Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company has its own regional representation in Asia, the Pacific and North America. Affiliates cover Africa, South America and Europe.
The strength of The Biofuel Partnership lies in the complementary skills of the team and their extensive business and technical experience throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific region.
John Edwards (Director & Chairman), is a graduate of Oxford and Sydney Universities and has held a number of senior posts in Australia, the Middle East, Asia and the United Kingdom. As Managing Director of the Pacific Assurance Group, he has been involved in the development of insurance operations in the Pacific region and elsewhere for many years.
Alexander 'Sandy' Kelly (Technical Director) is a qualified engineer, specialising in marine propulsion and ship repair. After a successful career managing shipping fleets in the Middle East and Asia, and with a number of engine manufacturers in North America, Europe and Africa, he returned to university and gained a postgraduate MBA. He is now a corporate strategist. Sandy’s most recent achievement was the operation of a large passenger/ cargo ferry of 22,000 hp entirely on palm oil oleine – believed to be a world first.
Harold Abrahams (Director) has specialised in marketing and communications throughout his working life. A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, he has also created a highly successful professional marketing practice (Abrahams), which operates from Sydney and into Asia and the Pacific Islands. The firm’s client list includes many international corporations.
Laurence Baum (Commercial Director) is a solicitor by profession and had a successful litigation practice in Hong Kong. He was Executive Vice President of the Hong Kong Parkview Group PLC for more than a decade, establishing start up businesses in Asia and Europe. In the course of these developments extensive negotiations were undertaken with state oil and transport bodies in Indonesia, Vietnam, the PRC, the Philippines and, more recently, in PNG.
Peter Wilken (Chief Operating Officer - North America) is a brand management strategist with 25 years experience working on some of the world’s most prestigious brands. He has run companies for three of the top four global marketing communications networks - most recently as Regional Managing Director of BBDO Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he ran companies for Leo Burnett and Ogilvy & Mather.
Dr. Brian Whorrall (Chief Operating Officer - India) is a former academic who, previously, worked at senior level for companies in the US and Europe including Unilever, S.S. White and AD International. For some years he has operated a strategic consultancy assisting companies including Rover Group, Epson Computers and British Aerospace recognise and implement their strategy in a constantly changing business environment.
