EAM Spangenberg

Experience

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  Ernst & Young

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1995

  Principal Director

  After working for London-based Saatchi & Saatchi (Hay Group), Gottlieb joined E&Y in the Netherlands & SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia). His key-customers included: the Singapore ministry of technology, the Malaysian Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance (where he devised the fiscal incentive package stimulating environmental protection to be proposed by Anwar Bin Ibrahim, Malaysia's finance minister), MayBank and the central bank (Bank Negara). Gottlieb's division also serviced enterprises like Hagemeyer, Philips, ABN Amrobank, Unilever, Shell, PT Telcom, John Hancock Life Insurance, GlaxoSmithKlyne and NedLloyd. He was also responsible for integrated finance & tax for overseas companies, and serviced as treasurer of the Dutch Association. Show less

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  Barings

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2005

  Global Head Technology Investment Management

  In 1995, ING purchased Barings Bank for the nominal sum of £1 and assumed all of £1.3b Barings' liabilities, forming the subsidiary ING Barings. In 2001, ING sold the U.S.-based operations to ABN Amro for $275 million, and folded the rest of ING Barings into its European banking division. Gottlieb was involved in the aftermath of the unprecedented 1995 take-over of Barings PLC - chaired by CEO Aad Jacobs. Ernst August (Gottlieb) multidisciplinary project finance accountants & comptrollers, the chief actuary, the portfolio & risk management team, with incidental support of Mckinsey & Company, devised the checks & balances to restructure and integrate the global Barings operations, and optimize a multi-billion project finance portfolio with optimizing risk-weighted returns and shareholder value creation as ultimate objective. The technology hedge funds targeted an 18.5% pre-tax annualized yield - an Alpha return with risk premiums exceeding the Securities Market Line. In portfolio optimization, Gottlieb collaborated with Michael Vincent, a GE Capital veteran and direct report to Jack Welch. In working with peers across-industries, Gottlieb supported Martin Curley in establishing technology investment benchmarks for Intel's capital budgeting process. He also worked closely together with Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital and American Express in developing best industry practice in Beta-adjusted portfolio management. Together with IBM, AIG and presently CIO of Aon, William Pieroni, Gottlieb explored the general insurance market to indemnify corporations against technology risk - a major obstacle for innovation & wealth creation. Gottlieb was a direct report to the Executive Committee, and greatly benefited from the inspiring leadership of Alexander Rinnooy Kan who was in charge of ING Global Asset Management, ING Asia and ING Group Technology at that point in time. Show less

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  Greencap

  Apr 2009 - Aug 2011

  General Partner

  Off-shore funded private equity focused on clean technology & clean energy companies with attractive risk-weighted returns and operating in multi-trillion growth markets. The European partnership benefits from the historically-high VIX (volatility index) indicating the myriad of uncertainty in the US and European credit markets. The company bets on safe harbors attracting increasing foreign investments in the gravitational pressure towards asset classes with solid fundamentals and headquartered in countries with low-sovereign debt. Show less

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  EGUARDIAN

  Sept 2009 - now

  CEO & Founder

  eGuardian ("eG"​) focusses on the origination, structuring, warehousing & distribution of BBB-A3 graded Asset-Backed debt Securities to accelerate growth of green energy infrastructure & support planetary subsistence at competitive cost. eG risk strategy averts early stage, and focus on proven competitive low carbon & renewable energy solutions like LNG natural gas, biomass, hydrogen, solar, run-of-river, wind & geothermal. Dependent on the business case, sophisticated risk instruments are used, e.g. performance bonds (to hedge against construction budget risk) & weather derivatives (hedge against feedstock unpredictability). eG is in the process of issuing multi-billion US$ denominated NYSE Yankee serial bonds, Dim Sum bonds (denominated in Renminbi for the Chinese credit markets) & Maple Leave First Nation bonds (denominated in CAD).The international & interdisciplinary team consists of geophysics engineering, securities law, actuarial risk management & fixed-income banking. eG delivers CDO & ABS expertise & financial innovation to Richard Branson's Carbon War Room by integrating shareholder value with massive carbon emission reduction. The competitive edge consists of strong (risk premium) underwriting & green bond issuance skills, solid relations with developers, institutional investors, & public-private partnerships & world-class repository of proprietary climate risk finance intelligence. eG is aligned to Clean-Trillion bankAssurance green bond program including Goldman Sachs, JPM Chase, Swiss Re, Deutsche, HSBC, Zuerich, Merrill Lynch & US pension funds. eGI focuses on low carbon finance, renewable energy & energy efficiency, whilst orchestrating the entire project finance spectrum from equity, mezzanine, senior debt to asset-backed securities. eG leadership stands for a balanced risk-adjusted approach to contribute to the good society: Profits, Planet, People compounding interest on pecuniary, physical & human capital. Show less