Management

Directors

Stanley Wootliff
Chairman, 69
Stanley Wootliff has had an active life in the city and has been involved as a major investor and Chief Executive in a number of smaller listed companies. He became Chairman and Chief Executive of Viridas Plc in July 1986. He was amongst the first to realise the potential for Jatropha and Biodiesel and in December 2006 started the research and the reorganisation of the company necessary to refocus the companies activities away from its traditional textile trading and into Biodiesel.

Graham Haselden
Finance Director, 51
Before moving to Viridas in 1999, Graham Haselden, spent thirty years in the plastic industry, beginning his career with Pilkington Brothers, where he worked for eleven years, and then moving on to Rockware plastics. Graham was appointed Viridas Plc Finance Director in 2004

Non-Executive Directors

Keith Robinson, 59
Keith Robinson is an experienced City solicitor who has operated in the smaller public company arena for more than 30 years. He is currently senior partner of Stallards Solicitors, and a director of Hindustan Composites Ltd ( a company listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange).

Jack Posner, 58
Jack Posner been qualified, and actively involved as a Chartered Accountant for over thirty five years during which time he has gained extensive experience related to the financial management of corporate affairs.

Brazilian Management

Jeffrey Carter, 43 (US National)
Jeffrey Carter, Executive Director is based in Sao Paulo and responsible for the management of Viridas Brazilian Company. He is an expert in international logistics, and since 2006 has also been involved in Biodiesel feedstock origination initiatives. esterification, Agro-science and agricultural management companies.