Consultants

The directors within the Spiritus Group have a wealth of experience in the industrial gases business:

John Raquet

(BSc. Chemistry, Dip. BM)

John is the Managing Director and has been consulting directly and indirectly in the industrial gases business for 21 years. He formerly worked with Air Products in both the UK and South Africa before joining Taylor-Wharton (a major equipment manufacturer). Following his direct involvement in the gases business, John joined Chem Systems - a leading chemical consultancy firm. John leads the European consulting practice.

email - john.raquet@spiritusgroup.com

Keith Guy

(Phd Chem Eng, FCGI, FREng, FIChemE)

Keith spent 28 years with Air Products Europe in a variety of roles before taking reaching the level of Business Development Director - Onsites. More recently he has undertaken independent consulting work and has become a partner of the Spiritus Group and is a Director of its European practice. Keith brings a vast wealth of experience in both the supply of air gases and hydrogen. He is a visiting professor at Imperial and Bath and a Vice President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

email - keith.guy@spiritusgroup.com

Brenda Smith

(BSc Mech Eng, MBA)

Brenda Smith is a chemical engineer who has spent almost her entire career in the industrial gas industry, initially with BOC and Air Liquide and latterly as an independent consultant. She worked in Europe and South America before moving to Asia in 1978 where she has been based ever since.

For the past eleven years Brenda has worked as a consultant to both multinational and independent industrial gas companies providing assistance on plant design and operation, equipment specification, selection and procurement and a wide range of safety and environmental issues, including hazard identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation, safety and health auditing, safety and health planning and management, accident investigation and crisis and emergency management. She has also provided these services to the oil and gas industry, utilities, hospitals, airport authorities, the metallurgical and glass industries, the semiconductor industry, general engineering consultants, property developers and the civil engineering, building and construction industry.

Brenda is a committee member of the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association and a member of CIGA.

email - brenda.smith@spiritusasia.com

Consultants

To enhance its coverage of the industrial gases business, Spiritus uses a number of Associate Consultants with specialised knowledge in a variety of disciplines within the industry - these include gas production and on-site supply schemes, the commercial dynamics of the merchant gases business, special gases. Some of our Associate Consultants have regional experience of the gases business and have been instrumental in developing strategic plans for the company's they have worked for.

Common to all the Associate Consultants is the in-depth knowledge and experience they have in the industrial gases business.

Our Associate Consultants include:

Tony Dalton

Tony is a corporate and marketing communications specialist with many years' international experience in technology-driven industry and in consultancy. He has held senior positions with two global American companies - Sperry Corporation (mostly now Unisys) and Pitney Bowes where he was head of corporate communications, Europe.

For many years between and following these appointments he directed his own London corporate and marketing affairs consultancy whose clients ranged from GE (USA), Unisys, Dowty Group, ICL/Fujitsu and Fairey Group to Vickers Inc. Groupe Otor, Esso and Cornwall County Council. Marketing and new market development have invariably been the focus of his work.

email - tony.dalton@spiritusgroup.com

Marcus Jakt

(BSc. Chemistry, ARCS; PGDip Professional Writing)

Marcus joined Spiritus in November 2006 as Multi-Client Programme Manager. He has previously held marketing communications positions within defence and mechanical engineering firms in the UK. His varied experience from both academia and industry assures him a firm grasp of a range of engineering and chemical processes relevant to the Industrial Gases industry.

email - marcus.jakt@spiritusgroup.com

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