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Emile Heskey has been appointed as the company’s Senior Vice President for the Caribbean Region.
Heskey, who represented Leicester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa, among others, during a 22-year football career, will lead Genoil’s business development in the Caribbean region.
The former England footballer will work through Genoil to raise finance for the reconstruction of islands affected by Hurricane Irma and to help the local economies to recover.
Heskey will assist Genoil across the entire Caribbean region to source project opportunities where Genoil and partner companies can undertake energy related development and reconstruction work.
According to Genoil, Heskey has developed a list of contacts in Antigua, including Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who has met with the UK Secretary of State about funding reconstruction of their Islands.
The Antiguan government is reported to have recently considered building a small refinery and Genoil says it intends to reopen these discussions.
‘I am excited to join the company and to make introductions for Genoil Inc. in the Caribbean market as the company expands our footprint globally. Our extensive international relationships and cutting edge GHU technology has the potential to capture the market among heavy oil producers around the world,’ said Heskey.
‘The vision of the company is to build a strong environmentally focused desulphurisation and heavy oil business that is based on our unique technology. Genoil’s state-of-the-art technology, combined with our very experienced board of directors and management team, give me the confidence that the GHU technology will be successfully commercialised and implemented around the world.’
David Lifschultz, CEO, added: ‘We believe that Emile brings the necessary skills and ability to advise the company in the Caribbean as we move towards the commercialisation of our heavy oil upgrading and desulphurisation technology.’
As Bunkerspot previously reported, earlier this month, Genoil announced an additional processing run of IFO 380 marine fuel oil at its feedstock processing facility at the UFA Scientific Research Institute in Bashkortostan for a second client, based in the United Kingdom.
