Our Team

Lucien Edward Forbes David Considine Matthew Hassett

Lucien Edward Forbes
Chief Executive Officer
Forbes Energy, LLC USA
Contact: 401-619-2770
info@forbesenergy.us

Lucien Edward Forbes is a defining 21st century global entrepreneur. His experiences range from developing significant global projects around the globe countries in a wide array of industries. Mr. Forbes serves as CEO of both Forbes Group and Forbes Energy —two of the world’s most dynamic companies. Mr. Forbes’ business successes include: wireless telecom infrastructure in Russia: establishing one of the largest fishing and processing companies in the world; and developing a number of ports throughout Asia, Africa and South America.

He has consistently developed successful business solutions and been first-to-market in a range of industries across the globe.

Today, Forbes Energy is a leader in a new model of closed loop, zero-environmental impact energy facilities. Presently, the Company is developing a $500 million, 75 megawatt ethanol plant in the Dominican Republic. The facility, scheduled to come on line in 2008, will provide significant economic, energy and environmental benefits to the Caribbean Basin.

Mr. Forbes makes his home in Newport, Rhode Island with his two sons. He is a great supporter of the sport of lacrosse.

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David Francis Considine
Chief Financial Officer
Contact: (401) 619-2770, x117
dfc@forbesenergy.us

David Considine serves as CFO for Forbes Energy where he has responsibility for all financial, accounting, and treasury activity, as well as stockholder relations, and contract negotiations involving business development projects. In addition, he is responsible for managing the Company’s operational functions and ensuring that the Company meets its corporate objectives and revenue-growth goals.

During his tenure for Forbes Group, an affiliate company of Forbes Energy, Considine has been responsible for banking negotiations and compliance reporting, financial projections, and corporate financial accounting, reporting, and tax consolidations.

His demonstrated successes and experiences are vast, having managed complex financial transactions in more than a dozen countries, as well as securing several subsidiary acquisitions and overseeing the orderly integration of the acquisitions into the parent company group.

David is a CPA having served as a managing partner in professional accounting firms for more than 17 years.

Prior to joining Forbes, David was Vice President of Finance at the largest wholesale supplier to supermarkets in New England and the United States – a $1.4 billion concern.

He is a graduate of Bentley College, majoring in Accounting and Finance.

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Matthew J. Hassett
Director of Business Development
Contact: (401) 619-2770, x 112
mjh@forbesenergy.us

Matt Hassett joins Forbes Energy from Bank of America’s Public Finance Group where he structured more than $2 billion in transactions. At Forbes Energy, Matt serves as Director of Business Development overseeing financing and strategic business partnerships globally.

Prior to his experience in Bank of America’s Public Finance Group, Matt served in the Premier Banking & Investing Division of Bank of America and predecessor Fleet Bank in Boston.

Matt is highly experienced in financial markets; fixed income investment banking, structured municipal products, and derivative fixed income instruments.

Matt’s responsibilities include the acquisition and of management of project finance and operating capital, the management of investors, financial partners, financial risk and other development initiatives.

Matt received a BA in economics from Emory University and was a member of the varsity men’s basketball team.

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