Colum F.
Country Director, Canada @Climeworks
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WORK HISTORY
Country Director, Canada @Climeworks
Calgary, AB, CA
Lead Climeworks’ national strategy and commercial deployment platform in Canada, focused on profitable, scalable carbon removal infrastructure.• Accountable for Canadian market strategy and long-term infrastructure platform development, targeting infrastructure-grade returns.• Originate and structure site development collaborations with industrial hosts and infrastructure partners.• Direct integration of technology testing, FOAK deployment, and commercial infrastructure planning to de-risk progressive technology scale-up.• Lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, technology, finance, subsurface, and stakeholder engagement teams to manage surface, subsurface, regulatory, and commercial risk.• Oversee public and private funding strategy, engaging federal and provincial programs alongside strategic capital partners.• Serve as enterprise lead for Canadian operations, aligning domestic execution with global scale-up strategy.
EDUCATION
Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador
B.Sc., Pure Mathematics
Dalhousie University
B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering
Ivey Business School at Western University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Western University
Master the Entrepreneur Skillset, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
ABOUT COLUM F.
I originate and advance scalable carbon infrastructure platforms in nascent and evolving carbon and regulatory markets.As Country Director for Canada at Climeworks, I lead national strategy and commercial deployment of CCUS and carbon removal infrastructure. My mandate spans site origination, capital framing, CO₂ transport and storage partnerships, regulatory positioning, federal and provincial engagement, and integration across technology, engineering, and finance functions.Previously at Shell, I led front-end development of $300M–$2B low-carbon infrastructure including CCS hubs, CO₂ storage and utilization, blue ammonia production, integrated CO₂ transport systems, and low-carbon power assets.I specialize in advancing capital-intensive projects in environments defined by regulatory uncertainty, evolving policy frameworks, and first-of-kind technology risk.Core focus areas:• Capital strategy and structuring• Commercial negotiation• Technical risk integration• Government and stakeholder interface• Infrastructure platform strategyI’m energized by opportunities to deploy scalable, bankable carbon infrastructure that combines disciplined capital deployment with measurable decarbonization impact.
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