Jonathan Ronald Bridel

Biography

    Mr. Jonathan Ronald Lucien Bridel is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. He is currently a non-executive chairman or director of listed and unlisted companies comprised mainly of investment funds and investment managers. These include Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund Limited, Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited and Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited which are listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, as well as DP Aircraft I Limited and Fair Oaks Income Fund Limited. He was previously Managing Director of Royal Bank of Canada’s investment businesses in the Channel Islands. Prior to this and after specialising in corporate finance with Price Waterhouse, Jon served in senior management positions in the British Isles and Australia in banking, specialising in corporate and commercial credit and in private businesses as chief financial officer. Graduating from the University of Durham with a degree of Master of Business Administration in 1988, Jon also holds qualifications from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales where he is a Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Jon is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Institute of Directors and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. Jon is a resident of Guernsey.

Research Interest

 environment friendly solutions, renewable energy, biomass, biofuel