board Director of the Scottish Renewables Forum, Scotland’s renewables industry trade association. 
Diana joined Pelamis Wave Power as CFO in August 2007 from FTSE mid 250 stockbroker, Collins Stewart plc, where she was Finance Director and Company Secretary . She recently played a key role in both the company’s successful demerger from Tullett Prebon and its purchase of corporate advisory business, Hawkpoint. Prior to that, Diana was Finance Director at Midlands Mining. She qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and spent several years in corporate finance at Hill Samuel Bank.
Max is responsible for PWP’s commercial development and sales and marketing of the Pelamis WEC. He has many years experience in international sales and marketing with a focus on bringing new innovative products to market and creating new markets for existing products. Prior to PWP he established and grew the European subsidiary of BW Technologies Ltd, a TSE listed manufacturer of innovative gas monitoring systems including equipment to reduce CO2 domestic boiler emissions. He was also Managing Director of Engineering for Science and Industry Ltd, a systems integrator for the oil and gas industry. Max originally graduated from Edinburgh University with an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Following this he spent seven years as Sales and Marketing Manager for City Technology plc (now part of Honeywell) which became the world’s leading manufacturer of miniature fuel-cell gas sensors used in safety, medical and environmental applications. He is currently a member of the REA’s Ocean Energy Group, the BWEA’s Marine Steering Group and a Director of OREC in the USA.
Eddie manages the Quality, Environment, Health and Safety programmes for PWP. From early days in the shipbuilding industry he has worked in a variety of project and marine engineering roles on offshore construction projects, jacket structure installations and heavy lift vessels. Moving to the Semiconductor manufacturing industry, he spent 14 years dedicated to Quality, Environment, Health and Safety management, attaining the position of Global QEHS manager with Metron Technology and UK EHS manager with Wood Group Gas Turbine Services, Raytheon Systems and Hyundai Semiconductor. He holds a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety management and has patented safety equipment for technical diving.
Dr. Marco Fabbri started his industrial career in 1970 as a Design Engineer and then Project Manager with Standard Telephones & Cables in London. He joined Ferranti Subsea Systems Limited in 1978 as Programme Manager working on offshore and subsea projects. In 1988 he led a management buy-out from Ferranti, forming FSSL LTD, of which he become the CEO and Chairman. In 1993 he sold the company to Kvaerner, having substantially increased profits and market share. He later formed Kvaerner Oilfield Products (KOP) of which he became Chairman and CEO. Since he retired from full time employment in 2000, he has worked with 3i plc, SND Invest (Norway), Carbon Trust, Imperial College, Ernst and Young, Simmons & Simmons and Shell. He is currently Director of Vector International, and advisor to several companies.