Curriculum Vitae

Name: Mikael Kau Date of birth: 4th of March 1952 E-mail: mkka@.dk , [email protected] Private domicile: Morbærvej 8, 9500 Hobro, Telephone: +45 96 40 15 03, +45 51 22 58 70 Civil status: Married to Rikke Falck, Chief-consultant Children: Kasper, born 1979, Jonas, born 1982

Present position: Director, Energy City Frederikshavn (www.energibyen.dk ) Board member Blue Planet Innovation (www.blueplanetinnovation.com)

Education: High School (Mat./Fys.), ”Hobro Gymnasium”, 1971 Bachelor by the Royal Danish Architect Schools In and , 1974 (Economy and urban planning) Laboratory engineer (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) Aarhus Technical College, 1979 Engineering and project management: Biotechnical Institute in 1980-1984 Professional SolidWorks 3D-CAD modelling education, Aarhus, 2002

Key qualifications: +25 years of experience as a key developing, sales and managing person in several Danish private and public companies with close connections to high level international public and private research environments.

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Managing director in four Danish private and public bodies with international activities and clients among public Danish authorities, international operating big private Danish, European and other foreign companies. Development of products and processes, especially in the process, energy and environment sector, as well as markets and business in general. Highly skilled combining profound technical/ physical/scientific understanding with high-level insight in the commercial and political aspects in actual projects and business opportunities. Experienced with big international contract preparation/negotiation/closing, marketing, sales, project implementation/realisation/management, plant start up and taking over on all levels. Performer of informal management.

Open, precise and consequent in relations to employees, colleagues, clients, cooperation partners and people in general. Experienced and engaged as a team-builder and coach. Analytical and creative in thinking and trouble- shooting. Persistent in sales and project realisation. Well-developed high level professional and personal network, including scientists in international research institutions, officials and politicians in public institutions and private businessmen.

Diploma and prices: Diploma for project idea, “Børsen/Teknologisk Institut”, 1980 1. Price winner for project idea, “Nordisk Gasteknisk Center”, 1990

Inventions and patents: Co-inventor of the recognised High Temperature Short Time (HTST) drying process.

Inventor of HTST drying process with increased infrared radiation heat transfer.

Inventor of HTST indirect drying process.

Co-inventor of two-stage combustion process for materials with high ash content.

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Several patent applications and patents for a.o. “Bioteknisk Institut”, “Dantoaster Hobro A/S”, “Cimbria Unigrain A/S” and “Inventor aps”

Publications, speeches and Scientific publications for a.o. “Bioteknisk articles: Institut” and “dk-TEKNIK” Speeches and several articles in Denmark and abroad. Feature writer in a.o. “Jyllands Posten”

Longer study tours: Study tour for The Danish Energy Agency to eastern Canada, 1994 Study tour for The Danish Energy Agency to north/eastern USA, 1996 Four study tours for Energy City Frederikshavn to Shanghai and Beijing, 2008 and 2009

Professional record: 1983-90 Initiator, co-founder and director of the world leader company Dantoaster Hobro A/S in the field of industrial drying and heattreatment of mainly grain and other crops for animal feed and human food. As one of the two owners/directors responsible for strategic business and HR development, technology-, process- and product-development as well as developing of marketing and sales. The companies process plants (mio. DKK class) were mainly sold as turn-key projects for a numerous number of clients in Denmark and abroad (see detailed list), a.o.:

 KFK A/S, DK  DLG a.m.b.a., DK  Superfos A/S, DK  WM Specialfoder A/S (Rode & Rode A/S), DK  Daka a.m.b.a., DK  Genossenschaft Schneiderkrug G.m.b.H., D  Ölmühle Hamburg G.m.b.H., D  Molitoria Toscana, I  C.A.P. Ferrara, I

1990-93 Consultant for Cimbria Unigrain A/S who bought the Dantoaster concept in 1990. Responsible for sales of Dantoaster drying- and heat-treatment plants and further development of

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the drying technology in the environmental area, specific drying of de-watered sewage sludge. Projects sold and started up for a.o.:

 Raifeisen-Waren, D  Good Star Nutrition, Taiwan  Scanola A/S, DK  Seierl, Au  renseanlæg, DK  Bjerringbro renseanlæg, DK

1993-99 Initiator, founder and director of Inventor aps in the field of consulting services for institutions and companies concerning: development of products, processes and technologies, development of marketing, markets and sales as well as development of management, organisation and resources. I 1998 sold Inventor aps to partner.

Clients a.o.:  Energistyrelsen, DK  Cimbria Unigrain A/S  dk-TEKNIK, DK  Dan Trim A/S, DK  Bio-Con A/S, DK  WM Specialfoder A/S (Rode & Rode A/S), DK  DUTEC G.m.b.H., D  Østdeponi a.m.b.a., DK  Troldhede Pladeindustri A/S, DK  Farmfood A/S, DK

1999-02 Export manager and business developer for A- Consult Agri-Tanken A/S. Responsible for marketing, sales, production and service of prefabricated concrete element tanks for the German market. Further more responsible for development of new marketing-, sales- and production-possibilities on the German and the Polish markets as well as other eastern and western European markets.

2002-03 Head-hunted as project manager for design, development and realisation of the project: “Open core gasification plant for biomass” managed by

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the company BioSynergi Proces ApS, a daughter company of dk-TEKNIK in Copenhagen. The project was financed by the Danish Ministry of Energy and Environmental affairs.

2003-05 Free-lance engineer and consultant. Developing and marketing tasks for a.o. CEMTEC in Hobro, a Center for Energy- and Materials technology established in 2002 in co-operation with the University of and co-financed by EU.

2006-07 Centre Manager for CEMTEC. Developing business and projects in the fields of Energy- and Materials Technology, especially promoting Hydrogen Economy and Applied Technology projects.

2007-08 Director for CEMTEC.

President, Danish Hydrogen Association

Board member, The Partnership of Hydrogen and Fuel-cells, Danish Energy Agency

2008- Head-hunted as Director for Energy City Frederikshavn

Leading the city of Frederikshavn to be the first urban community in the world to be totally independent of fossil fuels in respect of heat, power and transportation before end of 2015.

www.energycity.dk

Board member, Blue Planet Innovation

www.blueplanetinnovation.com

Languages: English fluent in reading, writing, conversation and negotiation. German excellent in reading, writing, conversation and negotiation. French good in reading and understanding.

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Major project list

Activity Company Client Description Position/Year Utilization of Bioteknisk The Danish Ministry In a five years program to Project straw for Institut of Agricultural Affairs develop and implement indus- manager industrial trial methods to hydrolysis of 1980-1984 purposes cellulose and hemi-cellulose to fermentable glucose and xylose Recycling of Bioteknisk Frederica Preliminary investigation and Project chemicals in a Institut Cellulosefabrik production of samples of up- manager cellulose pro- concentrated chemicals for 1983-1984 duction plant combustion and recovery tests. Optimisation of Bioteknisk The Danish Ministry Developing a method and a Project the nutritional Institut of Agricultural Affairs plant for intensive heattreat- manager value of ment of cereals, legumes and 1983-1984 cereals, oilseeds to increase the nutri- legumes and tional value in feedstuff and oilseeds food production by 1) gelatinization of the starch fraction 2) proteinprotection of the pro- tein fraction 3) inactivation of different hazardous matters in oilseeds 4) general reduction of the presence of micro-organisms Prototype of Dantoaster A/S The Danish Ministry With the results from the above Development commercial of Agricultural Affairs project to develop and realise a and sales plant for and Dantoaster A/S prototype for commercial heat- manager heattreatment treatment of cereals etc. 1984 Plant for steri- Dantoaster A/S KFK, Båstrup First commercial plant sold to Sales manager lising grain for DK sterilise grain in mink fodder. 1984 mink fodder Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S DLG, Hobro Drying plant for rape seed, peas Sales manager DK and grain 1985 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Dankorn, Aalborg Drying plant for grain and rape Sales manager private dealer DK seed 1985 Cereal Dantoaster A/S WM Specialfoder Plant for heattreatment and Sales manager sterilization cooling of cereals, legumes, oil- 1986 heattreatment DK seeds and bran-products for the bran-products feed-stuff producers Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Vestjysk Andel, Drying plant for rape seed peas Sales manager Ansager DK and grain 1986 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Superfos Korn Drying plant for rape seed Sales manager DK peas and grain 1986 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Genossenscaft Plant for drying, heattreatment Sales manager sterilization Schneiderkrug and cooling of rape seed, Plant start up heattreatment Germany legumes, Soya beans and grain manager 1987 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S DLG, Struer Drying plant for rape seed peas Director DK and grain 1987 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S DLG, Bjerringbro Drying plant for rape seed peas Director DK and grain 1987 Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Per Kirketerp Drying plant for rape seed peas Director Sindal DK and grain 1987

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Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Molitoria Toscana Plant for drying, heattreatment Director sterilization Chiusi and cooling of soy beans and Plant start up heattreatment Italy cereals manager 1987 Cereal Dantoaster A/S WM Specialfoder Second production line for Director sterilization Hedensted heattreatment and cooling of 1988 heattreatment DK cereals, legumes, oilseeds and bran-products bran-products for the feed-stuff producers Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Nordøstsalling Plant for drying, sterilizing, Director sterilization Grovvareforretning heattreatment and cooling of 1988 heattreatment Breum DK rape seed, peas and grain Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Femvejens Andels Plant for drying, sterilizing, Director sterilization Grovvareforretning heattreatment and cooling of 1988 Borris DK rape seed, peas and grain Drying and Dantoaster A/S Gold Fibres A/S Plant for drying and sterilization Director sterilization of Regstrup of bran products 1988 bran-products DK Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Trüllikon Mühle Plant for drying, sterilization and Director sterilization Trüllikon heattreatment of soy beans and 1988 heattreatment Switzerland cereals Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S F. Fuhshuber Plant for cereal drying Director Hörsching 1988 Austria Cereal cooling Dantoaster A/S Genossenschaft Cereal cooling plant Director Schneiderkrug 1988 Germany Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Hornsyld Plant for cereal drying Director Købmandsgård 1989 Toasting of Dantoaster A/S Ölmühle Hamburg Plant for toasting of hole soy Director soy beans Hamburg beans 1989 Germany Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S P.I.K. Nova Plant for cereal drying and Director Gradiska cooling 1989 Yougoslavia Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S C.A.P. Ferrara Plant for cereal drying Director Italy 1989 Cereal cooling Dantoaster A/S WM Specialfoder Plant for cereal cooling Director Hedensted 1990 DK

Cereal drying Dantoaster A/S Usti Nad Orlici Plant for cereal drying and Director Czechoslovakia cooling 1990 Test plant Dantoaster A/S Danmarks Tekniske Test plant for investigation in Director Højskole the mechanisms of the impact Developing Lyngby of heattreatment of cereals due manager DK to the micro biological activity 1990 Pilot/demonstr Dantoaster A/S Dantoaster A/S Pilot/demonstration plant with Director ation plant indirect heattreatment of Developing cereals manager 1990 Agromek Dantoaster A/S Dantoaster A/S Manager of the company Director Exhibition Agromek performance on six Agromek 1985-1990 Messecenter exhibitions in , the Herning largest exhibition in northern

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DK Europe in the agro industrial field. Developing and implementing the sales- and marketing strategy Victam Dantoaster A/S Dantoaster A/S Manager of the company Director Exhibition Victam performance on two Victam 1886/1989 Jaarbeurs exhibitions in Utrecht, Holland, Utrecht the world leader exhibition in Holland the field of feed-stuff production and trade. Developing and implementing the sales- and marketing strategy. Cereal drying Cimbria Raiffeisen-Waren Plant for drying, sterilization, Developing and sterilization Unigrain A/S Laar heattreatment and cooling of sales heattreatment Germany rape seed, peas, soy beans and consultant cereals Start up manager 1991 Cereal drying Cimbria Good Star Nutrition Plant for drying, sterilization and Developing and sterilization Unigrain A/S Co. Ltd. heattreatment of soy beans sales heattreatment Tainan consultant Taiwan 1991 Cereal cooling Cimbria Femvejens Andels Plant for cereal cooling Developing and Unigrain A/S Grovvareforretning sales DK consultant 1991 Sludge drying Cimbria Thisted renseanlæg Developing and implementation Developing and and Unigrain A/S DK of plant for drying and sales incineration incineration of sewage sludge consultant 1991 Cereal drying Cimbria Seierl Plant for cereal drying Developing and Unigrain A/S Austria sales consultant 1992 Heattreatment Cimbria Scanola A/S Plant for indirect heattreatment Developing and of rape seed Unigrain A/S Århus of rape seed press cake sales DK consultant 1992

Sludge drying Cimbria Bjerringbro Plant for drying and incineration Developing and and Unigrain A/S renseanlæg of sewage sludge sales incineration DK consultant 1993 Developing of Inventor aps Danish Ministry of Developing and projecting a Managing two stage Energy and prototype for a combustion director combustion Environmental plant based on the two stage affairs combustion principle. 1994 DK Study tour to Canada to visit Canada several combustion plants. Two stage Inventor aps Bio-Con A/S Designing and projecting a two Managing combustion Brønderslev stage combustion plant in co- director plant for DK operation with the manufacturer sludge Dan Trim A/S 1995

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Drying of Inventor aps Dk-TEKNIK Designing and projecting a Managing woodchips København drying plant for wood chips director DK 1995 Business trip Inventor aps WM Specialfoder As a consultant for WM Special- Managing to Czech Hedensted foder A/S to investigate the director republic DK possibility to start import of naked oats to the Danish feed- 1995 stuff market. Prototype of Inventor aps Danish Ministry of Designing and projecting a big Managing two stage Energy and scale prototype of two stage director incineration Environmental incineration plant. plant for waste affairs DK Study tour to northern part of 1996 USA USA to visit references. Marketing Inventor aps WM Specialfoder Formulating the general pro- Managing promotion of A/S cess and market description director WM Special- DK and specific product description foder A/S of the total product range of 1996 WM Specialfoder A/S in Danish and in English. In co-operation with WM Specialfoder A/S the implementation of a press campaign, including writing articles for magazines, news- papers, press releases and the participation on press confe- rences. Mobile sludge Inventor aps DUTEC GmbH Consulting assistance on a Managing incineration Germany mobile sewage sludge director plant incineration plant developing 1996 project Engineering Inventor aps Dan Trim A/S Engineering and documentation Managing PRAND Corporation of two incineration plants for director Tokyo Japan waste pellets 1996 Sludge drying Inventor aps Østdeponi a.m.b.a. Drying plant for sewage sludge Managing Herning director DK 1997 Waste to Inventor aps Troldhede Plant for the utilization of waste Managing energy Pladeindustri A/S wood to generate energy for a director plant Troldhede drying process DK 1998 Sterilization of Inventor aps Farmfood A/S Plant for sterilization of pre- Managing pigs ears for Løkken dried pigs ears for pet-snacks director pet-snacks DK 1998 Market and A-Consult A/S Several Building up a marketing and Market business Dealers and end sales organisation in Germany manager and development users in including participation on business Germany different leading fairs a.o. developer EuroTier2000 in Hanover 1999-02 Market and A-Consult A/S A-Consult A/S Investigation of market Market business possibilities and production manager and development possibilities on the Polish business market including several developer business trips and participation 1999-02 on the international

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environmental fair POLEKO in Poznan 1999 Market and A-Consult A/S A-Consult A/S Investigation of market Market Business possibilities on markets in manager and development Latvia and Lithuania including business business trips and participation developer in fairs 1999-02 In 2001 managing the start up Market Market and A-Consult A/S A-Consult A/S of production in Poland, manager and business Belgium and Germany including business development formulation and negotiation of developer Production sub-manufacturer co-operation 1999-02 start up agreements, production and product descriptions and QA manuals. Project BioSynergi The Danish Ministry Developing, design and Project Management Proces ApS of Energy and realisation of a CHP gasification manager Environmental plat for woodchips and other 2002-03 affairs biomass Free-lance CEMTEC/European Developing and marketing tasks Project Engineer and Union manager Consultant 2003-

Free-lance Kongerslev Design of 2 MW Combustion Engineer/ Engineer and Kalkværk A/S Chamber for drum drying plant Consultant Consultant 2004

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Articles and other documentation:

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