ABOUT US
Founded by two responsible and experienced entrepreneurs believing today’s investments should embrace a circular economy that leads to sustainable economic development for all stakeholders while providing very attractive returns.
The increase demand for light metals challenge governments and businesses alike to source essential substances while decreasing dependency on limited suppliers. The increase pressure to look for alternatives can lead to greater inefficiencies and more troubling, greater negative impact on the environment.
NGI funds investment opportunities that operate within a circular economy, whereby value creation is achieved from recovering mining tails and reusing them in new applications.
WHO WE ARE
Damien Grider
Founder and Managing Director, Creighton Hill Capital Partners
Creighton Hill Capital Partners is a diversified holding company that currently owns and operates five primary businesses, Creighton Hill Realty Capital (a commercial real estate loan brokerage), Creighton Hill Realty Advisors (a commercial real estate brokerage licensed in the State of Florida), Creighton Hill Development Corporation (a real estate development company), E & D Marketing Solutions (a distributor of natural health supplements) and Miami Prime Properties(a residential real estate brokerage licensed in the State of Florida). Previously, he served as Co-Founder, Head of Commercial Lending, AID Capital, LLC, a Commercial Real Estate Finance Advisory firm that advised commercial real estate Investors and developer on financing structures and developing the proper capital stack. Specialized in arranging financing for hotels and resorts, office buildings and multi-family properties. Prior to that assignment, he was Vice President/Commercial Loan Specialist at AIDC Commercial Finance. AIDC Commercial Finance was a wholly owned subsidiary of Andros Isles Development Corporate that arranged financing for commercial real estate owners and developers. Successfully placed over $200MM in commercial real estate loans.
He also served as President and Director of Real Estate Acquisition, Andros Isle Development Limited. As a result of an investment in the Andros Isle Development Corporation by Nicholas, Moore and Associates, he was appointed President of Nassau, Bahamas based Andros Isle Development Limited. He was responsible for sourcing hotel and resort properties and developments sites in Central and South Florida, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. He led the due diligence effort on potential acquisition targets and worked with third party resources to devise the appropriate pricing models for each target. He was responsible for the acquisition, operation or development, and disposition of over $250MM in resort and hotel assets. Prior to that Mr. Grider worked for Nicholas, Moore and Associates, Inc. Nicholas, Moore was a management consulting firm that assisted management teams of small companies, usually with $2MM to $15MM in revenue with structuring their organization for financing. He advised clients on their talent acquisition in the finance department, and assisted the finance negotiating cost-effective financing transactions. He also served as an Equity Trader (Proprietary) at Heartland Securities Corporation; Van Buren Securities; Multi-Bank Securities Corporation and Olde Private Brokerage. Mr. Grider held Series 6,7, 52, 63 and 55 (as an equity trader).
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Economics
The Florida State University
Bachelor of Science in Criminology
The Florida State University
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Member of the FSU Honors and Scholars Program
Ana María Méndez
Founder Hutton Energy Group
Ana Maria has been in the financial services and oil and gas industries for 17 years. Ana Maria worked in international capital markets for INGBaring Securities as a Vice President/Equity Analyst for 6 years. She spent time in New York City, Bogotá and Mexico City while working for the investment bank. She later joined the New York Stock Exchange as Managing Director for Latin America, Canada and Spain.
In 2007 she moved to Bogotá, Colombia to launch a Canadian funded oil and gas start-up. Ana Maria funded the company in its early stages and later raised an additional $20,000,000 USD. In 13 months, Ana Maria grew the company from one 26,500 hectare block with reserve potential of 12 MMBbls of oil to several deals and added over 80,000 hectares and 70 MMBbls of un-risked reserves to its portfolio while raising additional capital from institutional investors. In 2010 the company went public, listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Ana Maria later started her second E&P company. This company was awarded an exploration and development contract in Colombia and made its first discovery after a successful drilling campaign.
Ana Maria graduated with an undergraduate degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Miami and an MBA from Columbia University.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology
University of Miami
MBA
Columbia University
“We will only invest when the economic benefits also produce ecological upside along with social equity.”
This is our commitment