R H Craig R.D., C.A.

Bob Craig was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in March 1953 and practised as a multidiscipline partner in a medium sized firm for 25 years and later as a sole practitioner, specialising mainly in corporate restructuring and insolvency work. He held Insolvency Permit Number 1 from the ICAS.

Bob has held directorships in many companies, including chairmanship of Craig of Campbeltown Limited, trading as West Coast Motors, a family bus and coach company. Since 1990, Bob has been a non-executive director of Loch Fyne Oysters Limited, and has been Chairman since February, 2002. He took LFO from a family-owned concern to an employee-owned business in April, 2003.

He set up Loch Fyne Restaurants as a separate company in 1997 and had a continued involvement with its expansion until it had grown to over 30 oyster bars. Bob was involved with fund raising under the EIS Scheme for LFR in 2000 and 2002 and saw initial investors through to a profitable exit in 2005.

He flew with the Fleet Air Arm for National Service and later with Scottish Air Division RNVR. On disbandment of the Air Division, he transferred to Clyde Division RNVR, later RNR, and commanded a Coastal Minesweeper. Bob is a holder of the Reserve Decoration.

Among his hobbies are ocean and coastal sailing and skiing.

Alistair Lauchlan MBA

Alistair joined John M Henderson and Co Ltd in 1995, in a Business Development role. He was appointed to the Board as Finance Director in August 2002. In recent years, the company has expanded its business overseas, notably into Asia. There has also been a refocus on growth in manufacturing for the oil industry.

In 2005, Alistair conducted the first stage of a management buyout of the company, together with Technical Director, Gary McCombie. The MBO was concluded in 2006 at which point Alistair became Managing Director of the company.

Alistair has an MA in Economics from Edinburgh University, and went back there to study part-time for an MBA, graduating in 2005.

Graeme D. Bell - BA Hons. C.A.

Having graduated from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada with a B.A. Honours degree in Politics and Law Graeme then went onto successfully complete a Post-graduate Diploma in Finance and Accounting at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.  After graduating he joined Ernst & Young in Aberdeen to undertake a three year training contract studying to become a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  On completing his training he then left the profession and went into industry working for several large Oil & Gas service companies.
   
In December 2002 Graeme joined Nautronix PLC as the Group Chief Financial Officer where he spent the next four and a half years restructuring the group and returning it to profitability.  During his time there he was involved in the de-listing of the business from the ASX, the disposal of several non-core divisions and the overall re-structuring of the group.  Graeme decided that after the group had disposed of the Defence part of the business in 2006 that it was time to seek new challenges and he left Nautronix in July 2007.

Graeme brings a wealth of financial, commercial and business experience to Green Ocean Energy Ltd.

George Smith

As Chief Technology Officer of Green Ocean Energy Ltd, George Smith brings considerable experience of offshore engineering with him.

George is the founder of Green Ocean and as the inventor of Ocean Treader has been the main experience behind this project to date. His experience gained in the oil and gas industry is demonstrated in the simplicity and robustness of the Wave Treader concept.

Tamas Bodai MSc

Tamas has been doing a PhD in Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. His project was concerned with nonlinear dynamics in underwater acoustics.
As a graduate student in applied mechanics as well, his skills are now put in practice carrying out dynamical modelling on Ocean and Wave Treader. Tamas’s main responsibilities at GOE include mathematical modelling, experimental testing, and design optimisation.