As Managing Director for Taranis Carbon Ventures, David leads investments in carbon circularity, leveraging 25 years of expertise in management and consultancy roles, with a focus on sustainable innovation. Before joining Taranis, David was a partner at E-CUBE Strategy Consultants, a Paris-based strategy consulting boutique focused on energy and decarbonization, where he advised corporations on […]

Mark has over 20 years of investment, debt and advisory experience across Europe and North America. Within ING, Mark is responsible for Sustainable Investments and provides risk bearing capital to sustainable scale-ups active in Energy Transition and Circular Economy. Prior to Sustainable Investments, Mark covered for nearly a decade the Benelux at ING Corporate Investments […]

Min is the Co-founder and CEO of CM Venture Capital, a shanghai-based venture capital company focused on new materials, advanced manufacturing, digital industrial, energy and environment. CM Funds are backed by leading multinational companies including GE, Samsung, BASF, SABIC, Heraeus, Petronas, etc. Since establishing Fund I in 2012, CM Venture Capital has invested in dozens […]

As Chief Strategy Officer for OGCI Climate Investments, Matthew is responsible for developing the strategy of OGCI and measuring progress toward our vision of GHG reduction. Matthew’s career in Energy and Climate has spanned 30 years of working in Strategy, Sustainability and Operational roles across the value chain. Before joining OGCI CI, Matthew led the […]

Rob van der Meij is Managing Partner at Capricorn Partners, responsible for the Cleantech venture capital activities. The first 20 years of his career he worked in business management positions with Akzo Nobel and Shell Chemicals, as well as strategy consulting at Gemini Consulting. In 2008, he became an entrepreneur as the founder and CEO […]

Mike is a co-founder of Econic Technologies and co-inventor of Econic’s catalysts. He has led the development of Econic’s technology for over 10 years, from concept to implementation. He is an inventor on more than 70 granted patents. He has held personal postdoctoral fellowships from AXA and EPSRC at Imperial College London and completed his […]

Jill’s extensive leadership experience has been developed across multiple industries, including the chemical industry at Univar, with roles in supply chain management, engineering working processes and customer and supplier business relationship management. Jill joined the leadership team to design develop and establish cost-optimised business processes that will deliver results driven by exceptional customer service.

Rob has a track record of delivering growth and building businesses with experience across chemicals, technology, retail, supply chain & trading. He has spent 20 years in different finance roles in Shell, including in Chemicals and Venturing, and has subsequently held CFO roles in the Middle East and UK. Rob is a chemical engineering graduate […]

Charlotte is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and is also Econic’s CSO. Her research interests are in the area of catalysis and polymer chemistry, including polymerization catalysts, CO2 activation and the catalytic valorisation of renewable resources. Charlotte’s work has been recognized by awards from the […]