Electra, a leader in breakthrough technology to develop green steel production processes, named James Rutland as Chief Financial Officer.
“The market for clean iron, essential for green steel production, is expected to grow over 30% by 2050 as global demand for sustainable infrastructure increases,” Rutland said. “This substantial market growth, coupled with Electra’s innovative technology, presents an incredible opportunity to deploy creative financing, business, and partnership models to realize Electra’s vision to build a green future from the ground up.”
Rutland most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer, North America at Northvolt. Prior to that, he has held additional finance leadership roles at Skanska, Severn Trent, and Nestle.
Rutland holds an EMBA, Finance and Strategy from Bayes Business School and a BSc, Chemistry from the University of Birmingham.
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Electra is decarbonizing iron and steelmaking to eliminate 3.7 gigatons or 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Leveraging proven industrial-scale electrochemical and hydrometallurgical processes, and backed by leading sustainability-focused venture capitalists, our team is developing lower cost, scalable solutions utilizing renewable energy to forge a cleaner, greener future for the trillion-dollar steel industry.
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