Driven by the Need to Create Change; Fueled by the Team to Make it Happen.

Russell comes with 25 years of international experience in the low-carbon sector, growing technology companies as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and board director. He helped to build and run over $1 billion of companies, projects, and venture capital funds for Carbon Trust, Nomura, Saudi Aramco, and UK Green Investment Bank - Sustainable Development Capital. He is a former CalSTRS Pension Fund Greenwave Initiative Advisory Board Member.

He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a Board Director for the Sustainable Business & Impact Investing Network. He obtained his MBA from INSEAD and an HBSc from the University of Western Ontario. Russell speaks English, French, and Japanese. He understands German and is learning Mandarin.

As founder of eLeapPower, Tony is the chief inventor of the company’s core patents. Prior to launching eLeapPower, he led the development of the Bison, the world’s first electric pickup truck designed and prototyped in Canada. He was also the CEO of Automotive Die Manufacturing Software Solutions, based in Shanghai, and led research teams on automotive and technology development projects in Japan, Canada, and Germany. Tony is a Galbraith Scholar with a MASc in Electrical Engineering and a BASc of Engineering Science from the University of Toronto. Tony speaks English, Mandarin, and Japanese.