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Board of directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JAMES DOUGLAS

Independent Non-Executive Chair
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
  • Appointed to the Board: 25 November 2011
  • Over 25 years of investment banking and venture capital experience in Australia and the United States
  • Venture Partner for the Acorn Capital Expansion Fund, a Series B Venture Fund, and Founder and general partner of Newmarket Capital, a late-stage venture capital business, non-executive director of Export Finance Australia
  • A former non-executive director of Quickstep Holdings Ltd (December 2016 to November 2019) (Audit and Risk Committee Chair 2017 to 2019)
  • 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
  • Science degree and Law degree from Melbourne University
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

JAKE DINGLE

Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
  • Appointed to the Board: 20 November 2008
  • 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 (Dean’s List and Rupert Murdoch Fellow)
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

LUCIA CADE

Independent, Non-Executive Director
Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
  • Appointed to the Board: 3 August 2018
  • Board and executive experience that spans utilities, technology and innovation, industry-led research and development, construction, global technical advisory and infrastructure investment
  • Currently serves on the boards of South East Water (Chair), Paintback (Chair), Future Fuels CRC (Chair of Commercialisation Committee), Engineers Australia (Chair of Nominations Committee), FLAIM Systems Pty Ltd
  • A former director of Water Resources Group Limited (renamed to Purifloh Limited) (April 2018 to November 2019)
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Economics and Master of Engineering Science from Monash University and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne
  • Fellow of Engineers Australia and Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors

DALE MCKEE

Independent, Non-Executive Director
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Appointed to the Board: 27 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
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand

MARK BERNHARD

Independent, Non-Executive Director
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Appointed to the Board: 3 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
  • A non-executive director of a not-for-profit, Healthy Male, since August 2020 and chair of their Audit and Risk Committee
  • Studied Transformational Management at Stanford University, holds an MBA from Deakin University and a Business/Accounting degree from Monash University
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors