The Alder Renewables leadership team

Tim Obitts

Chief Executive Officer

Tim Obitts is the Chief Executive Officer at Alder Renewables, bringing nearly three decades of legal and executive experience to the role. Prior to joining Alder Remewables...see more

Darren Fuller

Chief Commercial Officer

Darren joined Alder Renewables in May 2022 and is the Chief Commercial Officer, where he oversees the company’s commercialization strategy, financial and customer operations...see more

Ian Plunkett

Chief Marketing Officer


Ian Plunkett is Chief Marketing Officer at Alder Renewables, where he leads communications, brand strategy, and marketing operations. He...see more

Dr. Derek Vardon

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Derek Vardon serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Alder Renewables, bringing over a decade of experience in research and development of renewable fuels and...
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The Alder Renewables Board

Xavier Adserá

Board Chair

Xavier Adserá is Board Chair at Alder Renewables. After co-founding an investment bank in Spain, being chairman of a public nutraceutical company, director of several others, and CEO of a UK-based private equity firm...see more

Dr. Sergey V. Kravchenko

Sergey is one of the world's leading experts in civil aviation, airlines industry, engineering and metallurgy with the focus on innovation, modernization and high technologies with decades of experience in implementing strategies to...see more

Tim Obitts

Tim Obitts is the Chief Executive Officer at Alder Renewables, bringing nearly three decades of legal and executive experience to the role. Prior to joining Alder Renewables...see more

Raymond Mabus

Ray Mabus served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017, the longest tenure as leader of the Navy and Marine Corps since World War I and the third longest in history since 1797....see more

Our core values

Push the boundaries of the possible

Sustainability by design

Operate with humility

Collaborate with empathy & respect

Data-driven decision-making

Efficient execution

The Alder Renewables team has operated at the cutting edge of renewable fuel production, as well as the technology development that underpins the clean energy transition. We are scientists, technologists, researchers, engineers, project managers, communicators, and commercial leaders.

The four ways we do it

Platform

Our proprietary platform converts abundant and sustainable biomass into low-carbon to carbon-negative Alder Renewable Crude (ARC). ARC can then be refined into low or even carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), other transportation fuels, including marine fuels, and renewable chemicals.

Partnerships

We partner with government, industry, and academics to advance the development of our technology. Alder Renewables is backed by Honeywell UOP, United Airlines Ventures, Directional Aviation, and Avfuel. Its technology has been trialed and tested at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with support from the U.S. Defense and Logistics Agency.

Projects

Our goal is to develop projects close to the source of sustainable biomass, rather than transporting the raw materials long distances from multiple sites back to one central facility. Our localized approach will allow us to bring direct socioeconomic benefits to local communities, reduce transport needs, and to be more capital and carbon efficient.

Policies

We advocate at the state, federal, and global level for government policy that can unlock the next generation of renewable fuels and chemicals, with a specific focus on unleashing the biomass supply chains and industry demand signals that will help to fast-track the clean energy transition.

Investor relations

If you’re interested in hearing more about our mission to replace fossil-based products, please get in touch by contacting hello@alderrenewables.com

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