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Owen Barwell

Owen Barwell is the former Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and also served as the Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to July 2011, Mr. Barwell served as Chief Operating Officer to the Loan Programs Office (LPO). Mr. Barwell previously served as the Deputy CFO for the Department of Energy. As Deputy CFO, Mr. Barwell played a vital role in executing the Department’s $26 billion budget to support important energy, scientific, and national security investments. He has direct responsibility for the Department’s financial management, budget formulation and execution, program analysis and evaluation, and corporate information systems organizations. As the Deputy CFO, Mr. Barwell played a key role in establishing and managing DOE’s loan programs and continues to serve on LPO’s Credit Committee, governing credit and investment decisions. Mr. Barwell has over 23 years of experience as a business manager, management consultant, and professional accountant gained in organizations undergoing significant change. He has helped both public and private sector organizations execute strategic plans, reengineer business processes, and implement major functional business systems. His experience spans the professional services, energy, aerospace, retail real estate, utilities, and rail industries. Throughout this experience, Mr. Barwell has also served as the Director for Enterprise Strategy and Planning at Analytic Services Inc.; in business transformation roles in the Office of the Administrator at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); as a Principal Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, based in the Washington, D.C. and London, U.K. offices; and KPMG. He has also held financial management positions in the privatized rail industry. A native of Derby in the U.K. Mr. Barwell graduated from Lancaster University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the U.K.