Board of Directors

Pauline Durand is the Sustainability Excellence Manager at Saipol, the first business unit and agro-industrial pillar of Avril. She leads a team of experts committed to serving the environmental transition.  She started her career within TotalEnergies where she held various positions. She developed her expertise in the biofuel sector, managing and developing a portfolio of […]

Karyn Jones has served as Director of Sustainability at Gevo since May of 2022. At Gevo, Ms. Jones leads a team of sustainability experts focused on lifecycle analysis, soil health, climate smart agriculture, sustainability, low-carbon fuels compliance, SAF decarbonisation strategies, and carbon accounting/markets. Ms. Jones holds a BS in Environmental Science from the University of […]

Oona Koski is a Senior Manager in Sustainability and Market Development at UPM Biorefining.  She joined UPM more than 10 years ago and has an extensive experience on sustainability. Oona’s role in UPM Biorefining  is focused on raw material and supply chain sustainability and compliance  including  biofuels, and biochemicals as well as the new innovations […]

Ingrid Marie Andersen is Head of Decarbonisation Targets & Life Cycle Assessment at A.P. Moller – Maersk.   Ingrid Marie graduated from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with a MSc in Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics and a PhD in global wave induced vibrations in large container ships from the same university in 2014. […]

Tom Berg is a Senior Policy and Sustainability Manager at SkyNRG, a leader in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry. He is responsible for shaping and implementing SkyNRG’s ambitious sustainability principles into its SAF supply chains, and manages the interaction with SkyNRG’s independent Sustainability Advisory Board – comprised of NGOs and academia, which guides SkyNRG […]

Julien Manhes graduated from ENSICA, a French aerospace engineer school, in 2001 and got a master in project management from the French business school HEC in 2002. He started his aviation career in 2002 at Aircelle (now known as SAFRAN nacelle), a French engine nacelle manufacturer fully owned by the SAFRAN group. Julien joined Airbus […]

Humphrey (Nkosinathi) Nxumalo is the Regional Head of Programmes at Solidaridad Network – Southern Africa.   A strong program and project management professional with a Masters in Business Administration focused in Project Management from Management College of Southern Africa, Humphrey has a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organisation management industry.

Harry Stokes is executive director of Project Gaia, Inc., a nonprofit that facilitates development of alcohol fuels. Project Gaia was founded in 1995 and began its work in Africa in 2000. It has affiliates in Ethiopia and Nigeria and collaborators in many other countries. Harry Stokes is a forester by training with a Master’s in […]

Edie Juno is a forestry specialist at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Here, Edie works on policy relating to forest bioenergy, sustainable forest stewardship, and natural climate solutions involving private lands. Prior to joining NWF, she worked at the World Resources Institute on forest ecosystem services research. She holds a B.S. in Biology and earned […]

Neva leads Canopy’s Next Generation Solutions Campaign and works with major brands to develop visionary procurement policies for forest conservation and Next Generation Solutions scale up.  She has led or participated in the critical review panels of four different life cycle analyses, comparing wood fibre to agricultural residues.  She also oversees the development of Canopy’s […]

James Reeler holds the position of Senior Manager: Climate Action at the Worldwide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF), joining the organisation in 2012. In his current role, James helps direct WWF’s efforts in driving ambition and assisting in a just transition to a climate-resilient and low carbon equitable economy. He has worked on climate change […]

Hernán Rodríguez Arias is the Head of Sustainability at ucrop.it. He is an Agricultural Production Engineer by trade, and fluent in English and Portuguese. Hernán has 25 years of experience, developing in multinational agribusiness companies aimed at providing services to ensure customer satisfaction, both externally and internally. He has a strong conviction to work in […]

Julius Ecuru manages BioInnovate Africa at ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology. He works with scientists and entrepreneurs to find technological innovations and create sustainable businesses that improve healthcare delivery, and provide nutritious food/feed, clean energy and safe drinking water. He also contributes to academic work in the chemical and bioengineering sciences, […]

Dr. Abubeker Yimam is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. Dr Abubeker served as Dean of School of Chemical and Bioengineering, Addis Ababa University (2016-2022), as President of Ethiopian Society of Chemical Engineers (2016-2018), and was a visiting professor at University of Toulouse in 2019. Since 2019, he has […]