Examples of Recent Work
Project Development
Waste Tires-to-Fuels (UK)
Waste Tires-to-Fuels (South Korea)
Waste Plastic-to-Fuels (North Africa)
Fischer-Tropsch Gas-to-Liquid (USA)
Sustainable Wax Production (EU/USA)
Consultancy
Bio & Waste Fuels Strategic Review (EU)
Plastic-to-Fuels Techno Review (Asia)
Biomass Gasification (USA)
Fischer-Tropsch Wax Production (USA)
Due Diligence & Assurance
Blue Hydrogen Prospects (EU/USA)
Advanced Biodiesel Plant (EU)
Sustainable Ammonia Production (USA)
Sustainable Fischer-Tropsch Production (USA)
Team
Filipe Marques
Filipe Marques
Filipe Marques
General Management & Project Development
Filipe Marques has over 25 years of experience in alternative fuels project development. With a chemical engineering background, he has worked in R&D, sustainable energy technology management, EPC/capital projects, and operations. He worked for companies such as SGC Energia, Technip, and the Portuguese National Technology Institute (LNEG).
John Hemmings
Filipe Marques
Filipe Marques
Technology
John Hemmings has decades of experience leading teams of engineers and scientists to bring new technologies and Sustainable Energy solutions from the laboratory to commercialization. He worked in Synthetic Fuels, Alternative Energy, Engineering and Commodity Chemical companies (AECI, Foster Wheeler, SNC Lavalin, SGC Energia, Climax Global Energy). He holds several patents and is a winner of the Gold Medal of the SAICE for Process Innovation.
Andrew Watt
Filipe Marques
Govind Raman
Operations & HSE
Andrew Watt has over 30 years of experience with a focus on commissioning/start-up and operations across international chemicals, oil and gas operations. With a chemical engineering background, he led the start-up of the ‘first in the world’ Shell Bintulu gas to liquids facility and most recently was responsible for the overall CSU integration of the Chevron Gorgon LNG project.
Govind Raman
Rui Bernardes
Govind Raman
Engineering
Govind Raman has over 35 years of experience in process and project development, pilot plant, FEED and detailed engineering, and start-up. With a chemical engineering background, he has managed multiple engineering projects in the field of sustainable energy. Prior to Devaltec, he worked for technology and EPC companies. He holds a Ph.D., from I.I.T., Bombay, India.
Rui Bernardes
Rui Bernardes
Rui Bernardes
Engineering & Operations
Rui Bernardes has over 20 years of experience in industrial projects operations. With a chemical engineering background, he has experience in process and project engineering in waste recycling, biofuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. He worked for companies such as EGEO, CIPAN, SGC Energia, Biovegetal and Petrogal. He holds a MBA, from FEUC, Portugal.
Jorge Sampaio
Rui Bernardes
Rui Bernardes
Project Controls & Business Analysis
Jorge Sampaio has over 25 years of experience in alternative fuels project development. With a chemical engineering background, he is a project engineer but also supports project control, financial modeling, and business development. Prior to Devaltec, he was a Senior Project Engineer and Business Development Analyst/Coordinator for the biofuels company SGCE Energia.
Veronique Valès
Veronique Valès
Veronique Valès
Finance & Administration Management
Veronique Valès has over 20 years of commercial and management experience. A former executive in the metal & electronics industry, she started as a metal trader and became General Commercial Manager of a Mitsui affiliate that recycled and upgraded waste copper. She also founded and managed a successful upcycled clothes business, anticipating what would become a global trend. She has been with Devaltec since its inception and is overseeing their investment portfolio.
Vianney Valès
Veronique Valès
Veronique Valès
Non-Executive Chairman
Vianney Valès has over 25 years of experience in the energy business, first as top executive in oil & gas in Shell and Galp Energia, and then as founder and CEO of multiple sustainable energy companies, creating value from waste through green industrial platforms. He saw first-hand the gap in analysis and project development competences in sustainable energy. He founded Devaltec to bridge this gap. He is currently the CEO of Wastefront, a waste tires to product global company and a strategic partner of Devaltec.