IncubEx News & Updates

Kristen Fleming serves as Senior Vice President of Operations at IncubEx. Prior to joining IncubEx, Kristen served as a Manager in the Financial Control team at Citadel where she oversaw internal controls throughout the firm’s asset management and broker dealer businesses. Kristen worked to strengthen controls related to trade entry, financial reporting, IT, and cybersecurity through process improvement.

Prior to Citadel, Kristen was focused in accounting. Kristen began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City where she audited hedge funds, private equity funds, and fund of hedge funds. She then served within the Fund Finance group of GCM Grosvenor, a global investment and advisory firm, focusing primarily on the public markets.

Kristen graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting in 2008 and a Master of Accounting Science degree in 2009. Kristen later received her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, specializing in Economics, Finance and Managerial and Organizational Behavior. Kristen holds her CPA license in Illinois and is a member of several organizations, including the AICPA, Illinois CPAs and Mensa.

Marie serves as Renewables Director at IncubEx, focusing on voluntary carbon and certificate markets. Prior to this, she built and managed South Pole’s Renewables Portfolio, advising corporate and wholesale market participants on their renewables sourcing options. Marie started her career working for the Norwegian state-owned, renewable energy producer Statkraft, where she focused on certificates trading and origination. She has been a board member of RECS International for the last 8 years and as such is closely connected to regulatory and market developments in Europe and the rest of the world. Marie is an Economist by training and has lived in Germany, Australia, Italy, the United States and the Netherlands, where she currently resides with her family.

Robert Gordon serves as the CFO of IncubEx. Previously, he served as a Consultant at Bain & Company, where he worked on diligence and strategy projects primarily for private equity funds and Fortune-500 companies.

Prior to Bain, Rob held the CFO role at R2 Companies, where he oversaw the finance, operations, and lender relationships for the R2 Yield Fund, a discretionary real estate hedge fund focused on middle-market debt and equity investments. Preceding this work, he served as CFO of energy.me, a retail electric supplier with approximately 20,000 customers located in 6 states in the United States.

Rob graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and later received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Rob is a CFA charter holder.

William Hanegan serves as an Operations Analyst within IncubEx. William gained experience modeling and fitting data while participating in undergraduate research for the H.E.L.I.X. (High Energy Light Isotope Experiment) project based in the Antarctic. William is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a BS in Physics and Astrophysics.

Sir Brian Williamson, 75, has held a number of Chairmanships and Directorships in Banking, Exchanges, Funds and Investment Trusts, and Private Equity.

In Banking he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Gerrard Group PLC., a member of the Court of the Bank of Ireland, and a director of HSBC Holdings PLC.

He was one of the four founders of the London International Financial Futures Exchange and twice Chairman. In the USA he has been a member of both Nasdaq (additionally serving as Chairman of its International Advisory Board); the New York Stock Exchange and in the UK, the Climate Exchange PLC. He is currently a director of the London International Vintners Exchange and IncubEx which is in partnership with the European Energy Exchange, part of the Deutsche Borse Group and Nodal Exchange in the USA.

He is a former director of Fleming Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC, Templeton Emerging Market Investment Trust PLC, Waverton Investment Trust PLC and he chaired Electra Private Equity PLC. In insurance he was the first Chairman of Resolution Life Group.

He has served on regulatory bodies in both the USA and UK; – the National Association of Securities Dealers and The Securities and Investments Board.

He is a director of three family funds and was the first Chairman of the Armed Forces Common Investment Fund. He was a Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and on various boards of Windsor Castle. He is a Lieutenant of Her Majesty’s Commission for the City of London and is an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple.

He is currently Chairman of RJ Fleming & Co Ltd and a director of Politeia – the UK Forum for Social and Economic Thinking.

President of GGB NY Brokerage for five years from 1994, CEO of ICAP Americas for 15 years from 1999, responsible for 1,800 employees and for growing revenues from $250mm to $850mm. His executive roles also included member Global Management and Risk Committees, Chaired the Americas Operating Committee, Member Global Intellectual Property, and Technology Governance Committees. During his career at ICAP he successfully managed businesses in equities, credit, commodities, environmental, emerging markets, including the build out of local LATAM offices, futures, FX, fixed income, money markets, data sales and directly ran the Americas R&D businesses.

Rhoten spearheaded ICAP’s expansion into new products, including factoring, longevity, logistics, media & film rights, and IP brokerage, patents in particular. Mr. Rhoten has been an active participant on several industry committees, including the US Federal Reserve Bank FX Committee, the Chilean Products Exchange & the Boards of Cross-Asset Software, CABEI, and Stock Exchange partnerships in Chile, Peru, Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.
Upon retiring from ICAP PLC in 2013, he purchased & assumed Chairman roll in ICAP IP global patent brokerage, CoFounded Otra Capital Venture Debt Fund, currently has directorships with IPGL Investments, Apiary Consulting, a founding member of Korean IP Angels Fund, Advisor Mount Sinai Eating Disorder Clinic, Advisor Spiral Sun Healthy Food Fund and was for a time on the FFVC Mentorship Committee, Advised Liquineq BlockChain, Gain Capital Board Directorship ending with the sale of the company 8/20 and was a founding member of LES Patent Standards Committee.

Lotte Rosenberg is a member of the IncubEx Board of Directors. She currently serves as Senior Vice President, member of the Executive Committee in Markets & Bioenergy at Ørsted, where she is responsible for market trading, all natural gas activities and market innovation, among other things for the company.

She has served in a variety of executive positions at Orsted, and its predecessor DONG Energy, focused on innovation, strategy, negotiation and business development. She has more than a decade of energy industry experience and has been involved with everything from mergers & acquisitions to board level service. At Orsted, Lotte has served as Director, Head of Origination, Customer & Markets, responsible for the company’s long-term gas portfolio and sourcing. She also has served as Manager, Business Development and Senior Business Developer at DONG. Lotte began her career as an attorney, specializing in M&A, corporate law, contract drafting and negotiations.

She earned masters degrees in law from Aarhus Universitet and an MBA from University of Melbourne – Melbourne Business School. She also completed the Board Leadership Education at Copenhagen Business School and earned a degree in language studies from Université Stendhal.

Michael Walsh is Managing Director of Public Policy & Research at IncubEx.  He has been a leader in the design and implementation of environmental markets.  As a co-founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Walsh directed new product R&D and played a central role in building the market-leading Chicago Climate Futures Exchange and European Climate Exchange. Walsh has testified at the U.S. House, Senate and White House and Co-Chaired the Hawaii Symposium that honored the 50^th anniversary of the Keeling Curve. At the Chicago Board of Trade, Walsh directed the first three auctions of SO2 emission allowances conducted for the highly successful U.S. EPA acid rain reduction program.  Earlier, Walsh served in the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy and was an instructor at the University of Notre Dame.  Walsh earned a Ph.D. in Economics at Michigan State University.

To view Dr. Walsh’s full CV, click here.

Lauren Paton serves as Legal Advisor at IncubEx.  Lauren has over ten years of experience in the environmental sector.  During her career, she oversaw all legal aspects of cash acquisitions of AMP Clean Energy for £63.1 million as well as the US$600 million sale process of Climate Exchange plc, an international financial exchange group with operating companies in UK, USA, Australia and China.  Lauren graduated with honors from Edinburgh University before continuing on to graduate with a First Class Diploma in International Law from Lund University, Sweden.

Lauren Krone serves as Marketing Associate of IncubEx. Lauren gained experience developing marketing materials and corporate event planning while working at Brownfield Management Associates, a firm specializing in the redevelopment of real estate properties that are potentially environmentally contaminated. Prior to this she worked at Legal Services Corporation in the Government Relations and Public Affairs Department. She graduated with high distinction and honors from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Political Science and Environmental Sustainability.

Robyn Yon serves as Company Secretary within IncubEx and Business Assistant to Neil Eckert while also retaining the position of Company Secretary across his business portfolio. Robyn gained experience in operations and client services by working in diverse industries such as fashion, beauty, interior fit out, and real estate.  Her last role was Head of Administration and Client Services for the UK market attending the world’s largest real estate event Mipim. Robyn also serves as Director of Chalvington Management Ltd.