Neil Grimstone set up Brandis Energy in April 2002, following over 20 years in the energy industry, including both the power generation and oil & gas sectors. He was previously Managing Director of Covanta Energy Europe, where he was responsible for the development and acquisition of independent power and Waste to Energy projects in the territory.

He joined Covanta in June 1999 from Edison Mission Energy, where he was latterly Regional Vice President, Business Strategy for EME’s Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa. Earlier roles with EME included Managing Director – Mediterranean Region, based in Rome, and Finance Director, Europe.

Before joining EME in 1992, he held a series of management positions in the oil and gas industry with BP, IC Gas and Conoco.

Neil is a UK national with a 1st Class Honours degree in Economics from Reading University and a Master of Philosophy degree from the Law Faculty of Edinburgh University. He is fluent in Italian.

Contact details:

e-mail:  ngrimstone@brandis.co.uk

mobile:  +44 7768 992997

Melanie Rosengarten has over 20 years’ experience in transactions, restructurings, and privatisations in the energy and other sectors. She has previously held managerial positions in Edison Mission Energy, the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, the German Privatisation Agency in Berlin, and German consulting company, Kienbaum.

As Managing Director of Brandis Deutschland GmbH, she and her team are responsible for providing commercial management services in Germany for an 82MW portfolio covering 8 windfarms on behalf of an international investor.

Expansion into the French market is a new business venture. With an office in Sophia Antipolis in Southern France investors are now offered management services also for French assets.

Melanie holds a Masters Degree from the University of Munich in Business Studies, Economics, Politics and International Law, and is fluent to native speaker level in both English and German. After having studied a year at the University of Strasbourg (Institut d’Ètudes Politiques) Melanie is also fluent in French.

As Director of Technologies, John brings a wealth of business experience and engineering knowledge to Brandis, the result of a long and successful career in infrastructure and environmental development and consulting companies.

He was formerly Chief Executive and Director of Engineering for Compact Power Limited, responsible for the development and commercialisation of an advanced thermal process for Energy from Waste using pyrolysis and gasification, having been with the company since its foundation in 1993.

Prior to joining Compact Power, he held senior positions in South West Water, E S & A Robinson, the Port of Bristol Authority, Anglesey Aluminium, CIBA Geigy and Ewbank Preece, the latter as Partner responsible for the firm’s Department of Electrical, Mechanical and Building Services Engineering.

John is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of London.