IBBC Keynote Speakers:
"Sustainability Commitment"John B. Crowe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Buckeye Technologies Inc.
Profitable sustainable growth strategy is a top priority for Buckeye. Sustainability must be at the core of everything they do and is part of providing long-term value to shareholders, customers, employees and communities. Part of Buckeye's strategy is to focus on renewable energy and renewable chemicals, which has led to a partnership with the University of Florida to create a Bio-Refinery Pilot Plant at Buckeye's Florida wood specialty fibers facility to study the use of biomass to create renewable chemicals and fuels.
Crowe has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Buckeye since 2006, prior to this he was President and Chief Operating Officer
(2003-2006), Director (2004-2006) and has also served as Vice President, Wood
Cellulose Division (2001-2004)
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Crowe was Executive Vice
President/General Manager of Alabama River Pulp and Alabama Pine Pulp
Operations, a division of Parsons and Whittemore, Inc. and was Vice President
and Site Manager of Flint River Operations, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser
Company. From 1979 to 1992, he was
an employee of Procter and Gamble.
“Succeeding in the Uncertain World of Biofuels” Paul Spindler
Vice President, Technology, Catchlight Energy
Spindler will discuss commercialization challenges, options the industry is deploying to move forward, and Catchlight Energy’s progress in leveraging its forest-based infrastructure to supply transportation biofuels.
Spindler leads CLE’s Technology organization, which is developing
novel feedstock systems, cost-effective conversion technology and industry
leading sustainability science as part of Catchlight Energy’s mission to
commercialize the production of liquid transportation fuels from sustainable
forest-based resources.
Prior to Catchlight Energy, Paul was General Manager of
Manufacturing for a global specialty chemical company, Vice President of
Engineering and Technology for a chemical technology start-up company, and for
23 years worked in various technology, chemical and refining roles in with
Chevron in California, Texas and Oklahoma. In these assignments, he led and built organizations,
developed and commercialized novel manufacturing processes and products,
licensed technology, and designed and operated manufacturing facilities
