Daryl J. Hudson III, Chairman and CEO
Daryl’s responsibilities include structuring private non-US bond issues for institutional buyers, including collateralization, political and credit risk insurance, yield, and institutional investor relations.
Prior to forming HKG, Mr. Hudson was an entrepreneurial attorney in Washington D.C. for over twenty years with a rating of “AV” by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, which connotes a reputational standing of “very high to preeminent”. Hudson’s specialized in corporate, financial and securities matters. The emphasis of the practice was on federal securities compliance, and corporate transactions governed by the federal securities laws. He represented clients in complex federal securities transactions, U.S. and trans-national litigation, arbitration throughout the U.S., the U.K., France, and the Carribean. Hudson has represented clients in domestic and offshore private placements, corporate and securities transactions, encompassing various startups, acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, NASDAQ listings, SEC registrations and reporting, and risk arbitrage, including extensive compliance, regulatory and investigatory work regarding the tender offer and M&A activity of Drexel Burnham Lambert and Michael Milken in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s.
Following graduation from Georgetown Law, Mr. Hudson became an associate at Bracewell & Patterson (now Bracewell Giuliani), a multinational law firm. He left Bracewell & Patterson to obtain intensive experience in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Having attained the position of Senior Counsel after three years at the Commission, Mr. Hudson associated with the firm of Hansell & Post (later merged into Jones Day Reavis & Pogue). His tenure at Hansell & Post encompassed the development of a federal securities practice, including broker/dealer compliance, litigation, offerings, and counseling companies and individuals involved in SEC investigations.
Mr. Hudson graduated from Georgetown Law in May 1979. He received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas, respectively. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Hudson has also served as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Mr. Hudson has a long-standing interest in international affairs and US foreign policy. Prior to commencing legal studies he was a student of US history and foreign policy, and published one piece of scholarly research in the field, “Vandenberg Reconsidered: Senate Resolution 239 and US Foreign Policy,” Diplomatic History, Vol.1 No. 1, Winter 1977, a study of the legislative origins of the North Atlantic Treaty. The article was cited favorably in George C. Marshall: Statesman, by Forrest Pogue (Viking Press) (p. 572); in Taking The Pledge: Oliver Franks and Negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty; (Diplomatic History, Vol. 15, Issue 2, p. 214) by Alex Danchev; and in “Global Governance” by Timoth J. Sinclair (Taylor & Francis 2004)(p. 299) is on the recommended reading list in the Department of History Marshall Plan course at University College London; is posted on the National Archives website, Compilation of Periodic Literature, for Department of State source material; is listed in the Library of Congress Biographical Directory for Senator Arthur Vandenberg; and is cited as source material in “International Institutions in the New Global Economy” by Lisa L. Martin (Edward Elgar/California, 2005) (p. 117); “American Foreign Relations Since 1600,” by Robert L. Beisner ((ABC-CLIO 2003); Naval War College Review (1980) p. 36; “A Preponderance of Power” by Melvin P. Leffler (Stanford 1991) (p. 563) Ruggie, J. G., “Multilateralism: Anatomy of an Institution” International Organization, Vol. 46 No. 3 (WPF/MIT 1992), “Winning The Peace” (Columbia 1996) and “Past as Prologue: Interests, Identity and American Foreign Policy,” International Security, Vol. 21 No.4, (Harvard/MIT 1997), p. 104; “George F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy 1947-50” by Wilson D. Miscamble (Princeton 1993)(p. 128); “Strategies of Containment”, by John Lewis Gaddis (Oxford 2005)(p. 409); “From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and the Cold War,” by Wilson D. Miscamble (Cambridge 2007) (p. 361). Publication Site | Full Reference list
Mr. Hudson’s personal interests include a long standing appreciation of music, having studied classical piano and composition. Over the past 30+ years, he has acquired an extensive appreciation for and knowledge of blues and rock guitar. Past experience includes years of public instrumental and vocal performances. In addition, Mr Hudson participates in religious inspirational related music. His guitar of choice is the legendary Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120RHH.
Mr. Hudson was married in 2001 in the Washington National Cathedral and has three children.
Peter Pollak, Managing Director, HKG-Europe
Peter has a BA in Business Studies and is a Chartered Management Accountant. In his first job he was employed as a management accountant at BT International where he was involved in the privatization process. Later, while at Touche Ross Management Consultants he was responsible for the modeling of the ‘K’ factors during the privatization of the water industry and also worked on the electricity privatization while at J Henry Schroder Wagg.
He was a founder member of Babcock and Brown’s UK project finance team in 1990 and has also spent a number of years working for Commerzbank.
His first involvement with renewable energy was in the early 1990s in the UK. He was involved with numerous bids in the early 1990’s during the various NFFO rounds in the wind and waste sectors. Since 2002 Peter has acted as an independent consultant with a key focus in the European renewable energy sector for development companies and private equity groups.