Robert (Bob) Driscoll

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Bob has over 36 years experience in successful development and management of international and domestic businesses. Specifically he has more than 15 years specialising in large-scale infrastructure development, financing, construction, ownership, operation, acquisition and divestment. Prior to joining SCC Bob worked at Mirant Corporation as a Senior Vice President and Head of Asset Management where he managed Mirant’s US operations, responsible for government relations, business development, and coordination of the company’s commercial and operations groups. Bob was also Chief Executive Officer of Mirant Mid-Atlantic LLC, a business unit representing nearly 80% of Mirant’s annual revenues. Previously Bob was a Principal at Private Power Development, an advisory firm providing consulting services to various companies, including a consortium of Japanese and British firms that purchased a multi-billion dollar Asia-Pacific business. Prior to this Bob worked at Edison Mission Energy (“EME”), serving as Chief Operating Officer of EME’s Asia Pacific business, where he grew the business from two assets in the region to one of the largest overseas US investments in the independent power business, with over USD 5 billion of assets and operations in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. From 1984 to 1995 he worked at the US-ASEAN Business Council in Washington DC, and prior to that he was a Vice President at the Council of the Americas, from November 1973 to July 1984, in New York City. He holds a B.A. from Carroll College, Montana and an M.A. from the University of Texas.