Board

Director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and Professor at the Colorado School of Mines. Previously, Bazilian was Lead Energy Specialist at the World Bank, a senior diplomat at the United Nations and the EU’s lead negotiator on technology at the UN climate negotiations. He is also a member of Ireland’s Climate Change Council. Bazilian holds a Ph.D in energy systems. 

Experienced energy sector executive leader in new business planning/development and general management. Expertise in strategy implementation, corporate and asset evaluation, valuation, and transaction execution. Co-founder of two private equity-backed companies. Experience as a Company Director, operating at Board / Institutional Investor level for statutory reporting and interfacing with Regulators.

Managing Director of Carbon Limits a consulting company focusing on climate change mitigation from energy sector operations; CCS, low carbon hydrogen, carbon removal, oil and gas decarbonization, Paris Agreement implementation, monitoring reporting and verification, and carbon markets. Independent Board Member for Carmeuse, an international lime producer.

Regional Director for Clean Technologies at Munters in Europe and Managing Director of several sites in Munters. Highly experienced in running businesses in the industrial sector globally, especially in emission abatement and electronics. Also experienced in general management, strategy development and implementation, business transformations and technology development.

Former CEO of Capsol Technologies. More than 40 years’ experience working with and holding management and board positions in companies within the energy sector, such as Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij, followed by SAGA Petroleum ASA, DNO ASA, Lundin Petroleum, Sector Asset Management, Canamens Limited, Panoro Energy ASA and Clean Carbon Group ASA. MSc in Petroleum Engineering.