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ABOUT CALEB

Caleb is an international multi-disciplinary sustainable development consultancy based in Almondsbury (near Bristol, England). The company was established in 1994, initially as a vehicle for Paul Ashford (Managing Director) to continue his career in 'issues' management. Paul, a chemist by training, had been with BP Chemicals during the previous 15 years, where he undertook a series of roles including technology licensing, business development and general management.

In 1998 Arnie Vetter (Environmental Director) joined Caleb and took on the remits of environmental project management and Sustainable Development to help grow this area of the business. Arnie's previous career spanned the private, public and voluntary sectors, where he had developed experience in managing multi-stakeholder research and industry projects. Arnie came to Caleb from the Environmental NGO Worldwide Fund For Nature, where he had responsibility for developing sustainability based business education programmes.

In 1999, Paul and Arnie were joined by Jenny Parfitt, who is responsible for managing the office, travel and accounting functions.

Caleb has recently cemented links with Dr Jason Yapp (Technical and Horticultural consultant) to assist in our work with Renewables. He has a strong background in sustainable plantation management and technical elements of 'modern biomass' requirements for the generation of affordable, clean and carbon-neutral energy. He has been involved in the early assessment of the new technologies such as the development of a 'Bio-refinery' for the torrefaction of agricultural and municipal wastes as high energy feedstock for co-firing a gasifier for heat and power generation.

He has been working with Malaysian Institutions for many years and has strong education and training skills that he has utilized in several of his previous posts. For example, Jason pioneered the introduction of Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs) in Sabah (1992-96) for the identification of problems, needs and priority analysis among local stakeholders.