Our Team
Chief Operating Officer
President & CEO
Greg Nuttall is one of the founding CEO’s of the world’s waste-to-fuel industry. Prior to becoming CEO of Woodland, Greg was a partner at Rubicon Investment Group, a merchant bank focused on accelerating the growth of the companies it acquires and invests in. Before this Greg was co-founder and CEO of a leading change management consulting firm that helps large and mid-sized organizations in Canada and the United States. At the outset of his career Greg was an M&A and corporate finance lawyer. As a lawyer he practiced at Clifford Chance, one of the world's largest law firms, where he was based in London, and Torys, a leading corporate law firm with practices in Toronto and New York. Greg has also been a successful technology investor as a venture partner of New Economy Capital. Greg earned his Master of International Laws degree at Cambridge University and is a Pegasus Scholar.
Chief Financial Officer
Deepak Datta brings a wealth of experience in developing projects from concept to operations on four continents. Prior to joining Woodland Biofuels Deepak was President of Reliance Project Management Group, the engineering and construction arm of Reliance Industries. Deepak was responsible for simultaneous execution of large capital projects with overall capex in excess of US$15 billion. During this time he was also responsible for oversight of over 6,500 professionals and 150,000+ craft labor employees. Prior to joining Reliance, Deepak was part of the senior leadership team of Fluor and Bechtel/Bantrel, two of the largest global EPC companies. He is a graduate Chemical Engineer from University of Waterloo and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors
Yvon Jeghers has a wide-ranging background in investing, financing, risk management, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. As Portfolio Manager, Yvon invested in Canadian renewable energy and social infrastructure projects and built a portfolio with AUMs over $1 Billion. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President at Business Development Canada in a national role where he developed new lending capabilities, managed a team of roughly 40 professionals and build a portfolio of $3.8 billion within 5 years. Experienced project financier, Yvon was Managing Director, Investment Banking at Société Générale and ABN AMRO where he Arranged and Underwrote over $8 Billion in energy and public private partnership projects. In addition, he previously worked for Bank of America’s merger and acquisition group and lead lending teams in a wide range of sectors. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds degrees from Concordia University.
Management
Chief Business Development Officer
JP Solmes, formerly Head of Business Development (M&A) at First Quantum Minerals has over 15 years of proven leadership in industrials. JP has executed and worked on over US$1.4Bn in royalty and streaming transactions as part of a broader US$15Bn in transactional experience across a variety or jurisdictions and counterparties. He is a CPA (Ontario), holds a Masters of Professional Accounting from Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Economics from Queen's University.
