
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
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
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
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
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