Robert van Beers

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About Robert van Beers

Robert van Beers is a senior executive and chartered corporate director with over thirty years experience leading the financing, development, operations and regulation of power and infrastructure investments around the world. A trusted business leader he has worked with public, private and not-for-profit entities. Today he serves on several corporate boards. Over his career he has served on a dozen boards and has led business in over twenty countries around the world. Until recently he led the energy (oil & gas, power, renewable generation and transmission) activities in Africa, Europe and the Middle East for a global engineering company. As founder and later CEO of a publicly traded Tonbridge Power, he led the development of the Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. project (a private 314 km power transmission line). He sold that company to Enbridge Inc. for USD$230 M, yielding his shareholders a 116% return. Working extensively at the intersection of the public and private sectors, Robert has consistently delivered success to complex projects and achieved critical business goals. Specialties: Executive leadership, entrepreneurship, investment and organizational strategy, finance, corporate governance and business leadership.