Our Leadership

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.

Peter Longo is a retired senior executive with over three decades of experience at United Technologies Corporation (UTC), where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Operations. During his tenure, UTC—then a Fortune 100 company with over $75 billion in revenue—was a global leader in building and aerospace technologies. Mr. Longo held a range of leadership roles spanning finance, audit, operations, supply chain, IT, and talent development. A recognized financial expert, he is qualified to serve on or chair board audit committees. Following his retirement in 2018, he was appointed Chairman of Cyient, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of India-based Cyient Ltd., a $700 million engineering and manufacturing services firm.

Matthew Henninger, 58, has a 35+ year background that encompasses corporate finance, marketing, brand development, and operational management.  Mr. Henninger is currently the Managing Partner of BRM Holdings, a private family office and is the CEO of Exotropin, a BRM Holdings portfolio company. Prior to BRM Holdings, Mr. Henninger was the CEO of Cedi Global and was the President of Red Lion Partners.

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.

Dr. Martha Crawford is an internationally recognized technologist and business leader. After a distinguished career working as a Chief Technology Officer, heading up global Research & Development and technology commercialization for multinational corporations in energy and specialty chemicals, she now serves as independent director and senior advisor to companies specialized in low-carbon energies and environmental services. From 2010 to 2021, she served on the boards of several public companies in France, including Suez SA, Altran (now CapGemini) and Ipsen Pharmaceuticals. Since 2021, she has served on the advisory boards of several PE-owned environmental infrastructure companies in North America, including LRS (Macquarie Asset Management, or MAM), DTG (MAM), Sanexen (Blue Wolf Capital), and Aries Clean Tech (Spring Lane Capital).   Since 2024, she has joined the boards of US public companies Blink Charging (Nasdaq: BLNK), and Terra Innovatum (Nasdaq NKLR).

Dr. Crawford holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and an MBA from a leading French business school. Based in France from 1997 to 2016, she served as Chief Technology Officer for Areva (now Orano) and Air Liquide – multinational corporations in nuclear energy, renewables, and industrial gases. She led international R&D operations on a range of decarbonization technologies, including using pyrolysis to convert waste to syngas and synthetic fuels. Dr. Crawford taught courses in corporate governance and in energy innovation and decarbonization at Harvard Business School (2016-2019). She continues to guest lecture at Harvard and Columbia Business Schools, and is a frequent public speaker in US and France. She was knighted in 2012 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for contributions to greening of French industry.

Robert has over 39 years of experience in corporate finance including CFO and controllership roles. Robert was the Controller for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) from September 2016 through April 2020 when it merged with Raytheon. Robert was one of the key finance executives supporting the transformation of UTC from a conglomerate into the largest global aerospace & defense systems supplier, Raytheon Technologies (RTX). In addition to supporting M&A transactions, Robert was responsible for the traditional corporate responsibilities of SEC reporting and setting corporate wide standards for compliance and control. Robert was responsible for presenting to UTC’s Audit and Finance Committees on a regular basis. He spent 28 years at UTC in positions across multiple divisions and the Corporate Headquarters. Among significant roles in addition to UTC Controller, Robert was CFO for UTC’s Pratt & Whitney Segment, and CFO for the Hamilton Sundstrand Segment (predecessor to Collins Aerospace). His responsibilities covered all aspects of financial accounting, reporting, planning and analysis, cost control and reduction, government contracting and internal controls frameworks. After his time at RTX/UTC he has worked on a variety of consulting engagements. Robert is a CPA and spent six years with Price Waterhouse at the start of his career. He has not held any other directorships in the last five years. Robert’s experience at board and executive level makes him duly qualified to serve as a board member.