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Board of Directors

Chairman of Carbon Revolution since 2012
Over 20 years of investment banking and venture capital experience in Australia and the United States
Founder and general partner of Newmarket Capital, a late stage venture capital business
Prior to establishing Newmarket Capital, James spent 15 years in investment banking, including as co-head of Global Banking at Citi (Australia) and Global Head of Consumer Products Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch in New York
Investment Director at Acorn Capital
Science degree and Law degree from Melbourne University

Started at Carbon Revolution in 2008 as one of the initial investors and founders
Background in engineering, operations, strategy and M&A within Australian listed companies
Former head of M&A and Corporate Development for Goodman Fielder and has also held positions at, BCG, L.E.K. and Tenix Defence Systems
Mechanical Engineering degree from RMIT with First Class Honours and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School (Deans List and Rupert Murdoch Fellow).

Joined the Board in 2018 and has a board portfolio that spans utilities, technology and innovation, industry led research & development and infrastructure investment.
Chair of South East Water (Victorian state owned utility with a commercial subsidiary business).
Independent director of the Future Fuels Co-operative Research Centre.
Director of Engineers Australia; chair of Audit & Risk Committee
Director of the Regional Investment Corporation (federal loan facility for agriculture and water sectors).
Chair of Paintback, an independent company set up by Australia’s major paint manufacturers to manage the recycling of excess paint and its containers to divert it from landfill.
Bachelor degrees in civil engineering (honours) and economics from Monash University, a Masters of Engineering Science from Monash University and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne.

Joined the Board in September 2018.
Former senior partner at PwC with extensive experience serving listed companies in audit, accounting, corporate governance, risk management and capital markets matters.
Former lead partner of PwC’s risk management practice in Australia.
Former member of the Australian Auditing Standards Board.
Bachelor of Business from Federation University and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

Joined the Board in June 2019.
Significant board and executive management experience in the automotive industry, having served as Chairman and Managing Director of General-Motors Holden Australia from 2015 to 2018.
Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President of Shanghai-GM from 2011 to 2015.
Recently studied Transformational Management at Stanford University, holds an MBA from Deakin University and a Business/Accounting degree from Monash University

Joined the Board in June 2019.
Significant board, investment banking and corporate advisory experience.
He has served or is currently serving on the boards of Ambulance Victoria, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE (Chair), Australian Centre of the Moving Image (President), TAL Superannuation Ltd, the Tasmanian Water and Sewerage Corporation, and Australian Red Cross.
MBA from the University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Economics from Monash University. He also is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD).