Experienced in Energy Investments

  • Proposed a new design of a 1906 Carnegie Library for “net-zero energy.”

    • To stop 37 tonnes CO2 emissions per year

    • Initial net capital required of $181,632 saves $20,886/year. ROI 14% vs cost of capital 2%

    • Life cycle future value of $9.4 million in 100 years

    • Verification: design matched 12 existing sites when scaled for size.

  • Analysed the investment returns of 1,440 industrial wind turbines in Ontario as an affidavit to the constitutionality of the Green Energy Act.

    • Used feed-in-tariff, income tax and municipal tax terms. Exposed the excessive returns for the industrial wind projects ranging from 25% to 32% versus a required return of 10%.

  • Designed safer engineering structures for nuclear, oil refining, aerospace.

    • At AECL, researched CANDU calandria and pressure tubes to assure a 20-year life.

    • At Princeton in research, reduced the weight of the B747 engine safely by 20 pounds; after 50 years 3,200 engines logged 169 million hours.

    • At Imperial Oil, collaborated on $100 million of environmental process improvements.

  • Researched equities for long-term public and corporate investors in large energy, utility companies.

    • 50 publicly-traded oil, utility companies; ranked third by Financial Times; compared to Buffett.

    • Designed mergers and acquisitions for energy, utility, and airline corporations.

  • Managed $2 billion for doctors’ long-term retirement portfolios and pensions at the Canadian Medical Association.

    • Prepared portfolio proposals with management agreements.

    • Built the first investment department and installed the first investment methodology; equities returned 2% p.a. above the S&P 500 with only 4% of stocks.

  • Previous Governor of University of Toronto, Chair of Banting Research Foundation, and Chair of Picton’s Carnegie Public Library.

  • Member of the Global Council, JAWorldwide.

    • Energizing 10 million students in 100 countries to become budding entrepreneurs.

    • Empowering students to fight climate change.