Stephen is an accomplished entrepreneur with a focus towards finance and commercial implementation of advanced clean energy systems. He has five years of experience as a successful hedge fund manager, delivering his investors a return of 327.84% net of fees between the start of 2002 and the end of 2006 (5 years), or 33.73% annualized, dramatically out-performing the market averages, and all applicable benchmark indexes. He also has nine years of experience in the synthetic fuels industry, ranging from buy-side capital raising, to management team development, to founding and overseeing the growth of one of the world’s leading clean synthetic fuels project development companies.