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CSF Board Treasurer and Environmental Finance Consultant, San Francisco, CA
Robert Hambrecht is an Environmental Finance Consultant in San Francisco, California. Prior to that, Mr. Hambrecht was the Chief Financial Officer at Greenlife International, a project development company that is building biofuel and agricultural businesses in Argentina and other Latin American companies. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mr. Hambrecht was providing financial leadership to Greenlife as it sought investment and was helping manage its key partnerships in Argentina as it structured investments in agricultural and biofuel infrastructure.
Formerly a co-founder of WR Hambrecht + Company, a financial services firm committed to using the Internet and the auction process to level the playing field for investors and issuers, Mr. Hambrecht has been deeply involved in the emerging “Cleantech” business community as an investor and investment banker for many years. Among other activities, he was an early organizer of the New Resource Bank (OTC BB: NWBN.OB), a commercial bank established in 2007 focused on the emerging green business space.
Mr. Hambrecht has served on numerous boards of directors, including Castelle, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), an electronics company that was sold in July 2007 where he served as chairman of the audit committee. He also served on the boards of a number of private companies in the electronics, software and recreation industries. In addition to CSF, he is presently on the board of the non-profit Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, an organization that provides technical and political support for smart transportation policies in cities in developing countries.
