Solange currently serves as the Chairperson, Remuneration Committee and Member Audit Committee of NASDAQ-traded Able Energy.

Solange’s prior experience includes being the Chief Human Resource Officer for Praetorian Financial Group – a P&C Specialty Insurance Company, recently purchased by QBE. In her role she was part of the Executive Management Team and was responsible for all aspects of HR and participated in the preparation of the firm for sale. Her prior experience in the Insurance industry was with the US Division of Benfield, Inc. – a UK-based Reinsurance Intermediary. She was responsible for all aspects of the Human Resource function, managed a staff of 10 people, with a budget exceeding $57 million. From 1999 to 2000, she was the Head of Human Resources for EURO RSCG Worldwide – an advertising network. EURO RSCG is the largest division ($8 billion in billings) of France-based Havas Advertising -- the 4th largest advertising concern in the world. As Head of Human Resources, she was responsible for the creation and management of all HR programs on a worldwide basis for the 200+ Agencies that made up EURO RSCG.

Prior to joining EURO RSCG, she spent over 6 years in the public accounting field at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. In her career in public accounting, she was responsible for leading groups of consultants providing compensation consulting services – specifically focused on executive remuneration and international remuneration. At Arthur Andersen, she held the position of National Director, and led all activities promoting a consulting product she was instrumental in creating called Human Capital Appraisal.

Solange has also worked at Towers Perrin, as Leader -- International Compensation Team, and the Hay Group as Senior Consultant. In both organizations, she was the resident expert in international compensation. While at the Hay Group, she served one year in Italy, establishing the international compensation practice there. To complement her consulting experience, she worked for GE Capital, designing compensation programs for the portfolio of financial services companies.

Solange received an undergraduate degree in International Political Economy from University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. She completed the Harvard course on Negotiations as well. She is a frequent speaker at national HR conferences, universities and corporate training programs, speaking on new trends in compensation and the link between business strategy and compensation program design. She has authored several articles on this topic and was instrumental in the writing of Delivering on the Promise: How to Attract, Retain and Motivate Human Capital. She has been quoted in Forbes.com, Business Week Magazine, LA Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Saint Louis Post Dispatch, Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune. She has also appeared on Bloomberg Small Business News.

Martin Kenrick

Associate Director
Sydney

Martin Kenrick is a procurement, cost reduction and strategic supply management professional, focusing on value creation and cost savings for SME's and International Organisations.

Utilising the JWI "Risk-Leverage-Value" matrix and the "Strategic Efficiency" approach for SME CEO's and CFO's who seek to reduce costs but increase the value spend from the monies they allocate to key operational and capital commitments, are two examples of methodologies utilised for delivering realised cost reduction and value.

Martin has industry expertise in Life Sciences (including Pharmaceuticals), Aviation, Medical Devices, Scientific Research, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Food, Event Management, and the Allied Health Industries. Martin has significant operational financial and legal exposure relating to his area of specialisation and is especially aligned to industries utilising scientific research and product formulation expertise given his background in science stemming from a Degree in Agricultural Science from the University of Sydney. His experience in aviation includes working for the Swiss Air Group.

Martin works closely with JWI's financial consulting team as the mutual skill sets consistently provide enhanced results for clients.

CVs for all relevant principal and other consultants and advisors are available on request.

References and testemonials can also be provided on request.