Duncan Palmer Joins Ohmium as Independent Board Director

Palmer currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Venterra Group Plc, a dedicated wind energy services company. In addition, he serves as an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Verde Clean Fuels. 

He is also a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Oshkosh Corporation.

Previously, Palmer served as the CFO of Cushman and Wakefield until his retirement in 2021. During his tenure, he led the successful initial public offering (IPO) of the company in August 2018, raising $1 billion in proceeds. Palmer also served as Group Finance Director of RELX and CFO of Owens Corning.

He spent the first 20 years of his career with Shell, where he developed extensive knowledge of the oil and gas sector. This experience has provided Palmer with insight on working with the sector to help decarbonize as part of the clean energy transition.

“I’m excited about the tremendous potential of green hydrogen to accelerate the energy transition and to deliver deep cuts in carbon emissions across hard-to-abate sectors,” said Duncan Palmer, Director, Ohmium International. “Ohmium’s cutting edge PEM electrolyzer technology has the potential to be an absolute game changer in terms of delivering easily deployable, highly versatile and scalable green hydrogen solutions for customers globally and at a low levelized cost. I am looking forward to using my skills and experience to help Ohmium deliver on its growth ambitions.”

“It’s fantastic that Duncan is joining Ohmium’s Board of Directors and I look forward to working with him to deliver on our ambitious plans for international growth.” said Arne Ballantine, CEO, Ohmium International. “His decades of experience as a CFO and Independent Board Director will stand Ohmium in good stead as we accelerate our R&D efforts in next generation electrolyzers, ramp up our annual manufacturing capacity to 2GW and expand our geographic footprint to support the deployment of our rapidly expanding customer pipeline. Duncan’s deep energy sector knowledge, financial expertise and proven aptitude in corporate governance will be invaluable and enhances an important dimension to the current skill sets of our Board of Directors.”