“The market for clean iron, essential for green steel production, is expected to grow significantly as global demand for sustainable infrastructure increases,” said James Rutland, Chief Financial Officer at Electra. “This substantial market growth, coupled with Electra’s innovative technology, presents an incredible opportunity to deploy creative financing, business, and partnership models to realize Electra’s vision to build a green future from the ground up.”
With over 20 years of experience in international finance and commercial leadership at fast-growing start-ups and established Fortune 500 companies, James understands the global financial landscapes of both project finance and fundraising. Most recently, as North America CFO at Northvolt, James worked to secure private and public funding to project-finance a $5 Billion lithium-ion battery production plant. His deep understanding of the intersection of finance and the energy and infrastructure sectors will be vital as Electra reaches commercial scale.
James is a Professionally Qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Birmingham, UK, and a Master of Business Administration from Cass Business School in London, UK.
