AFC Energy plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Ray Yeoh as International Sales Consultant. A veteran of the chlorine industry in Asia, Ray will report to Gerard Sauer, Chief Executive of AFC Energy.
Ray has over 20 years’ experience of working in the chlorine industry and will be responsible for identifying opportunities for AFC Energy to supply its fuel cells to companies that produce large amounts of hydrogen as a by-product of their activity. Currently some of this hydrogen is vented off and lost into the atmosphere.
Initially Ray will concentrate on the chlorine industry in Asia, which the Directors estimate currently produces 26 million tonnes of chlorine and 0.78 million tonnes of hydrogen (equivalent to 1,003,7500 MW of clean electricity).
AFC Energy’s first customer is the European chlorine manufacture Akzo Nobel. AFC Energy is due to ship its first set of 3.5kW fuel cells to Akzo Nobel in August 2008.
Prior to working with AFC Energy, Ray worked as a sales and technical manager with DuPont and ELTECH Systems for 18 years selling technical products such as Nafion ion exchange membranes, electrolysers, DSA Anode and Cathode Coatings to chlor-alkali plants throughout Asia. He has played key roles in the sale of several chlor-alkali plants with values between US$1million and US$5 million. He has also worked with other technical teams on start-up chlor-alkali membrane plants in South East Asia.
Gerard Sauer, Chief Executive Officer, AFC Energy, commented:
“With AFC Energy’s strategy of taking its fuel cells directly to the hydrogen source, Ray’s knowledge and contacts within the chlorine industry will be invaluable to AFC Energy and we welcome him to the Company.
“Having proved the viability and performance of our technology we look forward to Ray playing a key role in the roll-out of our fuel cells and ensuring AFC Energy becomes recognised as a key power generation partner to the industrial sector.”
