The Woodland Team
Woodland Biofuels has assembled a management team, Board of Directors and group of investors that bring a wealth of experience from the cleantech, biofuels, engineering, chemicals, forestry, and financial sectors.
Management Team
Greg Nuttall President and CEO
Greg Nuttall is one of the founding CEO’s of the world’s waste-to-fuel industry. Prior to becoming CEO of Woodland, Greg was a partner at Rubicon Investment Group, a merchant bank focused on accelerating the growth of the companies it acquires and invests in.
JP Solmes Chief Business Development Officer
JP Solmes, formerly Head of Business Development (M&A) at First Quantum Minerals has over 15 years of proven leadership in industrials. JP has over US$15Bn in transactional experience across M&A, capital and debt markets. He is a CPA (Ontario), holds a Masters of Professional Accounting from Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Economics from Queen's University.
William White Chief Operating Officer
Prior to joining Woodland Biofuels William White was the President of DuPont Canada and had an over 30 year career with the global DuPont company in Operations, Marketing, Engineering and leadership of global business units.
Deepak Datta Chief Commercialization Officer
Deepak Datta brings a wealth of experience in developing projects from concept to operations on four continents. Prior to joining Woodland Biofuels Deepak was President of Reliance Project Management Group, the engineering and construction arm of Reliance Industries.
Yvon Jeghers Chief Financial Officer
Yvon Jeghers has a wide-ranging background in investing, financing, risk management, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. As Portfolio Manager, Yvon invested in Canadian renewable energy and social infrastructure projects and built a portfolio with AUMs over $1 Billion.
Board of Directors
Kristin Aamodt Director
Kristin has deep experience in petrochemical operations, finance, and chemical engineering. Based in Oslo, Norway, she has managed operations on-site at two offshore oil platforms and developed offshore wind farms.
Thomas Allen Q.C., Director
Tom is considered to be one of Canada's top corporate counsels and corporate governance experts.
Andrew Heintzman Observer
Andrew Heintzman is President and co-founder of Investeco Capital. Andrew was the Chair of the Premier's Climate Change Advisory Panel for the Province of Ontario from 2008 to 2012, and is currently a member of Ontario's Clean Energy Task Force.
David Hennigar Director
David Hennigar is Executive Chairman of Thornridge Holdings Limited and Vice-Chairman/Lead Director of Highliner Foods Inc. Previously David was Chairman of Extendicare Inc., Chairman of Assisted Living Concepts Inc., Vice Chairman of Crown Life Insurance Co., and lead director of Crombie REIT.
Brian Mixer Observer
Brian Mixer is an investment director at Middleland Capital. Brian works with technology companies in the food, agriculture and sustainability sectors.
Greg Nuttall Director
Greg Nuttall is one of the founding CEO’s of the world’s waste-to-fuel industry. Prior to becoming CEO of Woodland, Greg was a partner at Rubicon Investment Group, a merchant bank focused on accelerating the growth of the companies it acquires and invests in.
Tom Rand Chairman
Tom Rand is Managing Partner of Arctern Ventures, one of Canada's most respected investors in the cleantech space and now a significant investor in Woodland. Additionally, Tom is also a member of Ontario's Clean Energy Task Force.