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Board of Directors

RSB’s Board of Directors is responsible for the management of RSB.

The Board of Directors also represents RSB at various functions and conferences, and reflects its commitment to the ethics and principles it stands for. Regular meetings are held where board members collaborate and decide on changes to policy, as well as the effective management of the RSB’s activities.

Meet the Board below.

Adam Klauber

Chair of RSB Board, RSB Chamber 1 Director, World Energy

Adam works to solve renewable fuel’s cost challenge. He was the chief architect of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificate (SAFc) concept, co-founded the Sustainable Aviation Buyer’s Alliance (SABA), helped pioneer the industry’s first long term SAFc contracts, and now leads an initiative to establish a clean fuels bankable offtake system. In his current role, he […]

Valentina Vecchio

Vice Chair of RSB Board, RSB Chamber 2 Director, Boeing

Valentina Vecchio is The Boeing Company Sustainability Policy & Risk Manager Senior Manager. In this role, Vecchio leads the strategy and risk profile of global policies impacting the company ranging across climate, environmental and chemical regulations. Prior to this role, Vecchio maximised the effectiveness of the Global Enterprise Sustainability leadership team as their Policy & […]

Tim Thomson

Treasurer RSB Board, Charm Industrials

Tim Thomson is the Chief Financial Officer at Charm Industrial, a US-based company focused on transforming agricultural residue into bio-oil for permanent carbon removal. Prior to joining Charm in 2022, Tim has served as a finance leader at a number of high-growth, climate businesses including Meati, Impossible Foods, and Plenty. Throughout all of these roles, […]

Luca Schenk

RSB Swiss Directors, Chairman Helvoil

Luca’s purpose is to accelerate the energy transition and build a legacy of sustainable solutions for future generations. He is Chairman of Helvoil, Switzerland’s first producer of HVO and SAF. With more than 30 years of experience across renewable energy and financial services, Luca has held senior leadership roles as CEO, board member, and strategic […]

Fongoh Eric

RSB Chamber 3 Director, ICENECDEV

Fongoh Eric is the Co Founder and General Coordinator of the International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV). With decades of experience in capacity building in environmental development programmes, Fongoh contributes to policy consultation, UN Expert Meetings and negotiation for policy makers of the Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO6) Report. He has facilitated […]

Jayant Sarnaik

RSB Chamber 4 Director, Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) (India)

Jayant Sarnaik, based in Pune, Maharashtra, India is founding member and joint director of the Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF), a conservation NGO. He has been active in the field of sustainable biofuels since 1998. In the early phase of his involvement, he along with his colleagues successfully developed and piloted indigenous technology for complete […]

Dr Abubeker Yimam

RSB Chamber 5 Director, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Dr. Abubeker Yimam Ali — Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Dr. Abubeker Yimam Ali is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, where he specialises in biofuel systems, process engineering and sustainable energy transitions. With a PhD from Stellenbosch University, he has held several leadership […]

Nancy Young

RSB Board Observer, Legal Liaison, Gevo

Nancy Young is Gevo’s Chief Sustainability Officer – a highly experienced veteran of the aviation industry, with deep expertise in developing environmental and sustainability policy, and regulatory programmes, as well as in commercial deployment of low carbon fuels and technologies. She is an accomplished attorney and strategist in the fields of environmental and sustainability law […]

Freya Burton

RSB Board Observer, Materials & Chemical Value Chains Advisor, LanzaTech

Freya Burton has served as LanzaTech’s Chief Sustainability Officer since 2016 and the Head of LanzaTech Europe since February 2024. She joined LanzaTech in 2007 and has firsthand experience of scaling and commercialising a new technology, from the R&D stage, through the challenges of fundraising and navigating the legislative environment to deploying new technologies to […]