ABGL is led by founders with decades of experience building industrial businesses across the UK, Australia, and Asia — supported by a senior corporate finance team and an experienced advisory board.
Chartered Accountant (Ernst & Young). Industrialist and serial founder with over three decades building cross-border industrial businesses in IT manufacturing, software, and motorsport equipment across the UK, Australia, India, and Taiwan. Originated and secured ABGL's five state-government PPP agreements across Northeast India, with direct working relationships at Chief Minister, Minister, and Secretary level in Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh.
LinkedIn profileFormer CFO of Aker Offshore Wind and Head of Treasury and Structured Finance at Aker Horizons, the Aker group's renewables platform. Former Chairman of the Board of Freja Offshore. Over a decade of senior financial leadership across the Nordic energy and renewables sector. Chartered Accountant, trained at EY.
20 years as a City professional, including as CFO and executive director across private and public companies in multiple jurisdictions. Co-founder of ABGL. Capital raising expertise from sell-side execution and listed company M&A. Drives ABGL's commercial execution across the project pipeline and sponsor engagement. Shareholder; not a director of the Company.
Both members of the corporate finance team are also shareholders in ABGL. They are senior team members but not directors of the Company.
Internal corporate finance team member supporting ABGL on capital structure, transaction documentation, and sponsor engagement ahead of the planned LSE Main Market admission. Shareholder.
30 years in institutional equity markets: Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Head of Special Situations at Lehman Brothers. Subsequently at Panmure Liberum. Founding partner, Baden Hill LLP — operator of the annual clean technology and ESG conference at Balliol College, Oxford. Deep experience across cleantech capital markets and institutional investor relationships, supporting ABGL's sponsor selection and pre-IPO investor engagement. Shareholder.
ABGL's Advisory Board provides senior strategic guidance on policy, regulatory, and operational matters across the company's markets.
Chair of ABGL's Advisory Board. Former Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Recipient of the Padma Shri, awarded by the President of India on Republic Day 2026 in recognition of distinguished public service. Leads ABGL's central government relations, MNRE grant applications, technical regulatory approvals, and state-level licensing engagement across all five project states.
ABGL's India-based representative, supporting state-level engagement, project liaison, and on-ground execution across the active project pipeline.
Licella is the inventor and developer of the Cat-HTR™ hydrothermal liquefaction platform. ABGL operates Cat-HTR™ under licence from Licella, with the commercial relationship structured through a joint venture between the two companies.
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