Board of directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

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

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

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

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