Energy is all Around us

In addition to founding Abundia Global Impact Group, Edward Gillespie is a partner and co-founder of Abundia Financial—an asset investment acquisition and venture capital development company that established and provided seed funding for the Abundia Global Impact Group. Based in Ireland, Mr. Gillespie has more than two decades of executive experience in senior management, finance, operations and in the capital markets. Prior to joining Abundia, he served as CEO and Chairman of SafeBus, an app that allows parents to track their children’s school buses. He serves on the board of directors of Poseidon Plastics, and was Managing Director of Port House Consultants. Mr. Gillespie’s specialist areas include corporate structure, business development, banking and funding, change management, financial modelling, negotiation management, project oversight, and mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He attended St. Eunans College in County Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, where he completed his second level education. He earned a Diploma in Business Management and Development at The College of Management and IT in Ireland.

Lucie has over 20 years’ finance experience and has worked across a number of sectors with large multinationals such as Kerry Group and Laird PLC, and most recently as Interim CFO of Aer Lingus. Her knowledge and experience cross all areas of finance but in particular Treasury, Investor Relations, Risk Management and Tax. During her career, Lucie has held a number of senior leadership roles in teams of all sizes from large well-established finance functions to more informal cross-functional teams, often during times of significant change or challenge. She is passionate about how finance can, and should, take the lead in driving business value and innovation. Lucie is a UK Chartered Accountant (FCA) and holds a BA (Hons) in Politics and History from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Joseph Gasik is a partner and co-founder of Abundia Financial—an asset investment acquisition and venture capital development company that established and provided all Abundia Global Impact Group seed funding. As a strategic and operational leader, Joseph is experienced in developing and executing corporate business plans and delivering large-scale change programs to drive excellence and growth. At GE Transportation, he designed and implemented the governance process and delivery framework to manage more than 200 IT integration projects associated with an $8 billion Fortune 500 merger. For Musanada, an Abu Dhabi government-owned entity, Joseph served as a critical adviser to the executive management team, driving forward the formulation of Musanada’s strategy and overseeing its execution through the Balanced Scorecard. During his tenure at Musanada, the company grew from 30 employees to more than 500, with a portfolio of $27 billion in public infrastructure projects, making it one of the largest developers in the Middle East. Joseph also consulted at the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia and worked at UBS Wealth Management in the United States. He has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, an MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a BBA from the University of Delaware. Joseph also serves on the board of Poseidon Plastics and is based in Chicago.

Neil Abadie has more than 15 years experience ranging from Fortune 100, nonprofit and start-up e-commerce businesses. He has held technology-based roles at several world-class financial institutions including Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs. Neil most recently has served as Chief Technology Officer for SafeBus, an app that allows parents to track their children’s school buses. He is also the former Director of Operations for Bonhomie Productions, an e-commerce company in New Jersey. In 2005, at age 19, Neil joined Lehman Brothers as a software engineer, their youngest technology employee at the time. Throughout his tenure, and following at Barclay’s Capital and Goldman Sachs, Neil led various technology initiatives that were critical to business operations. In Neil’s community, he holds multiple leadership roles including Board Member of, Hudson Pride Center, New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ center, and is a trustee for Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City. Recently Neil was Co-chair of LGBTQ for Biden’s North Jersey team and recognized on the 2020 Insider NJ – Out 100 LGBTQ list. He is a graduate of Information Technology and Network Security at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Dr. Sophie McComb is shareholder of Green Lizard Technologies (GLT), where she has worked alongside Abundia CTO Dr. Martin Atkins for the past 10 years. She has a passion for innovation and during this time has developed her experience in R&D, project management, partner engagement and business strategy. Dr. McComb has an excellent track record in gaining significant funding bids to date. She was awarded the Vice Chancellors Prize from Queens University Belfast for the pivotal role she played in securing significant funds to ensure the continuation of research across chemistry and engineering. She is both academically and commercially astute working at both university and start-up company levels. Dr. McComb has held leading positions across collaborative research projects with large multinational corporations, as well as managing multimillion-dollar projects with key stakeholders. She has been heavily involved in internal and external communications as well as presenting at large global conferences across Europe and Asia. Notably, she was selected as one of only three females in a 36-finalist line-up of CEOs and managing directors to pitch to more than 300 investors at a cleantech event held in London. Her last role with GLT involved building and maintaining new and existing relationships with key stakeholders across the supply chain as well as developing strategy and analyzing internal business decisions. Dr. McComb recently completed a Sustainable Business Strategy program at the Harvard business School online, which focused on purpose driven leadership to promote sustainable business practices throughout the organization. She also consulted for external organizations in developing and implementing new business models. She has a Master’s Degree and a PhD in Chemistry, as well as an MBA from Queens University Belfast.