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Assaad Wajdi Razzouk (born in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-British clean-energy entrepreneur, author,
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and commentator.


Biography

Razzouk is chief executive officer of Gurīn Energy, which he co-founded in 2021. Gurīn Energy is a renewable energy development platform headquartered in Singapore which focuses on greenfield renewable projects across Asia. His début book, "Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit" was published in 2022 by Atlantic Books. Razzouk is also the host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast. Previously, Razzouk was chairman and chief executive officer of Sindicatum Renewable Energy, which he co-founded in 2005. Sindicatum (Singapore) is a developer, owner and operator of clean energy projects in Asia. From 1993 to 2002, Razzouk was an investment banker at Nomura International plc in London, where he was successively Head of the Middle East Group (1993-1997), Head of Corporate Finance – Emerging Markets (1997-1999), Head of Corporate Finance – Financial Institutions, Communications and Technology (1999-2001) and Deputy Head, Global Corporate Finance (2001-2002). He founded South East Asias first Middle Eastern contemporary art gallery, Sana Gallery in Singapore.


Education

Razzouk is a graduate of
Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
(''summa cum laude'') and holds an MBA from
Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
in New York and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Honoris Causa in Climate Change, Sustainable Development and International Cooperation from
Teri University The TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI) is a higher education institute in New Delhi, India which specializes in the field of sustainable development. It was established in 1998 by The Energy and Resources Institute. In 1999, the TERI Scho ...
in India.


Memberships

He is a board member of
ClientEarth ClientEarth is an environmental law charity, with offices in London, Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin, Beijing, Madrid and Los Angeles. It was founded in 2008 by James Thornton and the organisation's CEO is Laura Clarke. As lawyers and environmental expe ...
, an environmental group using the law to protect Earth and its inhabitants; a board member of EB Impact, a Singapore-based non-profit organization that provides trainings and programs to Asia Pacific's underserved communities; and is affiliated with Washington, D.C.'s
Middle East Institute The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and cultural center in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946. It seeks to "increase knowledge of the Middle East among the United States citizens and promote a better understan ...
as an Expert at the Middle East – Asia Project. He also serves on the Advisory Board of media group
Eco-Business Eco-capitalism, also known as environmental capitalism or (sometimes) green capitalism, is the view that capital (economics), capital exists in nature as "natural capital" (ecosystems that have ecological yield) on which all wealth depends. The ...
and on the International Council of the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.


Bibliography

* ''Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit'' (2022,
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Awards

Razzouk won the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)s "Most Progressive Corporate Leader" award in 2011. Razzouk was also named among the Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers by CNBC Business in June 2007 and among the Top 600 Most Powerful People in Finance by Global Finance in September 1998. Razzouk was chosen among the worlds 20 most influential CEOs on Twitter by INSEAD in May 2016, a list also including leaders such as
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,
Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend ...
,
Elon Musk Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in th ...
and
Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneu ...
. Under Razzouks leadership, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group won the 2013 Commodity Business Awards for Excellence in Emission Markets and a Special Commendation for Excellence in Market Policy and Advisory. In 2012, Sindicatum won the Energy Institute ‘Energy Excellence' Award for its Duerping Project in China in 2012. Sindicatums Duerping Project was designed to optimise energy recovery from waste gas extracted from a coal mine that was previously vented to the atmosphere. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group also won the 2012 Commodity Business Award for Excellence in Renewable Energy Markets, as well as special commendations for Excellence in Emission Markets and Excellence in Policy and Advisory. In 2011, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group won the Commodity Business Award for Excellence in Renewable Energy Markets, as well as a Special Commendation in the Commodity Market Policy & Advisory category. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group also won two Green Business Awards, for excellence in the Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction categories in 2011.


References


External links


''Sindicatum'' Renewable Energy''Sana Gallery''''The Daily Star''
Beirut, Lebanon, October 20, 2012.
''ASrIA''Biography of Razzouk at ''The Independent'' (archived from original)
September 17, 2012.

December 7, 2011.

January 25, 2011.
Razzouk for ''Reuters'': Kyoto carbon scheme needs Americans (archived from original)
November 20, 2009.
''Eco-Business''
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