Green Globe International, Inc.
Officers
Officer Biographies
Steven R. Peacock - Chief Executive Officer
Steven Peacock has served as interim president and interim chief executive officer of the company since November 2007, and he also serves as Managing Director of the company. Mr. Peacock led the company's efforts to acquire the Green Globe brand and transition of the company to become Green Globe International, Inc.
Mr. Peacock has over thirty years of experience in seeking out and identifying emerging growth investment opportunities, both startup companies and work out assignments and is skilled at analyzing management structure and setting up programs for raising capital. He has working knowledge of taking companies through the process of becoming publicly traded, as well as assistance with strategic planning, corporate communications including shareholder relations and internet marketing as well as an extensive background in SEC requirements and filings utilizing broad network of legal, accounting, insurance, Internet technology and public relations affiliates.
In addition to his work with and in publicly traded companies, Mr. Peacock has a background in the real estate development industry and in minor league professional sports development, primarily soccer, in both American and European venues.
Mr. Peacock has an extensive operating knowledge of the Business Development Company process, having operated the first BDC on the west coast from 1998 to 2000. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Peacock acted as a consultant for Peak Solutions, a firm offering a variety of consulting, management and financing services to the small business community, both public and private.
From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Peacock served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of YaSheng Group, Ltd., formerly Nicholas Investment Company, Inc. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Peacock served as a member of the Board of Directors of BDC Capital, Inc. and as Secretary, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of CLX Investment Company. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Peacock served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Entertainment Capital Corporation. Mr. Peacock also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Franchise Capital Corporation from 2006 to 2007.
From 2004 to present, Mr. Peacock has served as managing partner of Javelin Advisory Group, Inc., a business consulting company located in Murrieta, California with the core focus of assisting businesses with a number of vital services, which include bringing small public companies into compliance with SEC requirements, assisting in the raising of necessary capital, evaluating potential acquisitions and providing management expertise.
Bradley Cox - Chief Operating Officer
Bradley Cox was appointed by the Green Globe International Board of Directors to serve as chief operating officer in March 2008.
Mr. Cox's considerable business experience within the travel and tourism industry, his understanding of brand management, and success in delivering technology as practical solutions for the triple bottom line of tourism businesses are a unique combination of skills and an invaluable addition to the Green Globe International team.
From 1996, Mr. Cox was at the frontline of tourism sales and marketing, working for international tourism and hospitality brands. Based on the Gold Coast, Australia's leading leisure destination for domestic and international travelers, Mr. Cox held senior sales and marketing positions at ANA Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe. Mr. Cox managed all the key domestic accounts for these tourism operators, maintaining channels through major airlines as well as negotiated sales to travel agencies throughout Australia.
In 2000, Mr. Cox joined the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC), based at Griffith University on the Gold Coast. An Australian government initiative to deliver research and development innovations to the tourism sector, the STCRC grew to include 16 university and 17 government and industry partners, including Tourism Australia, Qantas and the Australian Federation of Travel Agents.
Mr. Cox served for eight years as STCRC's General Manager Communications and Industry Extension. Mr. Cox worked closely with industry, government and academic partners to incubate innovative research ideas to prototypes that now benefit Australia's tourism sector. One of the key innovations was the scientific benchmarking and certification tools, which have underpinned Green Globe for almost 10 years.