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Market Cap:$170.0M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$992.0K
- Public
- US
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Cadiz is thirsty for new business. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: CDZI) operates and manages land and water resources. The company has about 46,000 acres in southern California, of which 35,000 is located in the Cadiz Valley. It focuses on groundwater storage and supply, desert agriculture, and water-efficient irrigation. Its water resources are used for municipal, agricultural, recreation, and industrial applications. In June 2006, it completed an agreement with Peloton Partners LLP to provide the company with a new long-term capital facility of $36.375 million.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Keith BrackpoolNumber of Employees 10
Contact Information
777 S Figueroa Street
Suite 4250
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 271-1600
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction: 237110
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More Information on Cadiz's 'Wet Deal'
Several days ago I wrote an article on Cadiz CDZI, a California-based land-holding company that just signed a letter of intent with the Golden State Water Company, California’s second largest publicly-traded water utility, plus four unnamed public municipal water agencies serving the San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties...
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Briefly Noted.
* Malaysian energy group YTL Power has outbid a consortium of U.K. banks to buy Wessex Water, England's utility arm of failed energy giant Enron. YTL offered almost $1.8 billion for Wessex Water, overcoming a rival offer from a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland and Abbey National. Wessex...
Water Grab in the Mojave - Brief Article
In California's parched Mojave Desert, the mining of a new kind of liquid gold--water--is about to become big business. For two years, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been in talks with Cadiz Incorporated, an agribusiness firm that owns part of the land above an aquifer in the...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Keith Brackpool | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Mark A. Liggett | Senior Vice President, Hydrology |
| Fiona Hutton | Vice President, Corp Communications |
| Russ Hammond | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey Arens | Board of Directors |
| Gregory Ritchie | Board of Directors |
| Gregory W. Preston | Board of Directors |
| Raymond J. Pacini | Board of Directors |
| Stephen J. Duffy | Board of Directors |
| Tim Shaheen | Board of Directors |
| Winston Hickox | Board of Directors |
Keith Brackpool is a co-founder of Cadiz Inc. and has served as a member of Cadiz' Board of Directors since September 1986 and as President and Chief Executive Officer since December 1991. Mr. Brackpool assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Cadiz in 2001. Mr. Brackpool has extensive expertise in Western water policy. He was appointed by former California Governor Gray Davis to co-chair his Agriculture and Water Transition Task Force and also served on the Governor’s Commission on Building for the 21st Century, a diverse panel that developed long-term policy proposals to meet the state’s future water, housing, technology and transportation needs. In addition to his position at Cadiz Inc., since 1989, Mr. Brackpool has been a principal of 1334 Partners L.P., a partnership that owns commercial real estate. Previously, Mr. Brackpool served as director and chief executive officer of North American Operations for Albert Fisher Group, a multi-billion dollar food company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Cadiz Inc. | Chairman of Board | Current |
| Cadiz Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Cadiz Inc. | Member | Former |
| Sun World International Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Senior Vice President, Hydrology | Current |
| Cadiz Inc. | Co-Founder | Former |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Investigator | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Vice President, Corp Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Raymond J. Pacini was appointed a director of Cadiz in June 2005. Since May 1998, Mr. Pacini has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of California Coastal Communities, Inc. (CALC), a publicly traded (NASDAQ:CALC) residential land development and homebuilding company operating in Southern California.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Questerre Energy Corporation | Executive Director | Current |
| Tethys Petroleum Limited | Executive Director | Current |
| Canargo Energy Corp | Director and Founder | Current |
| Tethys Petroleum Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Questerre Energy Corporation | Director | Current |
| Cadiz Inc. | Director | Current |
| St Catherine's College | Former | |
| Canargo Energy Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
Stephen J. Duffy was appointed a director of Cadiz in July 2006. Mr. Duffy currently serves as a Managing Principal for IHP-Arnel Investment Partners, a real estate investment company, operating nationally. From 2004 - 2006 Mr. Duffy served as Chief Operating Officer for Western National Realty Advisors, an apartment acquisition, development and investment management company. Previously, Mr. Duffy was the Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Capital Markets for the Western U.S. with Ernst & Young, LLP.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Timothy J. Shaheen serves as Chief Financial Officer of Cadiz Inc. and is also on the Board of Directors, a position he has held March 1999. From September 1996 to April 2005, Mr. Shaheen served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Sun World International, a major agricultural grower with desert operations and former Cadiz Inc. subsidiary. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shaheen worked with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP; he is a certified public accountant. Mr. Shaheen is also a private investor and principal of Difinity Capital Partners LLP.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sun World International Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
Winston Hickox was appointed a director of Cadiz in October 2006. From 2004 – 2006, Mr. Hickox served as Senior Portfolio Manager with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), designing a series of environmentally- oriented investment initiatives for the fund’s $211 billion investment portfolio. Prior to CalPers, from 1999 - 2003, Mr. Hickox served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and a member of the Governor’s cabinet. Mr. Hickox’ environmental policy experience also includes membership on the board of the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV), including a four-year term as Board President (1994 - 2006); and two years on the boards of Audubon California and Sustainable Conservation (2004 - present). Mr. Hickox is currently a partner at California Strategies, a public policy consulting firm, and is also serving as a member of the board of Thomas Properties Group, a publicly traded full service real estate investment firm.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |



