LEADERSHIP AT GLASSPOINT

The team building the industrial heat platform

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Rod MacGregor
President & Chief Executive Officer

Founded GlassPoint in 2009. Four venture-backed companies, one NASDAQ listing, partnerships with Shell, Intel, and Volkswagen.

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David Tickner
Chief Operating Officer

25 years opening and running engineering and manufacturing centers across Europe, China, the US, and the Middle East.

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Markus Balz
Chief Technology Officer

Delivered 4.4 GWth of concentrated solar fields across 25 countries and four continents.

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David Smith
Chief Investment Officer

David leads investment and financing activities at GlassPoint, identifying new opportunities, structuring transactions, and overseeing the company’s investment portfolio.

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Ben Bierman
VP, Applications Engineering

Ben oversees the development of solar systems at GlassPoint, helping our customers decarbonize their operations.

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Usman Javed
SVP, Global Finance

Usman is building the global finance function and establishing the company's corporate structure, controls, and governance across the US, Europe and Middle East.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leadership that guides strategic growth

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Henri de Bokay
Director

Founder and Chairman of 300ppm, climate infrastructure investor. Three decades financing, building, and operating hard assets, formerly at Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.

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Richard MacKellar
Director

Managing partner at Chrysalix for fourteen years, focused on energy, mining, and metals. Former startup CEO with a metallurgy degree and Harvard MBA.

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Bart Markus
Director

Veteran deep-tech investor and six-time founder. Former General Partner at Wellington Partners with exits to Nokia, IBM, Carl Zeiss, and Qorvo.

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Rod MacGregor
Director, President and CEO

Founder of GlassPoint and four other venture-backed technology companies, including one NASDAQ listing.

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Alfred Mendoza
Director

Director at N.I.S. New Investment Solutions, with extensive experience in investment management, private equity, structured finance and real estate.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Advisors with experience shaping policy and leading industry

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Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister of Australia

GOVERNMENT & POLICY

The 29th Prime Minister of Australia and a longstanding advocate for clean energy. Before parliament he was a trial lawyer, investment banker, and partner at Goldman Sachs. His counsel anchors GlassPoint's engagement with governments and sovereign institutions.

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Tomas Sigurdsson
Former COO, Alcoa · CEO, HS Orka

ALUMINA & INDUSTRY

Former Chief Operating Officer of Alcoa, responsible for global bauxite, alumina, energy, and aluminum operations, and now CEO of Iceland's leading private renewable energy company. Few people alive know both alumina refining and renewable heat from the inside.

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Matthias Bichsel
Former member of Shell’s Executive Committee

ENERGY INDUSTRY

Former member of Shell’s Executive Committee, responsible for global projects, technology, operations, and sustainability, bringing more than 35 years of international energy and industrial experience.

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