Experts
Anees Iqbal - ESCO Expert
John Bailey - Gas Turbine, Power and Control Systems Expert
Martin Doherty - Banking Expert
David Riches - Project Management Expert
Nigel Willoughby - Environment and Contracts Expert
Denis Yozhikov - Energy Expert (former soviet block)
John Cowan - Expert on Energy Analysis, Monitoring, Metering and Verification
Tom Dreessen - Expert on Energy Efficiency Finance Structuring and Development
Thomas (Tom) K. Dreessen - Expert on Energy Efficiency Finance Structuring and Development
B.B.A., M.B.A, C.P.A.
Tom is a global expert in financing and developing energy efficiency projects(EEPs) for large industrial, commercial and institutional facility owners. He formed one of the first US ESCOs in 1981 and owned ESCOs in 10 different countries. He has developed EEPs in 24 countries. He is one of the few who implemented savings based EEPs on a global basis
Tom's extensive financing, transaction structuring and contract expertise has resulted in the creation of several innovative and leading edge project financing options. Creating these options has gained him recognitionas a global energy efficiency financing and ESCO industry expert.He thus has a reputation for creating financing structures that were "firsts" in many developing countries.
Tom has used his unique ESCO and EEP financing expertise to create market based financing structures in Mexico and China. In China he has raised and manages $100million private equity fund that invests in EEPs managed by local ESOs. In Mexico he has created a new savings financing structure for Mexican Banks to finance EEPs
Tom developed the International Energy Efficiency Finacing Protocol (IEEFP) under the ageis of Efficiency Valuation Organisation (EVO). The IEEFP is a newly developed product that is expected to become the "blue print" for local banks to follow for financing EEPs.
Tom serves on the Board and or Chairs various committes on the following non profit organisations:- Alliance to Save Energy, US National Association of Energy Service companies and Efficiency Valuation Organisation.
Tom holds a BBA in Accounting ( 1972) and an MBA degree ( 1973 ) from Lamar University. In 1974 he became a Certified Public Accountant.