Karbone Appoints Adam Raphaely as Director

Online, November 5, 2010 (Newswire.com) - New York, NY: Karbone Inc., has announced that Adam Raphaely has joined Karbone Inc.'s executive management team as Director. Mr. Raphaely will play a key role in continuing the building out of the firm's presence in all Western North American environmental commodity markets.

"We are emboldened to have Adam join our firm" said Izzet Bensusan, President of Karbone Inc. " He brings complementary experience, knowledge and relationships to our base of clients comprised of energy companies, banks, investment funds, renewable energy and carbon offset developers. His years of experience both as an investment management professional and broker in the Western markets will enhance Karbone's offering of services in Environmental Commodity Brokerage, Renewable Energy Project Finance, and Research & Advisory."

In the past year Karbone continued to fuel its robust growth by investing and expanding its team by actively seeking recognized professionals from diverse regions and backgrounds. While doing so, Karbone also added Research and Advisory to its service offerings, to execute on its full service holistic strategy. As a testament to the firm's successes in the past year, Karbone was recognized as a 'Top 10 Sustainability Firm' by an independent study published by Verdantix and 'Top 25 Green Firm' by Opportunity Green.

Mr. Raphaely served as a Senior Broker on the trading desk at TFS Energy where he covered Western Renewable Energy, Carbon and Emissions Markets. He brings with him a wealth of experience in Capital Markets, having worked in investment and risk management roles at a leading Convertible Arbitrage investment funds in Stamford, CT and New York City.

Mr. Raphaely holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, a Master of Science in Investment Management from The Cass Business School (City of London University) and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of South Africa.
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Karbone is a rapidly growing, full-service global environmental commodities brokerage, project finance and carbon advisory firm with a core focus on renewable energy and emissions. Headquartered in New York, the company develops sound and innovative strategies to effectively address today's increasingly complex environmental and emissions marketplace. The firm holds offices in New York, London and Istanbul with strategic partnerships in Sao Paulo, Toronto, Melbourne and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://www.karbone.com.