Advisory Board

Fred Bayley is professor emeritus in the University of Sussex, which he joined in 1966 as the founding Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He moved from Newcastle where after a spell in marine engineering on the Tyne he had become lecturer and, later, reader in the University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has taught and researched in heat transfer and fluid mechanics while acting also as a consultant to the process and power industries. The experience thus gained has been applied to gas turbines and recently to hybrid vehicles. The UK Institution of Mechanical engineers awarded him the 2001 Dugald Clerk Prize for his paper on the saturated liquid accumulator to the Total Vehicle Conference. Professor Bayley is the principal inventor of the CESARS technology.

Alastair Fraser is a Chartered Accountant with some 18 years domestic and international experience in the Energy industry.  Alastair is Head of Strategic Development for Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd. Alastair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and worked for five of years as corporate finance advisor leading some 20 transactions ranging in size form US$2- $250m In the mid 90's Alastair worked as a consultant to the Energy industry supporting electricity and downstream gas companies to establish new business ventures in the deregulating UK market.  Subsequently Alastair spent three years as Mitsui Babcock's Treasurer before taking a role as Finance Director with M&N Windpower a wind farm developer where he establish their European business. Alastair holds a joint honours degree in economics and accounting from the University of Bristol.

Christopher is a private equity specialist and is heavily experienced in merger and acquisition transactions, spanning a long career in investment banking and venture capital. He is a partner at SKG Equity Partners, a boutique investment bank, as well as a Non-Executive Director and principal investor to numerous private companies.

Christopher focuses on the corporate finance requirements of corporations, advising on both capital and equity markets, as well as IPO and cross-border listings. He started his career as a management consultant and has advised on numerous transactions within the engineering sector. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, and is a patron member of the Genesis Initiative -- the lobbyist and support group for small business.

Mr. Jim Mason is a career automotive engineer and strategic consultant, initially trained by General Motors. After an early career in programme management with GM Vauxhall and Leyland Trucks, Jim joined ENASA Pegaso, the Spanish national truck and bus maker, as Technical Director responsible for Advanced Technology, Product Planning and Engineering. Based in Madrid, he was intimately involved in acquisitions, such as UK truck-maker Seddon-Atkinson , and the process of privatising the Company -- which culminated in its acquisition by Iveco (Fiat Commercial Group) in 1990.

Jim returned to the UK, running his own engineering consultancy, until joining Daewoo in 1995 to head up their strategic initiative aimed at establishing a credible design and engineering centre in Europe. Since retiring from full-time employment in 2003 he has continued acting as a consultant to auto-engineering companies and to private equity businesses requiring technical due diligence for proposed acquisitions. Jim is also a Chartered Engineer (CEng.), a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), and a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (MSAE).