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Katherine Kennedy-White

CHAIR

Katherine Kennedy-White

CHAIR

With a Ba in Arts & a Masters's in International Relations Katherine is a former ministerial adviser with over two decades of experience as a commercial consultant to some of the worlds largest mining, infrastructure and & logistics companies. In particular, around project management, relationship management, and Corporate Strategy & has worked on and ran corporate bids & tenders from $1m to $4.6b. Most recently in her career, she is using her experience and skills to benefit emerging companies in the Venture Capital Industry in Singapore. As the Managing Director of DivisionX, she works with a range of companies around technology, integration, infrastructure, M&A, and security.

Russell Smyth

MEMBER

Russell Smyth

MEMBER

Mr Russell Smyth serves as a Managing Director at Accenture ANZ with over 35 years of experience working with clients across multiple industries and geographies with a particular focus on technology transformations in the Communications, Media and Technology sectors. Russell is currently the CO for the Strategy and Consulting group in Growth Markets, and prior to that he was the CO for the CMT operating group in the APAC region covering Japan, China, India, SEA, Africa, ME and ANZ. Russell has worked with many different clients across the region, helping them execute technology transformations including Telstra, Optus, NBNco, Singtel, Korea Telecom, Tabcorp, News Corp, Boeing, Google, ByteDance, Rakuten, Etisalat,Airtel, Vodacom and MTN. Russell also served as a Director on the board of the Accenture Foundation.

Shilow Shaffier

MEMBER

Shilow Shaffier

MEMBER

Originally from the coal mining town of Moranbah, Queensland, Shilow Shaffier specialises in technology and commercialisation. With over 20 years of experience in the technology, services, and finance sector, he's worked for some of the world's largest technology companies including HP, Fujitsu and DELL EMC and has held board positions focused on transformation and restructuring for acquisition. He is currently the Director of Commercialisation and Asset Management for Raven Corporate Management.

Clayton Cross

MEMBER

Clayton Cross

MEMBER

An executive with a background in corporate and mining law. He secured his first tenement as a student in the early 1990s. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws, is the principal corporate advisor and administration at Cross Consult Corporate, and has extensive experience in equity capital, corporate finance, structuring, asset acquisition, corporate governance and external stakeholder relations.

LEADERSHIP

Michelle Wearing-Smith

HEAD OF COMMS & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Michelle Wearing-Smith

HEAD OF COMMS & GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

As a senior marketing expert with over a decade of experience, Michelle has a record of success driving growth and delivering results across a range of industries. With a growth mindset for sales and profitability, she has provided strategic advice and services to companies ranging from startups to large corporations. Currently serving as an advisor to Pyrochar, Michelle brings extensive knowledge of strategic marketing and communications, branding, stakeholder engagement and grant writing to drive ongoing success of the company's sustainable technology solutions.

Charlie Dowsett

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Charlie Dowsett

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Charlie Dowsett CFO has over 25 years of investment banking experience both domestically and internationally has been the Global Head of Precious Metals and Head of APAC commodities for RBS and ABNAMRO. He has also worked for NM Rothschilds & Sons and Citibank specializing in financial solutions for the resources & Energy industry. Charlie has extensive Government experience having worked as a Deputy Secretary and a Deputy Director General in the NSW Department of Industry, both as a regulator of industry and in business development and investment attraction. He holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics, a Master of Mining Engineering and a Master of Applied Finance and is a Fellow of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Graeme Elgie

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Graeme Elgie

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Founder and CEO of iSolutions which designed, developed and distributed the AMT asset management software for the earthmoving and mining industries. With over 75 staff & offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Santiago, Johannesburg and Denver it was recognised as the leading asset management software with +70% of the world's large mining equipment being managed or tracked in it. Graeme sold the business in 2016 to RPG Global and is now focused on emerging industry-shifting companies and their operational go-to-market strategies.

What We Do

Developing and commercialising a patented technology that produces PyroChar®,

a Net-Carbon-Zero fuel source to replace coal/coke in the steel industry

SSP Pyrolysis

Continuous production of our customisable PyroChar

Coal/Coke replacement

We produce different grades of char suitable as net zero replacements to coal & coke in steel & iron making

Technology

Sub-licensing of technology to metal producers

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History

A Background Of Innovation

CSIRO’s “Australia Steel Industry CO2 Breakthrough Program” commenced in 2006 as a collaboration between Australia’s two major steelmakers and CSIRO, with the goal of producing green steelmaking technologies for the Australian and Global steel industries.

With a primary focus on the “Application of Biowaste Derived Chars in ironmaking and steelmaking”. The PyroChar® process was developed as a self-sustaining and continuous technology for the direct production of metallurgic grade chars using an advanced method of pyrolysis.

Pyrochar Pty Ltd was established to be the exclusive license technology holder to further develop and scale up the PyroChar® technology & process while deploying the technology within the steel and ironmaking industries.

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Technology

We use a cutting-edge self-sustaining pyrolysis technology, initially developed by the CSIRO that allows us to produce high-grade char from organic biowaste.

Our process is completely exothermal, meaning it doesn’t require any additional heat or energy to operate, making it highly energy-efficient and cost-effective. By using renewable sources of carbon, such as forestry residue and agricultural waste, we are significantly reducing carbon emissions and helping the metallurgical industry move closer to net-zero emissions.

Our technology is transforming the way steel is produced, making it possible to produce high-quality, sustainable products without the environmental impacts of traditional fossil-fueled methods.

PyroChar Net Zero Products

Our products are designed to replace coal and coke in the metallurgical industry, providing a clean and sustainable alternative to traditional carbon sources. We use renewable sources of carbon to produce our products, ensuring that they have a low carbon footprint and minimal environmental impact. 

Pyrochar produces a range of high-grade char products for use in metal production, & we are constantly in R&D to perfect many more.

Please contact us here for more detailed information, analysis specifications or to organise samples.

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Fuelling the Metals Industry

to Better Our Environment

Pyrochar can deliver an environmentally friendly sustainable carbon source significantly lowering emissions.

australia@pyrochar.com.au

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93-97 Normanby Rd,

Notting Hill, Victoria 3168

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