Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> November 1, 2010
Asi Shalgi has served as President, CEO and Director of Global Energy, Inc., since April 2007. Mr. Shalgi has more than 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. He has served as General Manager and Director for industrial and agriculture companies with significant export activities. Mr. Shalgi was Israel's Director General of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. During that term he was involved in the peace treaty negotiation with Jordan on the energy annex, as well as negotiations with the Palestinian Authority on the energy agreement. He was responsible for the legislation of a new electricity law in Israel that allows the involvement of independent power producers and the implementation of the Public Utility Authority that regulates the energy sector and prices in Israel. Mr. Shalgi also established the framework of the discussions with Egypt on gas supply between the countries and set up the framework for the National Gas Company. He has been involved in the power and water sector, mainly in developing and financing IPP projects. He developed and had financial closings for several projects overseas with foreign partners. In this capacity he was responsible as a Team Development Leader for power, water and transmission projects from the initial design concept through the technical and legal negotiation process. Mr. Shalgi holds an engineering degree from Tel-Aviv University. Profile
TWST: Please start with a short introduction to Global Energy.
Mr. Shalgi: Global Energy (GEYI) is a company introducing a new technology named KDV, which is the German acronym for catalytic
