Board of Directors
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Tom Tribone, Chairman
Tom is the President and CEO of Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company Limited (GGIC). He has led GGI's growth from its initial start-up until today. Prior to founding GGIC, Tom was the Executive Vice President of The AES Corporation. He has extensive transaction and operating experience including the completion of transactions with a value totalling over US$30 billion worldwide. Tom helped develop the strategy of a "Global Power Company" and, pursuant to this strategy, originated a number of first-of-a-kind transactions that are now major areas of economic activity. He executed most of AE's significant acquisitions of some of the largest utilities. At AES and GGIC he led an extension of each organisation's expertise into new franchise infrastructure businesses and new regions of the world. He was responsible for the day-to-day operations of businesses with over 20 million customers and 20,000 employees.
Prior to AES, Tom held several management positions with Atlantic Richfield Company including responsibility for the company's energy and environmental matters. Tom has been a director of both listed and private infrastructure companies as well as member of a number of industry, academic and non-profit boards. |
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Sonny Lulla, Chief Executive
Sonny is a Senior Vice President of GGIC and has over 17 years of experience in infrastructure M&A, operations, and financing. Prior to co-founding GGIC, Sonny was employed by AES where he was President of AES Brasil Energia with responsibility for several businesses in Brazil generating over US$1 billion in annual revenue. Additionally, Sonny served as special assistant to the chairman of AES, was responsible for the US$2.4 billion restructuring of AES' investment in Eletropaulo and Light, and led numerous acquisitions in the US and Latin America. Sonny held positions in power and utilities financing and operations at Morgan Stanley, CMS Energy Corporation and Credit Suisse First Boston. |
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M. S. Ramachandran, Non-Executive Director
M. S. Ramachandran has held numerous senior positions in the Indian energy sector. He has extensive corporate and operational experience with Indian Oil Corporation Limited ("Indian Oil"), India's flagship national oil company, where he started as a management trainee in 1969 and, eventually, left as chairman of the board in 2005. From 1998 to 2000, prior to his appointment to the board of Indian Oil, Ram served as the Executive Director of the Oil Coordination Committee of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Following his retirement from Indian Oil, Ram has acted as non-executive director or in an advisory capacity for a number of companies and organisations. He is currently chairman of the India-Iraq Economic Cooperation Council and a member of the board of governors of the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies. |
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Tim Stocks, Non-Executive Director
Tim is a partner and head of the Financial Institutions & Markets Group at international law firm, Taylor Wessing LLP. As a practicing solicitor for over 26 years, he specialises in advising listed companies across a range of business sectors as well as advising sponsors, investment banks, nominated advisers and brokers. Tim has advised the board of GGIC since 2007. |
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Rob Venerus, Non-Executive Director
Rob is a Senior Vice President of GGIC. Prior to GGIC, Rob was an officer and Vice President of AES where he was responsible for the start-up of global infrastructure development activities outside of electricity. Prior to that position, Rob lead a team of professionals in The AES Corporation's London office as Managing Director, Business Development for Europe and Africa. During this time, Rob led the successful US$1.2 billion restructuring of the Maritza Power Project, which was noted by Project Finance magazine as the European Power Deal of the Year for 2005. While at AES, Rob held various senior positions, reporting both directly to the Chief Executive Officer as well as to Tom Tribone where he completed transactions with a total value of over US$5 billion. |
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Vikram Viswanath, Non-Executive Director
Vikram is the chairman and managing director of Vikram Logistic & Maritime Services Private Limited (“VLMS”). Prior to this position, he was a promoter director at VLMS, becoming managing director in 2000. He has extensive international experience in trading operations, cargo transportation and logistics. Vikram holds a post graduate degree in International and Strategic Management from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota and was also the vice president of financial and trading transactions at a US trading house. |
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Tim Walker, Non-Executive Director
Tim is a chartered accountant and Isle of Man resident, and the former finance director of Swallow/Vaux Group plc, Strix Group and Burtonwood Brewery plc. His initial PFI experience was as finance director of Vaux Group plc where he helped negotiate the first hospital/hotel contract under the UK Government's PFI Scheme, and subsequently was a non executive director of the PFI Infrastructure Company plc, an AIM listed infrastructure fund which was taken private in 2007. Tim's current non executive roles include Squarestone Brasil plc, a developer of shopping malls in Brazil (of which he is chairman), Clean Energy Brazil plc (of which he is audit committee chairman), Carpathian plc, Ishaan Real Estate plc, an Indian IT park and shopping mall developer, and Duet India Hotels Limited, a developer of international standard hotels in India. |
Board Committees & Responsibilities
The Audit Committee
The audit committee comprises of two non-executive Directors, and is chaired by Tim Walker.
The audit committee will meet whenever there is business to discuss and at least twice each year. The audit committee is responsible for ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is properly monitored, controlled and reported on. It will also meet the auditors and review the auditors' reports relating to accounts and internal control systems.
There are no other committees at this stage as these are not thought to be required given the nature of the company and composition of the board. |
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