Meet the team
ATEC combines global expertise with local knowledge to distribute its life-changing products to households across the world.
ATEC combines global expertise with local knowledge to distribute its life-changing products to households across the world.
As ATEC’s CEO and strategic leader Ben has an unwavering commitment to unlocking the potential in others. Ben brings over 14 years experience in managing teams across social enterprise, international development and corporate sectors. Before his role at ATEC Ben worked as National Development Manager at SSE, Product Development Manager at Oxfam, and Retail Sales Executive at Westfield.
Finance leader with over 30 years of experience holding leadership positions across corporate finance functions. Previous roles include Audit at EY, CFO of Retail at Lend Lease, Finance Manager at Leighton Contractors, Financial Controller at The GPT Group, and Corporate Controller at BGIS. Phillip has a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Wilm is driving the innovation and constant improvement of our products and processes at ATEC. With a background in industrial engineering, Wilm has over 9 years of international experience in technical process engineering across manufacturing and public service industries. His expertise in managing technical teams and developing data driven environments will ensure ATEC products are world leading.
During her time in the corporate and social enterprise sectors Rebecca has developed an exceptional skill set for project and people management, consulting & HR. Previous roles include Strategic HR Advisor & Mentor as well as Program and Portfolio Manager at Accenture.
Nikolai brings over 20 years of business development and management experience to ATEC’s team. In his previous position in Cambodia as Head of Social Business with Friends-International, Nikolai specialized in building passionate, independent Cambodian teams. He has worked in various roles as a management consultant and advisor, and holds a Masters Degree in Management from ESCP Paris. Nikolai has managed ATEC's Cambodian Country Operations for the past 3 years and is now leading our global operations team.
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Shuvo brings over 13 years experience from the gas sector in Bangladesh, previously as Head of Business Development at Unigas Ltd. Shuvo has a bachelor degree in Science and Engineering, an MBA in Marketing and an Advanced Certified Business Administration from IBA.
The ATEC team based in Phnom Penh Cambodia are passionate, hard-working and committed to unlocking the potential of smart farming communities. The team covers a broad range of skill sets from marketing, tele-sales and field sales, engineers, finance.
Each member of ATEC Bangladesh team works every day to make a purposeful brand that can touch the lives of Bangladeshi people through providing affordable, sustainable and accessible clean cooking solutions.
They are committed, energized and empowered team members with diverse backgrounds and growth mindset, who work passionately to bring breakthrough ideas to the table to make ATEC a global market leader in the clean cooking sector.
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