2026 Advisory Board

Anil Achyuta, Partner, Energy Impact Partners
Anil Achyuta is a Partner at Energy Impact Partners’ Frontier Strategy, where he spearheads global investments in early stage climatetech startups. He oversees fund strategy, portfolio development, and high-impact investments that align financial returns with climate innovation.

Previously, Anil was one of the founding members and Managing Director at TDK Ventures, a global frontier tech corporate venture capital fund. While at TDK, Anil spearheaded numerous investments and exits and served as an Observer on seven Boards.

Anil was voted one of the Rising Stars in 2021 by Venture Capital Journal and was ranked #2 Rising Star in 2021 out of 20,000 corporate venture managers globally, in addition to being voted as one of the Emerging Leaders of 2022, which represents top 0.5% in the industry.

Prior to TDK Ventures, Anil held leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies including L’Oréal, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and Draper. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University and received his MBA from the University of Florida – Warrington College of Business. He has authored over 15 peer-reviewed journal publications and holds five U.S. patents.

Craig Douglas, Partner, World Fund
Craig Douglas is a Partner at World Fund. He has been investing in climate tech companies over the past 12 years at World Fund and SET Ventures, one of Europe’s longest-running climate funds. Craig has pioneered ESG and Impact in the venture community after creating a leading ESG framework in 2012, as well as co-designing a model which links impact to fund performance and compensation, which is now used by over 50 funds.

James Frith, Principal, Volta Energy Technologies
Dr. Frith has over a decade of experience in the energy storage industry. James spent seven years working on lithium batteries in the laboratory before moving to BloombergNEF, where he led the company’s coverage of storage technologies and their associated supply chains. Using his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the techno-economics of lithium batteries, Dr. Frith has advised governments, financial institutions, and the automotive and mining sectors as they position themselves for the low carbon economy. James holds a Ph.D in Electrochemistry from the University of Southampton.

Janet Lin, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Mobility Energy Business Division, Panasonic ENERGY Co., Ltd.
Janet Lin is the Senior Vice President of Strategy for the Mobility Energy Business Division within Panasonic Energy Company. Lin is charged with global strategy and expansion for Panasonic’s electric vehicle battery business. Lin joined Panasonic in 2015 and led the strategy and corporate development function for Panasonic’s clean energy solutions platform in North America. Prior to Panasonic, Lin was previously with independent energy and environment analyst firm Verdantix, where she founded the U.S. office and served as Chief of Research. Lin’s public sector experience includes the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Administration, where she served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. Lin began her career as a software engineer at Raytheon and SensAble Technologies, a company spun out of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Lin earned an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, where she directed the MIT Clean Energy Prize, and an AB from Brown University.

Kenneth Hoffman, Founder/CEO, Traubenbach Associates
Kenneth Hoffman is with Traubenbach Associates. Ken, CFA, CIM has been a strategy and thought leadership leader in the critical metals and battery sectors for over 30 years.

He recently left McKinsey & Co after 8 years of heading the firm’s battery value chain work. He has worked with dozens of senior management, boards, and large investors to navigate strategies and outlooks for the constantly evolving world of batteries. He recently founded Traubenbach & Associates to provide advisory services to a select group of industry-leading companies.

Erez Ichilov, Founder, Cedrus Arbor LLC
Erez Ichilov is a New York City based Critical Minerals expert. He is a seasoned mining, metals and physical commodities executive - former Managing Director of Traxys Projects and Traxys Battery Holdings, Former Executive director at Pallinghurst-Traxys Battery Materials and former Deputy CEO of the Nickel group Cunico Resources N.V, director – both Executive and NED in listed and private companies for upstream and for Mining Tech, advisor and investor, with a legal and financial background. As of 2024, he is acting through his newly formed Cedrus Arbor LLC.

Jeff Johnson, General Partner, B Capital
Jeff Johnson has nearly 25 years of investment, entrepreneurship and corporate experience across climate and technology. Jeff is a General Partner at the global multi-stage investment firm B Capital where he leads the firm’s growing climate investment team. He most recently served as a Managing Director at Temasek leading the sustainable investing team for the global investment firm. Prior to Temasek, Jeff ran a boutique advisory business focused on scaling of sustainable businesses. He also co-founded and was on the Board of Xpansiv, the world's leading provider of market infrastructure for environmental commodities. Jeff worked in innovation business development at ABB between 2012 to 2014, leading growth initiatives for new sustainable products and services. Earlier in his career, he held several leadership and business development roles at various companies, including Better Place, Vendavo, and Intel Corporation. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from University of Florida and a Master of Science in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dong-Su Kim, CEO, LG Technology Ventures
Dong-Su Kim is the CEO and board member of LG Technology Ventures. He has over twenty-five years of investment, strategy, planning, and technology experience. As the founding CEO, Dong-Su established the fund structure, hired key people, and initiated investment operations. Under his guidance, LG Technology Ventures manages over $400 million of fund assets and invests in early-stage information technology, automotive, manufacturing, life-sciences, energy, and advanced materials companies. Portfolio companies include AmazeVR, Lygos, May Mobility, and Ridecell. Dong-Su has earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, and a B.S. with Honors in Applied Physics from California Institute of Technology.

Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Partner & Global Co-Head of Climate, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Emmanuel Lagarrigue (New York) joined KKR in 2022. He leads the firm's global investments in climate. Mr. Lagarrigue has a wealth of experience in sustainability, the energy transition and the transformation of large businesses. Prior to joining KKR, he was one of the founding partners of BeyondNetZero, a General Atlantic fund focusing on growth equity opportunities in decarbonization technologies. Previously, Mr. Lagarrigue was an Executive Committee member at Schneider Electric, holding the positions of Chief Strategy, Chief Sustainability and Chief Innovation Officer. Also at Schneider Electric, he held several P&L and general management positions in Europe, South America, Asia and the United States over 20 years. Mr. Lagarrigue serves on the board of JBT Corporation and is the Chairman of the board of trustees of Menorca Preservation, an NGO dedicated to environmental causes in the Balearic Islands.

Nathan Niese, Managing Director, Partner, Electrification & Climate Change, Boston Consulting Group
Nathan Niese is a Managing Director and Partner based in the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He currently serves as BCG’s global lead for the electric vehicle and energy storage topics, supporting clients topics on strategic endeavors related to green growth and new business builds. Nathan earned his PhD in engineering from the University of Michigan.

Maximilian von Poelnitz, Managing Director, Ajinomoto Group Ventures
Max is the managing director of Ajinomoto Group Ventures driving climate tech, energy, and bio tech investing. He has spent over a decade in both CVC and family office venture capital. Prior to that he was a founder and CEO of three companies and has spent time in both Hong Kong and the United States. He has an MBA from INSEAD and hobbies include golf, hiking, and testing out his cooking on his family.

Eric Rosenblum, Managing Partner, Foothill Ventures
Eric Rosenblum has been a leader in technology and strategy for over 25 years, and is currently a Managing Partner with Foothill Ventures, a $200M seed fund investing in early stage technology-focused ventures in North America. In this role, he has led investments in high growth software companies such as OpenPrise (no code platform for revenue operations) and DeepScribe (AI enabled medical note-taker), and deep tech companies such as AM Batteries (solvent-free electrodes), Ascend Elements (North America's leading EV battery recycler), Coreshell (electrode coating for higher battery performance), Unigrid (sodium ion battery), Hyperlight (thin film lithium niobate photonics) and Quintessent (silicon photonics).

Prior to Foothill Ventures, Eric was a senior product executive at both Google and Palantir and was COO of Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn) and CEO of SmartPay (acquired by Ping’an Group). He began his career as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. He has an AB from Harvard University (Magna cum Laude) and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Daniel TAY, PhD, Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Temasek
Daniel Tay is a deep-tech investor with a background in both science and business. He earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and following the completion of his PhD, Daniel furthered his academic journey with a post-doctoral degree in Biomedical Sciences. He also completed an MBA at Nanyang Business School (NTU) after that.

Subsequently, Daniel transitioned from scientist into the field of tech commercialization at A*STAR and was Director for the Venture Creation and Growth team where he saw the translation of A*STAR-developed technologies into thriving start-up ventures.

Later in his career, Daniel Tay joined Temasek as Vice President of Emerging Technologies, focusing his efforts on deep tech investments in support of the energy transition toward a net-zero future. His investment portfolio spans various critical areas, including next-generation batteries, green steel production, hydrogen generation and storage, next-gen solar photovoltaics, bioplastics, plastic recycling, and carbon capture and utilization technologies.

Kyle Teamey, Managing Partner, Planetary Health, RA Capital
Kyle Teamey joins RA Capital as a Managing Partner, Planetary Health. Kyle's primary responsibility at RA is to lead investments in private companies that are developing innovative solutions to address climate change and environmental sustainability. Prior to joining RA, Kyle was a Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), where he led investments and served on company boards that span the utilities, energy storage, chemicals, agriculture, automotive, recycling, and consumer products sectors. Prior to BEV, Kyle was a Principal at In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment arm of the CIA and US Intelligence Community, where he invested in early-stage manufacturing, materials, energy, computing, and defense companies. Kyle was also the CEO and co-founder of Liquid Light, developer of a proprietary process to make major chemicals from CO2, which was sold to Avantium in 2016. Kyle also recently retired as a Colonel in the US Army Reserve after 24 years of service. He holds a BA in Environmental Engineering from Dartmouth College (1998), an MA in International Finance and Energy Policy from John Hopkins University (2008), an MS in Materials Science from Columbia University (2012), and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the Army War College (2020).

Mitchell Yun, General Manager, Hyundai Mobis Ventures
In a prominent role at Hyundai Mobis, Mitchell Yun serves as Head of Office at Hyundai Mobis Ventures, overseeing the investment operations of this major automotive tier one's corporate venture capital arm. Previously, Mitchell Yun held the position of Investment Manager at Mobis Ventures and served as a Mentor at Techstars from 2018 to 2025. Additional experience includes participation on the Planning Committee for the International Electric Vehicle Expo and as an Investment Manager for KOTRA Silicon Valley, contributing to global M&A activities. Education includes an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and ongoing studies in Management at the University of Maryland Global Campus.