Ceramic Fuel Cells appoints Dr Peter Binks to Board
Melbourne-based clean energy company Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (ASX/AIM: CFU), a global leader in fuel cell development, today announced it had appointed Dr Peter Binks to its board.
Dr Binks, based in Melbourne, will be a non-executive director of the Company and will join the Board’s Technical Committee, drawing on his strong technical skills and experience commercialising innovative technologies.
Dr Binks, aged 49, has had a successful career with McKinsey & Company, BHP, Telstra and Nanotechnology Victoria Ltd. He is currently CEO of NanoVentures Australia Ltd, a company set up to attract funding and commercialise outcomes from Nanotechnology Victoria.
After completing a science degree at the University of Tasmania (Hons) majoring in Physics, Dr Binks attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He completed his doctoral thesis in Theoretical Physics.
Dr Bink’s current directorships or partnersips are: Director and CEO of Nanotechnology Victoria Ltd; Director and CEO NanoVentures Australia; Director of NanoVic Commercial; Director Quintain NanoSystems; Director NanoVic IP Holdings. From January 2006 to June 2008 Dr Binks was also a Director of The Australian Nano Business Forum. There are no further disclosures required under schedule 2(g) of the AIM rules.
