Charles V. Fishel
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Abundant Biofuels Corporation
Integrating Social-Responsibility into For-Profit Economic Development
Dr. Fishel will be speaking on creative micro finance schemes for foreign direct investment. For example, in the Philippines, Abundant Biofuels Corporation is joint venturing with the Lumad tribal structure to develop biofuels on ancestral. Also, where land is held individually by small farmers, Abundant Biofuels plans to work with micro lenders to facilitate outsourcing of planting and harvesting of Jatropha used to produce biofuels.
Dr. Fishel is chairman and CEO of Abundant Biofuels Corporation. He serves on the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausaane Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (Environmental Impacts Working Group and Social Impacts Working Group). He serves as a director on the boards of several public and private for-profit companies, including the Brownfield Foundation, Inc., a charitable, non-profit corporation dedicated to land recycling for the good of the community and the environment.
He has held senior management, finance and legal roles with Fortune 100 multi-national organizations (Intel, Teledyne, Carnation Company, Peter Kiewit Sons’ and Williams Companies) as well as start-up companies. Industry experience includes technology (electronics, biotechnology and nanotechnology), insurance, construction, mining, broadcasting, food processing, energy, manufacturing, public utility, and consulting about technology evaluation and commercialization.
Dr. Fishel teaches at San Jose State University and visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of Global Business Strategies (CyclopsMedia: 2004).
