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Use of the Website

The information contained on the Website is provided for personal use and general information and interest purposes only. The information contained on the Website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person in any jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject GES to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction. If you access the Website outside the UK, you are responsible, to the extent permitted by local law, for compliance with any local laws relating to access. You may not reproduce (in whole or in part), transmit (by electronic means or otherwise), modify, link into or use for any public or commercial purpose the Website without the prior written permission of GES. You may not use this Website in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent and you may not misuse our Website by introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You may not use this Website or the information and graphics on this Website in any way that infringes GES or any third party’s trade marks or other intellectual property rights.

No Warranty

While GES tries to keep the information on the Website accurate and up to date, GES is not responsible for, nor gives any undertaking, representation or warranty as to, the accuracy, usefulness, availability, reliability or completeness of any material, information, news or opinions contained in or provided in connection with the Website. GES makes no warranty or representation that (i) the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, (ii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Website will be accurate or reliable, (iii) the Website will meet your requirements, or (iv) any errors in the Website will be corrected. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, GES expressly disclaims all warranties, conditions and other terms of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied term of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose, and any term as to the provision of services to a standard of reasonable care and skill or as to the non-infringement of any intellectual property right.

Limitation of Liability

Your use of the Website is at your sole risk. The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE) INCURRED BY YOU, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE FORM OF ACTION AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (I) ACCESS TO, PERFORMANCE OF, BROWSING IN OR LINKING TO OTHER WEBSITES FROM THE WEBSITE, (II) RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE, (III) ANY ERROR, FAULT, COMPUTER VIRUS, HACKING OR OTHER PHENOMENON AFFECTING DATA OR THE TRANSMISSION OF DATA ON THE WEBSITE, OR (IV) USE OF THE WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, WHETHER OR NOT (IN EACH CASE) GES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL LIMIT GES’ LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENCE.

Changes to the Website

GES shall have no responsibility for monitoring or updating the Website, and reserve the right in their absolute discretion to amend, alter, redesign, change, add to or remove material from the Website or anything contained on it, at any time without notice or liability.

Material Interests

GES and/or any of its members, directors, officers and employees may have or have had interests or positions or traded in relevant securities. Furthermore, such entities or persons may have or have had a relationship with or may provide or have provided corporate finance or other services to, or serve or have served as directors of, relevant companies. Companies in which investments are made may compete with one another.

Third Party Websites

The Website may include links to websites not controlled by GES and we are not responsible for the availability of, nor any content on, those websites. GES provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement. No representation is made as to the regulatory status of any third party that may maintain or be referred to in such a linked website.

Submitted Materials

The Website is not intended as a method for users to convey information to GES. Do not attempt to submit, upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available to GES (or any third party) any information through the Website.

UK Regulatory Information

Access to the Website in the UK is provided solely GES. Global Energy Storage Holdings Pte Ltd is incorporated in Singapore under the number 202040828K.

Trade Marks, Copyright, No Licence

“GES” and the logos and trade marks (“Marks”) displayed on the Website are either trade marks or registered trade marks in the UK and/or other countries. GES reserves all rights on its behalf and on behalf of any third party which is authorized to display materials or marks on this Website with respect to copyright and trade mark ownership of all material on this Website. You are not permitted to use these Marks without the prior written consent of GES or such third party as may own the Mark. No licence or right under any patent, trade mark or copyright of GES or any third party is granted herein. Copying or downloading material from this Website does not transfer title to any material on this Website to you.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you agree that the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use will remain in full force and effect in so far as possible.

Non-Waiver

The failure of GES to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions of Use shall not constitute a waiver thereof; nor shall any waiver by GES of any breach by you constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.

Entire Agreement and Applicable Law

These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and GES governing access to and use of the Website and the information given on it. All matters relating to your access to and use of the Website, these Terms and Conditions of Use and the Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to or use of the Website shall be instituted in a court in England and Wales, and no other venue.

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Dear visitor,

Global Energy Storage (GES) requests your attention for the following.

GES is aware of the existence of websites falsely claiming association with GES or presenting themselves as (a subsidiary of) GES. GES has no control over the nature, content and availability of those websites. GES only has one official website: https://www.gesgroup.global/. Please be aware that any other website claiming to be (affiliated with) GES may be fraudulent. Visitors are advised to exercise caution and verify the authenticity of any such claims.

GES expressly denies any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage, including without limitation indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits out of, or in connection with, the use of such fraudulent websites. GES cannot be held liable for any consequences arising from or in connection to the fraudulent websites.

Please be warned that a fraudulent website may offer or is involved with Storage Spoofing. For more information on Storage Spoofing, and how to identify and report false representations, please visit our dedicated page.

Undersigned,

Global Energy Storage

Chris Forrest - HSE Director

Chris Forrest

HSE Director

Chris started his career in HSE while serving in the Royal Air Force, which he continued after leaving the service and working for the Ministry of Défense, specializing in oil and gas storage and construction.

 He left the public sector in 2012 and continued his career in the private sector, joining VTTI as projects HSE manager, where he worked on oil and gas projects in Kenya, Cyprus, UAE, South Africa, Croatia and Nigeria before joining GPS.

 He joined the GPS Group in December 2018 and is subsequently the HSE Director responsible for all of the GES Group’s construction and development projects as well as providing guidance and support to existing operations.

Chris has maintained a high level of HSE performance over the last 32 years in both the public and private sectors, by his focus on caring about the people and their families that may be impacted by business operations and subsequently protecting them and the organisations he represents.

Martine

Martine de Beer

New Projects & Commercial Manager EMEA

Martine has over 15 years’ experience in various commercial and management roles within the storage industry.

After finishing her MBA, she started as a trainee at Vopak, where she joined the Commercial team of the Chemical Terminals in Antwerp for five years. Martine subsequently joined VTTI, being part of the Management Team of their Amsterdam terminal and thereafter became responsible for the Commercial and Customer Service activities in the ARA region. After five years, Martine started her own consultancy firm. She contributed to the successful realization of several projects at Vesta Terminals, VTTI, MarTest Cambrian and Vattenfall, ranging from operational excellence to contract management.

Martine joined GPS in 2017 as the General Manager of the GPS Amsterdam terminal and has thereafter fulfilled the role of New Projects and Commercial Manager EMEA for GPS, and GES since its formation. Her areas of expertise include project sourcing and execution, including permitting, project management and operational excellence.

Graham Sharp

Graham Sharp

Non-Executive Director

Graham started his career in the commodities sector, first at Marc Rich and then as a co-founder of Trafigura, where he led the oil trading team until his retirement.

 

More recently, he was a Senior VP for international trade at TNK-BP and, for eight years, Chairman of Puma Energy. In addition to his role with GES, Graham is also a Senior Advisor to Oliver Wyman and is an active investor in the renewable energy sector, having sat on the board of a number of successful start-ups.

 

Graham joined as independent Non-Executive Director of GES in 2021.

Andy

Andy Winser

Adviser

Andy holds a first class Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Birmingham. Andy has over 40 years of oil industry experience which he started in 1975 when he joined Shell as a refinery process engineer firstly in the UK and then in Germany.

Andy gained experience in operations, logistics and supply chain management before he moved to Shell’s London headquarters in 1991 where he was deeply involved in Shell’s downstream strategy and in the globalisation of supply and trading activities. In 1998 Andy joined the downstream MandA team and was responsible for a number of multi-billion dollar deals.

For the last 7 years of his Shell career Andy led the international business development team for Shell Trading. On retiring from Shell in 2013 Andy joined Bluewater PE as a consultant. He co-founded GPS in 2016 and was its executive chairman until the end of 2020 when he became a Non-Executive Director.

Yujun

Yujun Zhuang

Senior Financial Analyst

Yujun joined GPS Group in February 2017. Her primary responsibilities currently include financial modelling, due diligence, and execution support for M&A activities.

Prior to joining GPS, Yujun was a Specialist with American President Lines (“APL”), where she was involved in financial planning & analysis, due diligence, and asset management of APL’s global operations department.

Before APL, Yujun was a Senior Executive with both global and Asia regional headquarters of NYK Line. In NYK, she worked on global procurement and cost control, management reporting, as well as various process optimization projects.

Yujun holds a BSc (Hons) in Maritime Studies from Nanyang Technological University. She is also a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Soffee

Soffee Mohd

LNG Business Development Manager

Mohd Soffiee is an Electrical Engineer with over 40 years’ experience in Oil and Gas, mostly in LNG and gas pipeline transmission projects. He spent over 26 years with Petronas and had also worked for Woodside and VTTI. Soffiee joined GPS Group in June 2017 and is now supporting GES in its Asian development efforts.

Soffiee was involved in Peninsular Gas Transmission PGU 2&3, MLNG Tiga Bintulu, Idku LNG Egypt, Pluto LNG Australia, Iran LNG, Shell Australia (downstream assets), Ain Sokna Refrigerated LPG Egypt and Chemaweyaat Abu Dhabi.

Soffiee’s roles in the above projects included feasibility studies, FEED, Detail Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Operations (PGU 2&3 and MLNG Dua) of the assets. In VTTI, Soffiee was involved in BD for terminal projects in Myanmar, Penang, ATB, Indonesia, Australia, and Vietnam.

Pal

Pal Pasztrai

Vice President M&A

Pal has spent his career working in finance and in the energy private equity space.

He joined Global Petro Storage Group (“GPS”) in January 2019 and is currently focusing on GES’s M&A activities, primarily outside of Asia.  

Pal was previously with the energy specialist private equity fund, Blue Water Energy, and has gained experience in the oil and gas upstream and midstream sub-sectors, including Blue Water Energy’s investment in GPS in January 2016.

Prior to Blue Water Energy, Pal was an Investment Banking Analyst in the EMEA Diversified Industries & Real Assets team at J.P. Morgan in London.

Pal holds an MSc in Finance from Corvinus University Budapest and also a Masters in International Management from the National University of Singapore (CEMS MiM).

Mani

Mani Thanikaimani

Business Development Director, Asia

Mani has around 15 years’ experience working in various O&G and chemical supply chain roles in developing and optimizing cost effective supply chain infrastructures for oil majors, shipping companies and O&G storage terminals.

After graduating from University Technology Petronas in Malaysia with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, he went to work for Shell Malaysia, where he was part of the downstream supply chain optimization team.

Mani subsequently joined MISC Berhad, a shipping subsidiary of Petronas and worked in a small team to develop (building) the chemical fleet for MISC’s Chemical Business Unit.  He led the commercial DD for MISC while acquiring the 50% stake in VTTI from Vitol ($850mm) in 2010. 

Upon acquisition of VTTI by MISC, he joined VTTI in 2012, in BD, working on numerous projects in Africa and LATAM.  During his career in VTTI, he developed projects for VTTI in the USVI, Pakistan, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and notably the Burgan Cape Terminal in South Africa.

Mark

Mark Synnott

Chief Technical Officer

Mark Synnott, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, started his career with BP before moving to Horizon Terminals and then VTTI.  He joined the GPS Group in December 2016 as the Technical Director responsible for the Group’s construction and technical aspects of development works as well as providing technical advice to existing operations. At GES, he is responsible for overseeing all technical matters of the Group, including executing projects, technical support of business development efforts, and supervising major procurement and maintenance plans.

Over a period stretching nearly 30 years, Mark has been directly responsible for developing close to 5 million m3 of storage across the globe, having spent significant time in the Far / mid-East, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Mark has extensive experience in Project Development and Implementation, including all aspects of the Design and Construction of Oil and Gas Storage Facilities, including the jetties/pipelines that serve them.

Sim

Sim Seow Wah

CFO

Sim Seow Wah is the CFO at GES Group, where he manages the company’s finances, corporate functions, and banking relationships. Sim is also the CFO of GPS.

Prior to GPS Group, Sim served as treasurer for VTTI, the global oil storage terminal operator. He joined VTTI at the start up stage, was instrumental in the growth of the terminal portfolio, and was responsible for arranging multi-million-dollar bank financing, to fund the expansion of VTTI. He also played a key role in taking VTTI public in 2014, and subsequently bringing VTTI to the US Private Placement market for a debt refinancing deal in 2015. Sim also held leadership roles in Vopak and ABB Lummus.

He holds a BS in Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and an MSc in Finance from Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

Alan

Alan Hyslop

CFO

Alan has over 25 years’ experience in M&A and corporate finance. As Chief Investment Officer of GES, Alan is responsible for arranging the funding, execution and structuring of projects in GES’s strong pipeline.

Alan joined GPS in Singapore in January 2019 as Corporate Finance Director, where he has the same responsibilities as his GES role. For the previous 10 years, Alan worked for private equity owned businesses in Corporate Finance and CFO roles, including Apollo Towers, a large telecom infrastructure business in Myanmar, where Alan was Head of Corporate Finance.

Prior to that, Alan was a private equity investor for over 15 years with Dubai International Capital, Prudential and 3i.  He has led and managed numerous PE investments, acquisitions, and fundraisings with a transaction size of up to $1bn. 

Alan has lived and worked in Asia and the Middle East for over 20 years. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and a graduate of the University of Strathclyde.

Eric

Eric Arnold

Executive Chairman

Eric is the Executive Chairman of GES Group and Chairman and CEO of GPS Group, of which he was a cofounder in early 2016.

Eric has nearly 40 years of storage and logistics experience. Eric started in the storage and logistics industry directly from university in 1982 in GATX in the US, learning terminal operations and engineering. After obtaining an MBA, his career developed commercially and as a leader. He spent 8 years establishing Vopak’s joint ventures in both Shanghai and Malaysia.

Eric was recruited as COO of the VTTI Group in 2007, where he was based in Holland and was responsible for the global operations of the Group across Argentina, Belgium, Latvia, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Kenya, Russia, the UAE, and the USA. In 2009 he became the Managing Director of VTTI Asia.

PeterVucins

Peter Vucins

CEO

Peter has over 20 years’ experience in various commercial and senior management roles within the energy commodity sector, focusing on storage and logistics.

After graduating from Delft University of Technology with a master’s degree in engineering, he worked for Vopak in Rotterdam, where he was part of the business development team for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Peter subsequently joined Mercuria, one of the world’s largest independent energy trading companies, and worked in a small team to build out its midstream asset portfolio, including the storage terminals that were named as “Vesta Terminals”, of which 50% was divested to Sinomart KTS Development Ltd (part of Sinopec) in 2012.

After having held several senior roles (including Managing Director of the largest terminal of Vesta located in Antwerp, and Chief Commercial Officer for the group), Peter was appointed CEO and was responsible for leading the company, until he left to join GPS Group, where he is responsible for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a function which he currently retains in parallel with being the CEO of GES.