Stewart Taggart
2/2 Camera Street
Manly, NSW 2095
Phone: 02-9948-6272
email: staggart@bigpond.net.au

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

2005-Present:
Administrator, Head of Research, DESERTEC-Australia, DESERTEC-USA
DESERTEC-Australia promotes "Clean Energy From Deserts," or large-scale development of solar, geothermal, wind and wave energy in the nation's arid Outback and carriage of that energy to Australia's cities over High Voltage, Direct Current power lines.
Responsibilities: Researched a clean energy plan for Asia that could significantly reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions. Researched, wrote, coded and maintained large website.

2003-Present:
Director, Acquasol Infrastructure Ltd.
Acquasol designs environmentally friendly power and water projects. Its current focus is Acquasol 1, a municipal-scale, concentrating solar-powered desalination in South Australia (see www.solardesalination.com.au).
Responsibilities: researched and wrote corporate material including investment memorandums, draft prospectus, grant applications, website, presentations, internal research, press releases and other material. Researched, wrote, coded and maintained two websites.


1997-2003;
Freelance Writer
Responsibilities: researched and wrote magazine, trade publication and website stories on various subjects subjects for publications in the United States, Asia and Australia (see www.staggart.net -- an incomplete list).

1989-1997:
Financial Journalist, Knight-Ridder Financial News
Sydney, Australia (1995-1997)
Paris, France (1992-1995)
Brussels, Belgium (1989-1992)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1988-1989)
Responsibilities: researched and wrote features, analysis and daily market commentary on credit, commodities, energy, foreign exchange and countless other financial and commodity markets in Western Europe and Australia.

1988-1989:
Fellow, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program, Columbia University
New York, New York
Completed one-year of Masters of Business Administration studies under corporate grant.

1981-1988:
Journalist, The Associated Press
Houston, Texas (1986-1988)
Honolulu, Hawaii (1982-1986)
New York, New York (1979-1982)
Responsibilities: Researched and wrote news and features for America's largest general interest news agency.

Education
B.A, Economics, Columbia University, New York, New York 1981