David Triggs is a highly experienced business consultant and director, having managed large organisations and budgets throughout an illustrious career. His core skills lie in organisational leadership, executive management and international business development.

Most notably, David oversaw the foundation, establishment and administration of the UK’s largest group of educational academies from 2008. At its peak, David supported and managed 76 individual schools through the Academies Educational Trust of which he was Chief Executive Officer until 2013.

In the year David stepped down from his position at the Academies Educational Trust it enjoyed a profit surplus of £257,777,000 – in main due to the funding David was successful in securing from UK Local Authorities. To put this into context, in the year following his departure the organisation registered a deficit of -£19,051,000.

David has since developed a formidable reputation in management consultancy. He offers acumen and experience through his own company, Seneca Leadership Ltd. He still applies his know-how in education and training – helping schools and their leaders rethink high quality education in the 21st century.

But David has developed a further focus for his skills in both sustainable energy and waste management after his consultancy became intrinsic to the development of a large waste-to-energy plant in Boston, UK.

David was subsequently invited to join the board of our transatlantic Power Wood Company in 2016 – to oversee its governance and infrastructure development – working closely with government at national and municipal levels. He was further appointed as a director of CoAlternative Energy Ltd in early 2022.

Karen Wordsworth has been an active leader in the sustainable energy industry and a vocal contributor to its conversations since 2000. She is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in climate change, sustainability and related fields of energy production.

Most notably, Karen was KPMG’s Director of Climate Change and Sustainability from 2011 to 2016. There, she led on energy, global sustainability and resource efficiency initiatives for the company’s clients – including the EU, the UK's former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Environment Agency, Airbus, Boots and Pilkington Glass.

She was previously head of International Business at the Met Office – the UK’s national weather service for governments, business and the public – for eight years. Specifically, Karen analysed the impacts of weather on the energy market for the organisation.

Karen has remained as an advisory board member for the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research at Cambridge University since 2010. The think tank researches and champions ways to achieve climate goals while allowing for global economic development. Known as the 4CMR, it also identifies and assesses existing policies, market instruments and programs to reduce climate change risks.

Karen has further been a business partner to sustainable mining, chemical extraction and clean energy companies as Chief Executive Officer of X-Met Ltd, providers since 2008 of expert guidance in circular economy and carbon footprint reduction.

Karen joined the board of CoAlternative Energy Ltd and Power Wood Canada Corp as a non-executive director in January 2024 and has been providing us with invaluable advice since.

Richard Orman is a former Canadian politician and esteemed international businessman from the province of Alberta.

A member of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1993, he served as Minister of Energy from 1989 to 1992. Richard helped to establish the assembly’s Natural Resources Conservation Board in 1991, and Clean Air Strategic Alliance in 1994. As Energy Minister, Richard was Chair of Alberta’s Energy Committee of Cabinet and led energy-related trade missions to Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Richard received the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal in 1992 – for having contributed significantly to his country. He received the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 for services to Alberta. An alumni of the University of Calgary, Richard now offers consultancy on government relations and public policy. He joined Power Wood Canada Corp’s board in 2019.

Corey Woolard is a results-driven manufacturing expert and highly experienced operations director with an invaluable skillset for work in the energy sector.

As a former Senior Vice President for Drax Biomass Inc. and CEO of Peak Renewables, his reputation for driving operational excellence is revered throughout the sustainable energy industry.

As the current CEO of Dynamic Opex and a Lean and Six Sigma process specialist, his professional focus remains on optimizing efficiency, streamlining production and ensuring rigorous quality control across complex organizational structures. In addition to his executive management background, Corey is a qualified HSE, Risk & Training auditor.

His comprehensive green energy industry experience allows him to provide robust governance, strategic oversight executive leadership where Power Wood Canada Corp needs it most – on system optimization and risk mitigation throughout our physical asset operations.

Daryl Fridhandler is a Canadian corporate lawyer, businessman and politician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada to represent Alberta in August 2024.

Appointed by Governor General Mary Simon on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Daryl has served on the Senate’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee and its Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee. He is also Chair of Alberta’s Calgary Economic Development board.

A lawyer by profession, Daryl’s focus is in the corporate space providing advice, representation and governance around flotations, partnerships and trusts. Based in Calgary, Daryl has extensive experience in physical asset transactions, mergers and acquisitions and commercial arbitration related to complex projects. He holds degrees from McGill University, Dalhousie University, and New York University. Daryl was appointed as legal counsel to Power Wood Canada Corp in 2021.

Michael Cook has decades of international business experience as a consultant to governments, FTSE-listed businesses and medium-sized growth enterprises.

Based in London, with a business career extending through 60 countries across five continents, Michael contributes to emerging economies and industries around the world. His widespread experience in global markets has versed him in resolving complex trade, logistics and supply chain issues. His C-suite career has equipped him with board level industry contacts in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. It has also skilled him in negotiation, sales growth, leadership development, change management and executive recruitment.

Michael’s practiced role as an intermediary, mitigating differences between Eastern and Western business cultures, has proven invaluable to Power Wood’s advancement. In particular, his presence in board meetings in Japan proved critical to agreeable business outcomes from them.

Kimble Garrett is an expert in the installation of black biomass pellet production plants, having cooperated closely over many years with our industrial engineering partners Valmet.

An eminent Chief Technical Officer in Canadian business circles, Kimble marries excellent engineering acumen with peerless project management. He is versed in seeing installation of pellet manufacturing facilities through planning process, mechanical design, resource procurement, construction and contractor management, IT systems, enlargement reengineering and offtake control.

He is owner of Westec-America, founder and president of Peregrine Pro Corp., vice president of South 49 Construction and highly valued as Power Wood Canada Corp’s Chief Technical Officer.

Nikita Taratin is a highly qualified and ingenious industrial engineer with invaluable management experience gathered at a plethora of blue chip companies.

Nikita has worked for Siemens Engineering, Gazprom Neft, Wintershall Holdings Engineering Groups and most recently GETEC Group. His work has focused on the development of energy supply and heat exchange concepts and their implementation into large-scale energy systems, renewable technologies and heating networks – always as a project leader.

Nikita is from Germany and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the country’s esteemed Technische University in Clausthal and a Master of Science degree in Buildings Energy Systems from Technische University in Berlin.

Greg Karpo is a respected career railroader with more than 37 years of business and operational experience in the Canadian rail industry.

Greg previously worked as a senior vice president for Canada’s national rail company, Canadian National, with a focus on business development, national rail infrastructure and network savings. He was responsible for industrial development and network planning in Alberta and Saskatchewan, overseeing more than 50 individual projects from inception to completion.

He now works for Dominion Railway Services, an independent Alberta-based company that provides rail facility conceptual design, site selection and industrial development guidance to projects like ours.

Jon Goertzen is a highly qualified forester with demonstrated knowledge and experience gained working in Alberta’s forest and construction industry.

A resident of La Crete Alberta, Jon has been with Power Wood since its foundation in 2015 and is a highly qualified Forester. He is skilled in forest technology and environmental management systems, with a dual focus on natural resource management and forest management.

As a member of the Association of Alberta Forest Management Professionals, he also works with Alberta’s school districts to ensure proper training of forest management students, whether through IT-based forestry equipment simulator systems or in the boreal environment.