Mr. Adkins has over 25 years of experience in structured finance, private equity and insurance. Prior to co-founding Alléo Energy, Mr. Adkins was a managing principal and founder at a real estate private equity firm in Austin, Texas (2017-2019), a registered principal at an investment banking firm focused on private placements in energy, life sciences and technology (2004-2007). He is currently a partner in a real estate development firm founded in 2018. Since 2010, Mr. Adkins has been a partner in a risk management consulting firm. Mr. Adkins has also served on the advisory board for a clinical stage private life sciences company since 2005, for which he has negotiated and raised over $15,000,000 of private equity through challenging market conditions. In his career, Mr. Adkins has structured, negotiated, and raised over $100,000,000 of equity for private placements, and significantly more than that in debt. He has served as a fiduciary and general partner for multiple investment partnerships in his career. Mr. Adkins has a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Irvine.

Mr. Wilde’s career as a project manager and development consultant goes back 25 years, the last five of which have been devoted to the acquisition and build out of the Bay Minette conversion facility. He has been responsible for all phases of the real estate development cycle, from assembly, acquisition and design through project financing, construction management and ongoing operations. He has been directly involved in all phases of the project development process on real estate transactions totaling over $350M. Mr. Wilde received his bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and Real Estate Finance from Washington State University.

Mr. Cayford has over 20 years’ experience in industrial strategy and development. After setting up his consultancy business in Europe, Mr. Cayford advised dozens of European and global energy companies on various renewable energy topics including carbon emission mitigation. He has provided board-level strategic advice to international energy associations in Brussels and has managed several strategic committees with multiple industry working groups for Boardroom initiatives, EU renewable energy legislation, and UN policy frameworks.  He has published articles on innovation and given numerous expert presentations concerning technically and economically viable ways to achieve the the global energy transition. Mr. Cayford began focusing on the commercialization of green hydrogen from biomass conversion technology over 10 years ago. Mr. Cayford holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in Economics, and a MSc in International and Institutional Economics from La Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Mr. Fletcher has over 35 years’ industrial experience in chemical engineering, refinery operations, and process optimization - including catalyst operation, design, and optimization (liquid/liquid, vapor/solid, homogeneous/heterogeneous). He is a specialist in focusing on new technology development and design. Mr. Fletcher draws upon a wide network of industrially recognized experts to fully meet the requirements of each specific project he has undertaken. Mr. Fletcher has been in approximately 2/3 of the world’s petroleum refineries (outside of China), holds 9 industry patents, and has authored 50 industry articles. Mr. Fletcher holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington.

Mr. Adkins has over 25 years of experience in structured finance, private equity and insurance. Prior to co-founding Alléo Energy, Mr. Adkins was a managing principal and founder at a real estate private equity firm in Austin, Texas (2017-2019), a registered principal at an investment banking firm focused on private placements in energy, life sciences and technology (2004-2007). He is currently a partner in a real estate development firm founded in 2018. Since 2010, Mr. Adkins has been a partner in a risk management consulting firm. Mr. Adkins has also served on the advisory board for a clinical stage private life sciences company since 2005, for which he has negotiated and raised over $15,000,000 of private equity through challenging market conditions. In his career, Mr. Adkins has structured, negotiated, and raised over $100,000,000 of equity for private placements, and significantly more than that in debt. He has served as a fiduciary and general partner for multiple investment partnerships in his career. Mr. Adkins has a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Irvine.

Mr. Wilde’s career as a project manager and development consultant goes back 25 years, the last five of which have been devoted to the acquisition and build out of the Bay Minette conversion facility. He has been responsible for all phases of the real estate development cycle, from assembly, acquisition and design through project financing, construction management and ongoing operations. He has been directly involved in all phases of the project development process on real estate transactions totaling over $350M. Mr. Wilde received his bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and Real Estate Finance from Washington State University.

Mr. Cayford has over 20 years’ experience in industrial strategy and development. After setting up his consultancy business in Europe, Mr. Cayford advised dozens of European and global energy companies on various renewable energy topics including carbon emission mitigation. He has provided board-level strategic advice to international energy associations in Brussels and has managed several strategic committees with multiple industry working groups for Boardroom initiatives, EU renewable energy legislation, and UN policy frameworks.  He has published articles on innovation and given numerous expert presentations concerning technically and economically viable ways to achieve the the global energy transition. Mr. Cayford began focusing on the commercialization of green hydrogen from biomass conversion technology over 10 years ago. Mr. Cayford holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in Economics, and a MSc in International and Institutional Economics from La Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Mr. Fletcher has over 35 years’ industrial experience in chemical engineering, refinery operations, and process optimization - including catalyst operation, design, and optimization (liquid/liquid, vapor/solid, homogeneous/heterogeneous). He is a specialist in focusing on new technology development and design. Mr. Fletcher draws upon a wide network of industrially recognized experts to fully meet the requirements of each specific project he has undertaken. Mr. Fletcher has been in approximately 2/3 of the world’s petroleum refineries (outside of China), holds 9 industry patents, and has authored 50 industry articles. Mr. Fletcher holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington.