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President, Enviva

Thomas is a co-founder and President of Enviva.  Enviva is the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, with sales of more than 2.3 million metric tons in 2016. Thomas has led Enviva’s global sales and marketing team since the company’s inception, developing strategies and contracts for utility, industrial and commercial customers in the U.S., Asia, Europe and the Caribbean.  He also is responsible for Enviva’s sustainability and public affairs initiatives.

Enviva has seven wood pellet manufacturing facilities in Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida, and two deep-water marine terminals with transatlantic export capabilities in Chesapeake, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina. Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) completed its initial public in April, 2015, becoming the first publicly traded, master limited partnership that focuses on renewable energy production. The publication Environmental Financenamed Enviva’s IPO its “Bioenergy Deal of the Year.”

Thomas holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria, and a Masters in Business Administration from The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at The University of Virginia.  He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

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Senior Vice President, Drax Biomass

Matt White is Senior Vice President of Drax Biomass joining the company from Rockwater Energy (now Select Energy Services), a chemicals and logistics provider to the oil industry where he was Director, Manufacturing & Engineering.

In his last role, he was responsible for leading the manufacturing effort for the chemical division at Rockwater’s plant sites, focused on increased production and establishing consistent work processes across the division. He managed and executed the capital envelope for the division and was responsible for driving capacity expansion for FR product line.

Most of Matt’s career has been in manufacturing management helping organizations, grow, adapt to change and increase safety and efficiency by developing high-performing teams. A mechanical engineer by background, Matt has worked in a number of sectors including air products and chemicals, and with Solvay’s guar/oxide manufacturing.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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President, Fram Renewable Fuels

Harold has been involved in the forest industry his entire working life. He spent more than 25 years in the Forest Resources Division of Hercules Inc. and held the position of Western Region Superintendent prior to his leaving Hercules in 1995. 

Since then, he has exported chips and other forest products through port facilities at Savannah, handled a variety of consulting projects for forest products industries in the South, and completed several international forestry related assignments as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development. 

Harold joined Fram Renewable Fuels, LLC in October 2005. His industry knowledge led to the development of Fram's first wood pellet facility in Baxley, Georgia. 

Appling County Pellets was constructed and began producing in late 2007. Since then he has played a pivotal role in the development of the business and customer relationships that are so vitally necessary in this business. As the industry continues to grow Harold enhances the profile of Fram to further develop the wood pellet industry in the Southeast United States.

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Chairman, Highland Pellets

Tom has more than 20 years of experience as an investor and entrepreneur. He started his career with Bear, Stearns and as a Senior Managing Director was transferred to London in 2002 to establish the wealth management division and serve as its executive director and as a member of the International Executive Committee. He left in 2007 to found Kalan Capital, an investment vehicle and private equity fund that developed the geothermal company Orka Energy into a key holding. He exited his stake in 2012 and returned to the U.S. where he continues to be an active investor. 

Mr. Reilley holds a B.A. in International Relations and Economics (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA).

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CEO, Graanul Invest

Nicholas B. Dottino serves as the Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Graanul Invest, Europe’s largest and a global frontrunner in sustainable biomass and bioenergy production. 

With over 30 years of expertise, Mr. Dottino has solidified his reputation as a distinguished C-Suite executive in the fiber-based industrial manufacturing and consumer products sectors. His extensive management experience spans across Americas, Asia, and Europe, encompassing paper, pulp, packaging, and sales.

Additionally, he has helped to shape significant charitable organizations, showcasing his versatility in

leadership.

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Head of North America, CM Biomass

Todd has been with CM Biomass for over 8 years. CM Biomass is the largest biomass trader in the world with over 3.5MM MT/y of sales. The company now operates globally with sourcing and sales across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean with over 50 storages catering to both the premium and industrial markets. 

CM Biomass is a Danish family-owned company with parent (USTC and CM Group) and sister companies being some

of the largest in grain brokerage, ocean terminals, stevedoring, agency, ocean freight, logistics, and bunker fuel. Todd heads up all of CMB’s North American operations which include 10 production plants with over 1MM MT/y of capacity spread throughout the US Southeast and another 400k MT/y of third-party volume in Canada and North America most

of which exports from 5 terminals in Canada and the United States. 

He worked previously as VP of Sales for Green Circle Bio Energy, a large pellet producer in Florida, which was sold to

Enviva in 2014 and prior to that was a consultant for Poyry’s (now Afry) Bioenergy practice in London. Todd has a BS in Geography and Economics from the University of Texas and an MS in Forest Economics from the University of Florida.