Michael Hess
Strategic Advisor

Michael Hess is an experienced investor and operator with a focus on the U.S. energy supply chain, and brings over 15 years of experience evaluating, financing and developing energy infrastructure, logistics and services businesses. Having started his career in the energy groups at Goldman Sachs and KKR, Hess then co-founded the Bison Companies, where he has helped lead the companies’ efforts in strategy, finance and business development across Bison’s portfolio—spanning oil and gas development, water infrastructure, and payments for the U.S. energy supply chain. He currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Hess Capital, a private and public investment arm of the Hess family.

Team

Executive Team

Brian Paes-Braga
Chairman & CEO

Brian Paes-Braga

Chairman & CEO

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Don Sewell
President & CFO

Don Sewell

President & CFO

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Lucas Cahill
VP Capital Markets

Lucas Cahill

VP Capital Markets

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Jackson Wood
Managing Director, Investments

Jackson Wood

Managing Director, Investments

Mr. Jackson Wood is an experienced mining investment professional with a background spanning private equity, M&A, and corporate finance. He served as Chief Investment Officer at Terranova Resources, a gold-focused private equity fund, and previously as Vice President at Denham Capital, where he was instrumental in deploying over US$1 billion of equity and debt across mining investments in Africa and Australia. Earlier in his career, he held positions at IGO Limited, where he contributed to the US$1.4 billion Greenbushes lithium acquisition, and at KPMG Corporate Finance.

Board of Directors

Brian Paes-Braga
Chairman & CEO

Brian Paes-Braga

Chairman & CEO

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Gerrard Barron
Director

Gerrard Barron

Director

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Brian O’Neill
Director

Brian O’Neill

Director

Our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) brings a dynamic blend of expertise, vision, and passion to our team. With a robust background in engineering and a relentless commitment to sustainability, they are at the forefront of our innovative initiatives.

Fueled by a desire to revolutionize urban transportation, our CIO leads the development of cutting-edge electric scooters and charging solutions. Their forward-thinking approach ensures that every product we create is efficient, sustainable, and stylish, embodying the core values of our company.

Known for their collaborative spirit, our CIO fosters an environment where creativity and practicality thrive. They inspire the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities, driving continuous improvement and breakthrough innovations.

Outside of their professional role, our CIO is a passionate advocate for clean energy and sustainable living. They are dedicated to promoting environmental consciousness and often engage in community initiatives that support a greener future.

Hamed Shahbazi
Director

Hamed Shahbazi

Director

Hamed Shahbazi brings over 25 years of experience and currently serves as the Founder, Chairman and CEO of WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL.TO), a provider of digital health solutions to doctors and care providers in both the US and Canada. Under his leadership, WELL has become the largest owner and operator of outpatient medical clinics in Canada, with 210 healthcare clinics and a comprehensive practitioner enablement platform used by more than 40,000 doctors or more than 40% of all doctors in the country. The company includes close to 6,000 team members and facilitates more than 8 million patient interactions annually. Prior to WELL Health, Mr. Shahbazi founded TIO Networks (TSXV:TNC), a multi-channel payment solution provider specializing in bill payment and financial services, which was acquired by PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) for CAD$304 million in 2017.

Jorge Fonseca Chaumer
Director

Jorge Fonseca Chaumer

Director

Mr. Fonseca has over 24 years of experience in the oil & gas and investment banking sectors. He has worked at BP p.l.c., Frontera Energy Corp., Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., Citigroup Inc., BBVA S.A. and Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF). His experience encompasses corporate finance, structured finance, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, debt capital markets, bond issuance, corporate restructuring, derivatives, treasury management and more. He has been a part of leading and closing cross border transactions amounting to over US$22 billion, in aggregate.

Strategic Advisors

Michael Hess
Strategic Advisor

Michael Hess

Strategic Advisor

Michael Hess is an experienced investor and operator with a focus on the U.S. energy supply chain, and brings over 15 years of experience evaluating, financing and developing energy infrastructure, logistics and services businesses. Having started his career in the energy groups at Goldman Sachs and KKR, Hess then co-founded the Bison Companies, where he has helped lead the companies’ efforts in strategy, finance and business development across Bison’s portfolio—spanning oil and gas development, water infrastructure, and payments for the U.S. energy supply chain. He currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Hess Capital, a private and public investment arm of the Hess family.

Dan Shribman
Strategic Advisor

Dan Shribman

Strategic Advisor

Dan Shribman currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Great American Holdings, LLC (GA Group). Prior to GA Group, Dan was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clamantis Holdings LLC, an investment firm focused on small public companies and pre-IPO private companies. From 2019 to 2024, Dan served as Chief Investment Officer of B. Riley Financial, Inc., a public holding company. From 2010 to 2018, Dan was a Portfolio Manager at Anchorage Capital Group, a special situation asset manager. During Dan tenure at Anchorage, he led investments in dozens of public and private opportunities across the general industrials, transportation, automotive, aerospace, gaming, hospitality, and real estate industries.

Ried Obradovich
Strategic Advisor

Ried Obradovich

Strategic Advisor

Reid Obradovich is Managing Director of SAF Merchant Banking, responsible for deal origination, structuring, and execution, as well as ongoing portfolio and risk management, for SAF Merchant Banking’s portfolio companies across diverse industries. Reid started his career in Institutional Sales, advising a wide variety of family offices, diversified asset managers, and private equity sponsors. Reid then transitioned to Investment Banking as a Principal and Managing Director. He then joined Stifel Nicolaus Canada as a Managing Director on the Metals & Mining Team. He has led some of the largest financings in the junior mining sector and acted as an advisor to investors and management teams globally across the commodity spectrum.

Bassam Moubarrak
Strategic Advisor

Bassam Moubarrak

Strategic Advisor

Bassam Moubarak is a seasoned senior executive with over 20 years’ experience in the mining industry. Mr Moubarak currently serves as Chief Executive officer and Director of Freeman Gold Corp. Mr. Moubarak was Executive Vice President, CFO and Director of Gold X Mining Corp where he played a pivotal role in the sale of the company to Gran Colombia Gold Corp for $ 315 Million.

Prior to that, Mr. Moubarak was CFO of Lithium X Energy Corp. where he played a key role in its sale to NextView New Energy Lion Hong Kong Limited for $265 million. Prior to this Mr. Moubarak was CFO of Goldrock Mines Corp. where he was instrumental in its sale to Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. for $180 million. He was Chief Financial Officer of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. where he was responsible for raising in excess of $120 million to develop and bring into production the Molejon Gold Mine and played a major role in the sale of Petaquilla Copper Ltd. to Inmet Mining Corporation for $400 million.

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