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.