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Leadership Team

NAS Energy represents the culmination of seasoned professionals exceeding 75 years between them. Each possessing unique skill sets that, when combined, comprise the forward-thinking synergy and success of NAS Energy.

Founders - Together we are focused to ‘To bring the Right Team Players Together’

Dr. Peter Ismail, Chairman; CEO      Perth, Scotland

  • Extensive links to Local, Provincial and Federal Government agencies (Commercial, Engineering, O&G, etc.) at all levels in Iraq and other Middle East countries.
  • Executive Director for Industrial Management Consultancy for the Iraq government, until 1974.
  • Technical Director-Industrial Development, Parsons Brown Int’l (Engineering-Construction), until 1977.
  • Executive Investment Banking Director for Banque d’Affairs Franco-Arabe, Paris, until 1983.
  • Director of Parkman International (Engineering Consultancy) UK, until 1986.
  • Chairman of Moorefield Manufacturing (ATM’s, Agricultural & Construction Machinery) UK, 1985 - 1991.
  • Projects in: Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and other Middle East countries.
  • MacAntar Engineering, Chairman, Perth, Scotland  1986 to present

Education: PhD–Industrial Metallurgy, Birmingham University; BSME; MS, London University; Fellow of Institutes of Mechanical, Chemical; Petroleum Engineering; UK national; fluent English-French-Arabic-Persian.

Kenneth A. Steen, VP-Trading and Operations    Miami, FL

  • Expert knowledge of 30 years of international-domestic oil trading & risk management and strategies offering cogent solutions to Clients with “Knowledge of every export grade of oil that originates in Iraq”.
  • Shipped–hedged-sold in excess of 400 mil bbl of Iraqi crude and coordinated first Iraqi crude to a Midwest US refinery in the late 1980’s.
  • Deep knowledge in international-domestic oil trading via physical and commodity exchange contracts, hedging, along with deep knowledge of every export grade of oil globally.
  • Business Development Supervisor for the US largest LPG pipeline system-all facets of the O&G pipeline sector.
  • Organized four pipelines and/or terminals, managed support companies providing storage and tankers.
  • Published a market forecast of LPG 10yr US Supply and Demand; conducted seminars to all pipeline shippers.
  • Developed-conducted seminars for pipeline shippers; Oversaw pipeline tariff filings with US FERC.
  • Expert analytical skills-assessments and strategic problem-solver of global economic forecasts.
  • Well-established network of O&G, Brokers/Traders, International Bankers and related Stakeholder business partners.
  • Purchased-sold crude from: Columbia, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Russia, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen

Education: MBA, Tulsa University; BSBA Finance (cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma), U of Denver.

Robert L. Reis, VP-Project Management  Santa Rosa, CA

  • Responsible for the selection-certification of all Consortium Team Players (not vendors - engineering, financial and operational, etc.) into the Development Consortiums.
  • Has been an Early Adopter-Problem Solver-Team Builder with a “Walking the Factory Floor” systems process, that has resulted in solving the challenges of private companies and projects via ongoing Trust & Respect.
  • Empowers Team members to make key decisions, accept increasing responsibilities & personal accountability.
  • Tasks: accounting, administration, financial sources, tax incentives, project creation-task layouts-schematic diagrams.
  • Experience: operations leadership, acquisitions, creations, expansions, cross-border transactions, turnarounds.
  • Bristol Capital (sole proprietorship): Boston, Pasadena, and Santa Rosa  1986 to present
  • Buyer-Founder-Partner: 10 Buyouts-Early Stage-Project Development-Turnarounds, and 4 Real Estate projects.
  • Industries: Furniture, O&G (US-Iraq), Private Equity Fund (Estonia), Real Estate, Recyclables, Solar (US-India), Theatres.
  • Projects in: US, Baltic States, India, Indonesia, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia; and worked with Consuls in US.
  • IT Sales-Marketing Sector: IBM, Honeywell, Capidyne Systems, Sanders Associates, Motorola-Codex.    Prior to 1986

Education:  Doctoral coursework, Systems Development, less thesis, Boston U; OPM-Owner President Mgmt Program, Harvard Business School; MBA, Loyola U Chicago; BS Mech & Science Engr, U of Illinois School of Engr. (#4).

General:

  • Professional activities: member, board member and/or president: Association for Corporate Growth (Boston, LA, OC: SFO, 70 clubs globally), German American Business Association (LA and SFO, 4 clubs globally), HBS Alumni (Boston, LA, OC, SFO; HBSAOC Business Growth Conference, 100 clubs globally), 
  • Other: Eagle Scout; Junior Achievement (top six presidents of 3,000 companies), St. Louis, MO; Board member BSA Council, Boston, MA; Multi-Engine-IFR-VFR Pilot; Foreign Vet-AF.
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