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Pacific Green Appoints Iain Lees as Chief Operating Officer to Support Company Growth Initiatives Around Proprietary Emission Control Systems for Power Plants and Marine Vessels
Pacific Green Appoints Iain Lees as Chief Operating Officer to Support Company Growth Initiatives Around Proprietary Emission Control Systems for Power Plants and Marine Vessels.
About this update from Pacific Green Technologies Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nSAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Green Technologies Inc. (PGTK) (OTCQB:PGTK), owner of the ENVI-MarineTM and ENVI-CleanTME Exhaust Gas Scrubbing Systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Iain Lees as Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.\n Mr. Lees joins the Company from HannawayCA Corporate Finance Limited (HCACF), a leading financial and business advisory firm in Northern Ireland where he has served as Managing Director since January 2017. As Managing Director of HCACF, he was responsible for operations, regulation and risk management, as well as selling, staffing and delivering projects. Before joining HCACF, Mr. Lees was a Director in the Corporate Finance department of PricewaterhouseCoopers for 15 years where he advised on a range of M&A, infrastructure and financing projects with a focus on energy projects, including the financing of Simple Power (wind turbines) and DFD Solar (solar farm), the acquisitions of Viridian/NIE (conventional and renewable generation and supply), Phoenix gas (transmission and supply) and iPower (standby power via diesel generators). Before joining PwC, Mr. Lees was the Finance Director of AiM-listed technology company bizzbuild, where he was responsible for that company’s main subsidiary, financial reporting, audit, treasury, M&A, financial strategy, and investor relations. Mr. Lees is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holds the Securities Institute diploma and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Bristol. Pacific Green CEO Neil Carmichael commented, “We are proud to welcome a senior executive of Iain’s caliber to the Pacific Green management team.  Iain has deep expertise leading key aspects of a variety of organizations including extensive work with energy projects.  The Board is confident Iain will play a key role in achieving our growth goals in 2019 and beyond.” About Pacific Green Technologies, Inc.Pacific Green Technologies Inc. is focused on addressing the world's need for cleaner and more sustainable energy. The company's strategy is to build through organic development and acquisition, a portfolio of patented competitive cutting-edge technologies designed to meet increasingly stringent environmental standards. The joint venture between PowerChina SPEM and Pacific...