Liqtech International Inc
Officers & Directors
Aldo Petersen. Aldo Petersen has been Chairman of the Board of LiqTech since August
2011. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of APE Invest A/S, aprivate Danish
investment company, since 1996. Until 2006, Mr. Petersen was also the Chief Executive
Officer of EuroTrust (formerly known as Telepartner), a former NASDAQ-listed company
that he founded in 1986. Prior to EuroTrust, he started and sold one of Denmark’s
first hedge funds, Dansk Fromue Invest. Mr. Petersen wasa major investor in Greentech,
a renewable energy company that builds wind farms in Denmark, Germany, Poland
and Italy. He is a private investor in wind farms in Germany and France, and was
also a major investor in Football Club Copenhagen (listed on the Copenhagen Stock
Exchange). Mr. Petersen has a B.A. degree in Economics from Copenhagen Business
School.
Sune Mathiesen. Mr. Mathiesen was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and a Director
of LiqTech International on July 29 2014. Mr. Mathiesen has served as Chief executive
officer and as a Director of Masu A/S, a Danish company since February 2013. He
has served as CEO and Director of the Board of Provital Solutions A/S since March
2012. Before that he served as Country Manager of Broen Lab Group since August
2010 and before that as Country Manager of GPA Flowsystem since February 2000.
Mr. Mathiesen has a solid background in executive management, sales and turn-arounds.
Mr. Mathiesen has been working hands-on with technical products within the valves
and fittings industry for the past 16 years. He has a degree in commercial science
from Via College in Randers, Denmark.
Soren Degn. Mr. Degn has served as Chief Financial Officer of LiqTech International,
Inc. since August 2011. From 2008 until 2011, he was the Chief Financial Officer
of Guava, a publicly listed internet advertising company. From 2007 to 2008, Mr.
Degn served as Chief Financial Officer of Advance Renewable Energy Ltd. From 2001
to 2006, he was the Chief Financial Officer of EuroTrust (a NASDAQ/AIM listed
company, formerly known as Telepartner). From 1996 to 2001, he was the financial
controller at Kampsax (a consulting company). From 1989 to 1996, he worked at
KPMG in Denmark. Mr. Degn has a B.A. degree in Business Administration and an
M.B.A. from Copenhagen Business School.
Paul Burgon. Mr. Burgon has served as a Director of LiqTech since September 2011.
Mr. Burgon has led corporate mergers and acquisitions for most of his career,
leading and completing over 60 transactions worth over $2 billion. Mr. Burgon
has been the Vice President of Business Development for Steel Partners Holdings
since 2012. Mr. Burgon was the interim Chief Financial Officer of SWK Holdings
Corporation (OTCBB: SWKH) from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Burgon served as a Principal
and CFO of NightWatch Capital Advisors, LLC from 2005 to 2012. Mr. Burgon was
a Manager and then Director of Corporate Development for Danaher Corporation from
1998 to 2005. Mr. Burgon led corporate development at Fluke Corporation from 1997
to 1998 and worked at Coopers and Lybrand from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Burgon holds
a B.S.BA. degree (cum laude) in Finance and International Business and an International
Executive M.B.A. degree from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Mark Vernon. Mr. Vernon has served as a Director of LiqTech International, Inc.
since February 26, 2013. Mr. Vernon currently serves as a Director of Senior plc,
a UK-based aerospace and industrial engineering business, following his appointment
in May 2011. Mr. Vernon has had a distinguished career in the industrial engineering
industry, with wide international business experience. In January 2014, Mr. Vernon
retired as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc
(London Stock Exchange: SPX),a designer and supplier of industrial steam systems
and peristaltic pumping, after serving on the Spirax Board since 2006. He also
served previously as Group Vice-president of Flowserve’s Flow Control Business
Unit, Group Vice-president of Durco International and President of Valtek International.
Mr. Vernon earned a BSc degree (magna cum laude) from Weber State University.
Michael S. Barish. Mr. Barish was appointed to serve as Director effective as
of May 19, 2014. Mr. Barish has over 40 years’ experience in the investment
industry, having worked as a security analyst, portfolio manager, and investment
advisor. Since 2009, Mr. Barish has actively pursued personal investments in both
public and private companies. Furthermore, he has served on the Board of Directors
of AeroGrow International Inc. and Zero E Technologies, LLC since 2010. Previously,
he served on the Board of Directors of Guaranty National Insurance Company, a
publicly held property and casualty company. Mr. Barish co-founded Lazarus Investment
Partners LLLP in 2003, a private investment partnership for which he served as
portfolio manager until July 2009. In 1973, Mr. Barish founded Cambiar Investors,
an investment advisory firm for which he served as President and Chief Investment
Officer until 2001. Mr. Barish was a member of the New York Society of Security
Analysts and received the designation as Chartered Financial Analyst. He received
his BBA in Accounting & Finance from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Rengarajan Ramesh. Dr. Ramesh was appointed to serve as Director effective
as of April 14, 2015. Dr. Ramesh consulted for Wasserstein & Co. in 2009 and
joined them as a partner in 2010. He currently serves on the board of RWL Water
as well as on the Innovation Business Development Advisory Board for United Technologies
Corporation. He is a member of the investment committee for Sustainable Water
for Food, at US AID, was a Board member of Imagine H2O, and is the Chairman of
its Scientific Advisory Board. Most recently he served on the board of High Pressure
Equipment Company a portfolio company of Wasserstein & Co. Mr. Ramesh served
as a member of the International Advisory Board to The Ministry of Environment
and Water for the Government of Singapore from 2006 to 2009 and on the Executive
Board of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense from 2006-2009. From
2003 to 2009, he held several senior management roles at GE Water & Process
Technologies, including four years as Chief Technology Officer during which time
Dr. Ramesh played a key role in the development and implementation of the strategy
that led to the creation of GEs $2.5 billion global water platform, managing
engineering and technology organizations of over 700 engineers and scientists.
Prior to serving at GE, Dr. Ramesh worked with A. Schulman Inc., a global, specialty
chemicals manufacturer, for over 20 years. Dr. Ramesh received his M.S. and Ph.D.
in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron and was awarded the distinguished
alumni award in 2005. Dr. Ramesh has four issued patents.
Liqtech International Inc currently has 92 employees.
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