Assaad Wajdi Razzouk | |
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 Razzouk in 2012 | |
| Born | November 28, 1964 |
| Nationality | Lebanon, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University Columbia University |
| Occupation | CEO of Gurin Energy |
| Spouse | Roula Khalaf |
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Assaad Wajdi Razzouk (born in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-British clean-energy entrepreneur, author, podcaster and commentator.
Razzouk is chief executive officer of Gurīn Energy, [1] which he co-founded in 2021. Gurīn Energy is a renewable energy development platform headquartered in Singapore which focuses on greenfield renewable projects across Asia. [2]
His début book, “Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit” [3] was published in 2022 by Atlantic Books. Razzouk is also the host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast. [4]
Previously, Razzouk was chairman and chief executive officer of Sindicatum Renewable Energy, [5] which he co-founded in 2005. Sindicatum (Singapore) is a developer, owner and operator of clean energy projects in Asia. [6] From 1993 to 2002, Razzouk was an investment banker at Nomura International plc in London, where he was successively Head of the Middle East Group (1993-1997), Head of Corporate Finance – Emerging Markets (1997-1999), Head of Corporate Finance – Financial Institutions, Communications and Technology (1999-2001) and Deputy Head, Global Corporate Finance (2001-2002). [7]
He founded South East Asia's first Middle Eastern contemporary art gallery, Sana Gallery in Singapore. [8]
Razzouk is a graduate of Syracuse University (summa cum laude) and holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York [9] and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Honoris Causa in Climate Change, Sustainable Development and International Cooperation from Teri University in India. [10] [11]
He is a board member of ClientEarth, an environmental group using the law to protect Earth and its inhabitants; [12] a board member of EB Impact, a Singapore-based non-profit organization that provides trainings and programs to Asia Pacific’s underserved communities; [13] and is affiliated with Washington, D.C.’s Middle East Institute as an Expert at the Middle East – Asia Project. [14] He also serves on the Advisory Board of media group Eco-Business and on the International Council of the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. [15]
Razzouk won the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)'s "Most Progressive Corporate Leader" award in 2011. [16] Razzouk was also named among the Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers by CNBC Business in June 2007 [17] and among the Top 600 Most Powerful People in Finance by Global Finance in September 1998. [18] Razzouk was chosen among the world's 20 most influential CEOs on Twitter by INSEAD in May 2016, a list also including leaders such as Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Richard Branson. [19]
Under Razzouk's leadership, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group won the 2013 Commodity Business Awards for Excellence in Emission Markets and a Special Commendation for Excellence in Market Policy and Advisory. [20] In 2012, Sindicatum won the Energy Institute ‘Energy Excellence’ Award for its Duerping Project in China in 2012. Sindicatum's Duerping Project was designed to optimise energy recovery from waste gas extracted from a coal mine that was previously vented to the atmosphere. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group also won the 2012 Commodity Business Award for Excellence in Renewable Energy Markets, as well as special commendations for Excellence in Emission Markets and Excellence in Policy and Advisory. [21]
In 2011, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group won the Commodity Business Award for Excellence in Renewable Energy Markets, as well as a Special Commendation in the Commodity Market Policy & Advisory category. [22] Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group also won two Green Business Awards, for excellence in the Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction categories in 2011. [23]
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