PEC originates globally relevant technologies and structures the capital, partnerships and governance required to convert them into operating industrial assets.
How PEC worksThe reaction
Evidence, integrity and technical truth.
Rights, capability, feedstock, markets and partners.
Governance, sequencing and investment discipline.
A buildable, financeable and repeatable asset.
The thesis
The gap is not invention. It is industrialisation.
Promising technologies stall after technical proof is visible but before a project is governed, evidenced and structured well enough for institutional capital. Too specialised for generalist funds, too mature for venture capital, not yet ready for project finance.
PEC works in that middle. We originate and select technologies with genuine industrial relevance, then align technology owners, industrial counterparties, engineers, markets, governance and capital around a defined path to deployment.
Source and select globally relevant technologies where technical proof is visible and market need is real.
Create the commercial, governance, project and capital architecture required for credible execution.
Convert readiness into investable vehicles, operating assets and repeatable regional platforms.
Where PEC intervenes
Capital is abundant at the start of the technology journey and again at bankable project finance. The difficult middle is where otherwise credible opportunities stall.
Pilot or demonstration evidence makes the underlying promise visible.
Rights, information, governance, leadership capability and an engineering roadmap.
Site, utilities, feedstock, offtake, permitting, economics and delivery partners.
Independent evidence, agreed vehicle terms, risk allocation and a capital route.
Investment decision, construction, operations, performance evidence and replication.
Our model
PEC separates the work required to earn access and create readiness from the capital required to build an asset. Each stage carries only the risks it is designed to carry.
Targeted, return-seeking capital and active development support for technologies with visible technical proof but unresolved industrialisation requirements.
Project-level capital and governance for opportunities that satisfy readiness gates and can be structured into credible, investable assets.
Evidence, economics, leadership, regional relevance, governance, counterparties and vehicle suitability are tested at each gate. The value lies in a repeatable conversion engine, not in forcing every technology through it.
Focus areas
PEC applies one test before looking at any sector: real industrial need, economics that hold without a permanent green premium, and a credible route to regional scale. Four areas currently meet it.
Converting resource advantage into higher-value materials, downstream capability and resilient supply chains.
Water production, treatment and reuse technologies relevant to arid, coastal and industrial markets.
Process technologies that reduce emissions and resource intensity while preserving commercial output.
Generation, storage and industrial energy technologies approaching credible deployment.
Focus areas describe the filter PEC applies. They are not a portfolio, and not an indication of any current or committed investment.
Discipline
Senior counterparties need clarity before they commit capital or reputation. PEC builds mandate control, phase gates, independent evidence and asset-level governance into the pathway from the beginning.
Defined scope, target sectors, geography, risk parameters and candidate filters.
Technical, commercial, legal, tax, ESG, engineering and jurisdiction workstreams.
Documented evidence requirements and go / no-go decisions before further capital is committed.
Board, budget, procurement, offtake, reporting and operating controls at project level.
Leadership
PEC brings together origination, commercial finance, Gulf government engagement and the structuring of complex industrial pathways.
Founder & Managing Partner
More than 30 years across technology, fintech and international business, including senior roles with Microsoft and Unisys. Co-founded and led 9Spokes through its ASX listing, and is a director of RewardPay. Leads origination, platform development, structuring and capital formation.
Partner
Chair of the New Zealand Middle East Business Council, with 14 years across the Gulf on large-scale public-private partnership reform, government engagement and commercial transformation. Leads sovereign and stakeholder engagement.
Partner
International business development across banking, fintech and digital media, with a global network supporting capital formation and market entry. Leads strategic partnerships, capital formation and international market development.
Contact
We work with technology owners, sovereign and institutional counterparties, industrial and engineering partners, offtake relationships and capital providers seeking a credible route from technical proof to industrial scale.
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Enquiries
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