Jade Power: Leadership and Board of Directors

Leadership and Board of Directors

Our leadership team and board of directors are comprised of individuals from relevant and complementary backgrounds offering experience in the financial, capital markets and energy sectors and have a substantial track record operating in emerging markets.

Ravi Sood
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ravi Sood is a financier and the founder of several businesses operating in emerging markets including Buchanan Renwables Ltd., Feronia Inc., and Galane Gold Ltd. He currently serves as a director of Galane Gold Ltd., SPARQ Systems Inc., and Eve & Co Cannabis Inc. He was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Navina Asset Management Inc., a global asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Sood led the investment activities of Navina and its predecessor company, Lawrence Asset Management Inc., from its founding in 2001 until he sold the firm in 2010. Mr. Sood was educated at the University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Mathematics) where he was a Descartes Fellow and the recipient of numerous national awards.

J. Colter Eadie
Chief Executive Officer and Director

James Colter Eadie is the Chief Executive Officer of Transeastern. He is based in Bucharest, Romania and has spent the last several years focused on the renewable energy sector in Romania and Eastern Europe. Mr. Eadie has a background in real estate development including acquisition, permitting, and construction. He has also worked at a senior level in business advisory roles throughout Europe and North America.

Betty Soares
Chief Financial Officer

Betty Soares is the Chief Financial Officer of Jade Power with over 15 years experience in finance leadership, backed by operational & technological expertise, M&A experience from due diligence to integration, transformation leadership & change management. She’s also experienced in restructuring & reorganizational leadership and onboarding of new technologies. Ms. Soares spent almost 13 years at Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) as Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officers and Vice President, Enterprise Performance Management. Ms. Soares is a member of FEI Canada serving the Committee on Corporate Reporting, Women’s Executive Network (WXN) and member of the Board of Directors of North York Women’s Shelter as well as serving on its Finance Committee. Ms. Soares has a Bachelor of Administration (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Global Executive MBA candidate from the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto. Ms. Soares is also a member of the Ontario Professional Chartered Accountants.

David Barclay
Independent Director

David Barclay is the Managing Director and Principal of B4 Capital, LLC, a private investment company which invests in a diverse portfolio of asset classes. Mr. Barclay previously served for more 12 years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Republic Services, Inc., a non-hazardous solid waste collection and disposal company listed on the NYSE. While at Republic Services, Inc. Mr. Barclay led a high profile legal department that was instrumental in the company’s growth from less than US$1 billion of revenue in 1997 to US$3.5 billion in revenue at the time the company completed a merger with Allied Waste Industries in 2008 valued at over US$9 billion. Mr. Barclay graduated Summa Cum Laude from Nova Southeastern University Law School with a Juris Doctorate, holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Miami with a concentration in Finance, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing.

Amar Bhalla
Independent Director

Amar Bhalla is the President of Capit Investment Corp. an investment management firm focused on private equity, real estate and ventural capital. Mr. Bhalla was previously the CEO of Crescent Logic Inc., a Toronto-based software firm and currently serves as a director of several TSX-V listed companies. Mr. Bhalla holds a B.A. degree in Economics from McGill University and is a CFA charterholder.

John Huxley
Independent Director

John Huxley was most recently a principal of Algonquin Management Inc., the manager of the Algonquin Power Income Fund, from 1997 to his retirement in 2006. Prior to that he was President of Algonquin Power Corporation, a builder, developer and operator of electric generating facilities in Canada and the United States. Mr. Huxley was on the board of directors of Kinross Gold Corporation from 1993 to 2018 and served as the Chairman of its governance committee and sat on both its audit and compensation committees. Mr. Huxley was also a director of Elgin Mining Inc. from 2008 until its sale in 2014 and the Chairman of its board from 2012 to 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Gabriel Mihai
Independent Director

Mr. Mihai is a financier, with more than 20 years of professional experience. He has developed a proven leadership path in the financial services sector in Romania, having served for the last 12 years in senior management and executive roles with local subsidiaries of two major European banking groups – UniCredit and Societe Generale. Mr. Mihai developed extensive skills of project finance and other debt financing structures, having successfully led teams to building up significant lending portfolios with corporates and SME’s. He has facilitated financing of over 100 Million Euro of renewable energy projects during 2009 – 2013, when the governmental support scheme for renewable energy sector was deployed in Romania. He has experience with the local and regional market conditions for Romania and Central Eastern Europe.

Mr. Mihai is a graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania (Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics) and holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate and Investment Banking with SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy.

William C. Steers
Independent Director

William C. Steers career focused on the development of major infrastructure projects in Latin America and Africa. He was formerly the Managing Director of Weatherhaven Brasil, IMC Brasil, and a Director of Docas Investimentos (a Brazilian investment fund), Verolme Shipyards, Intelig Telecomunicacoes and Kamewa do Brasil. Mr. Steers is Chair of Arht Media Inc., and a member of the Board of PetroRio S.A., Lara Exploration Ltd. and Routemaster Capital Inc.. Mr. Steers is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business HBA program, Western University, London, Ontario.