Eco (atlantic) Regulatory News (ECO)

27 Nov 2007 13:25

EcoSecurities Group plc27 November 2007 PRESS RELEASE EcoSecurities appoints new Non-Executive Director Dublin, 27th November, 2007: EcoSecurities Group plc ("EcoSecurities"), aleading company in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carboncredits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, announces theappointment of Paul Ezekiel as a Non-Executive Director with effect from today. Paul Ezekiel is a Managing Director with Credit Suisse. Based in New York, heruns the bank's Environmental Markets trading business which includes Carbontrading. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Paul co-founded and acted as Presidentof Antipodean Partners, a specialty merchant bank and advisory firm in theenvironmental and climate change industry. Paul has also worked with SoundViewTechnology Group (formerly Wit Capital), Bank of America Securities and FirstBoston. Paul has been appointed as an adviser to the State of California as amember of its Market Advisory Committee. He holds an MBA from Cornell Universityand is formerly an MD, specializing in Neurosurgery. Speaking in relation to the appointment, Mark Nicholls, Chairman, commented: "We are delighted Paul is joining the Board. His expertise in the carbon marketswill be of great value and we know he will make a strong contribution." -Ends- Appendix The following information on Paul Ezekiel is provided in relation to the AIMRules Schedule 2 paragraph (g). Full name and age including any previous names: Paul Ezekiel, 42 years old Past Directorships at 20th November 2007: Antipodean PartnersGelflex Laboratories Austrailia For further information please contact: EcoSecurities Group plcRachel Mountain, Global Marketing Manager +44 (0) 1865 202 635 Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 20 7638 9571Kevin Smith / Ged Brumby Editor's Notes: About EcoSecurities: EcoSecurities is one of the world's leading companies in the business oforiginating, developing and trading carbon credits. EcoSecurities structuresand guides greenhouse gas emission reduction projects through the KyotoProtocol, working with both project developers and buyers of carbon credits. EcoSecurities works with companies in developing and industrialising countriesto create carbon credits from projects that reduce emissions of greenhousegases. EcoSecurities has experience with projects in the areas of renewableenergy, agriculture and urban waste management, industrial efficiency, andforestry. With a network of offices and representatives in 36 countries on fivecontinents, EcoSecurities has amassed one of the industry's largest and most diversified portfolios of carbon projects. EcoSecurities also works with companies in the developed world to assist them inmeeting their greenhouse gas emission compliance targets. Utilising its highlydiversified carbon credit portfolio, EcoSecurities is able to structure carbon credit transactions to fit compliance buyers' needs, and has executedtransactions with both private and public sector buyers in Europe, NorthAmerica and Japan. Working at the forefront of carbon market development, EcoSecurities has beeninvolved in the development of many of the global carbon market's mostimportant milestones, including developing the world's first CDM project to be registered under the Kyoto Protocol. EcoSecurities' consultancy division hasbeen at the forefront of significant policy and scientific developments in thisfield. EcoSecurities has been recognised as the world's leading greenhouse gasadvisory firm over the last five years by reader surveys conducted byEnvironmental Finance Magazine. EcoSecurities Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM (ticker ECO).Additional information is available at www.EcoSecurities.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange