SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — H2 Clipper, Inc., an aerospace and various vitality firm creating uniquely succesful hydrogen-powered airships and end-to-end hydrogen infrastructure options, publicizes that Martin Whittaker has joined the corporate’s Board of Directors. A veteran of the sustainable finance and influence investing trade, Whittaker is the founding CEO of JUST Capital, a number one nonprofit within the stakeholder capitalism enviornment.
Whittaker brings nearly 30 years of expertise on the intersection of international business, finance, philanthropy, and social and environmental influence. At H2 Clipper, he’ll leverage this expertise to assist the corporate obtain its mission of accelerating the hydrogen economy worldwide, and particularly to commercialize two patented, complementary hydrogen transportation options designed to ship inexperienced hydrogen from distant areas the place hydrogen might be most inexpensively produced to locations the place clear vitality is most wanted.
“I’ve spent the bulk of my career in the environmental and sustainable finance sectors and dedicated much of that time to addressing climate change by supporting disruptive technologies and solutions,” stated Whittaker. “The green hydrogen economy is a key part of our energy future, and now is the time to think boldly about solutions. I look forward to lending my expertise to help H2 Clipper reach its full potential.”
H2 Clipper founder and CEO Rinaldo Brutoco stated, “Martin’s voice as a sustainable finance and impact investing expert will be beneficial in helping us achieve our goal of providing 100% carbon-free transport of liquid hydrogen, freight and ‘last mile’ gaseous hydrogen to consumers. Each of these steps is critical in unlocking the current hydrogen transportation bottleneck and are therefore essential to addressing climate change. Martin and I share a similar vision of a world operating on clean, sustainable and disruptively efficient renewable energy, and I welcome him to the team.”
Whittaker beforehand held senior administration positions at Sonen Capital, MissionPoint Capital, Swiss Re, and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. He is Co-Chair of the Edelman Trust Institute and a co-founder and board member of the CREO Syndicate household workplace funding community. He can also be a member of the Forbes Finance Council and Forbes Contributor, and was half of the G7 Impact Taskforce’s Working Group on Impact Transparency and Integrity, in addition to Harvard Business School’s Impact Weighted Accounts Initiative Advisory Council. In 2020, he was named to the NACD Directorship 100, the annual record of essentially the most influential folks within the boardroom and on company governance, and to Business Insider’s List of 100 People Transforming Business. Whittaker holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, an MBA from the University of London, an M.Sc. from McGill University, and a B.Sc. from the University of St. Andrews.
About H2 Clipper, Inc.
H2 Clipper, Inc. is the developer of high-speed, Pipeline-in-the-Sky™ hydrogen-powered airships for lengthy distance international transport that use no fossil fuels and have a bunch of industrial and humanitarian purposes, and of the brand new Pipe-within-a-Pipe™ “last mile” distribution system to ship pure hydrogen to finish customers. Since 2008, the corporate has made important strategic investments to analysis, develop, and patent core IP in trendy airship design and regional options for supply of hydrogen, forming a worldwide end-to-end hydrogen infrastructure.
H2 Clipper not too long ago accomplished the analysis and idea design phases on its disruptive trendy airships utilizing the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE® platform. The airship-based Pipeline-in-the-Sky™ for transporting pure hydrogen to market additionally permits point-to-point supply of cargo and different payloads at speeds of 150+ miles per hour; a major benefit over truck, rail, ship, airplane, or pipeline.
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