Podcast appearances and mentions of Karl W Feilder

The Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady at a 22 year high. It's the third meeting in a row that rates have held. We get the economist view on what a pause in interest rate movements means for business in Dubai and what it means for mortgage activity with Mathew Montgomery of Espace Real Estate. Plus, a 'historic' global climate deal has been agreed at COP28. We discuss and analyze with Karl W. Feilder, Founder and CEO, Neutral Fuels. And, we say Happy Birthday to Dubai Duty Free - 40 years of Tang and Toblerone. We're joined by the one and only Colm McLoughlin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

06 Dec 2023. We get the latest from Senior Economist, Emirates NBD - Dan Richards and get his take on the pledges we've seen so far and what their knock on economic impacts may be. As the president of the ongoing UN climate talks, Sultan al-Jaber, hits back at claims he denies a core part of climate science, we speak to Karl W. Feilder, Founder and CEO, Neutral Fuels + International Speaker on Net Zero to get his take. Plus, we hear from John Kelly, Rolls-Royce President for META about how its innovations in technology are serving to enable the process of decarbonising hard to abate sectors like aviation, and how these can be accelerated through government support and regulatory frameworks. Finally, we speak to Sarah Townsend, Senior Editor, AGBI about Cop28s total funding pledges made to date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of The Green Podcast, Neutral Fuels CEO and Founder Karl W. Feilder teaches us about biofuels and their immediate opportunity for achieving net zero transportation. This episode was from The Green Summit, in the presentation Karl shares a video. If you are interested in this video contact Dylan@DylanWelch.comSupport the show (http://www.GoingGreenShow.com)

Karl W. Feilder, Founder and CEO of Neutral Fuels, sits down with The Green Podcast host Dylan Welch. Karl and Dylan share his background in engineering and passion for entrepreneurship, and how that led him to build Neutral Fuels.Support the show (http://www.GoingGreenShow.com)

Karl W. Feilder is a serial entrepreneur, Founder and Chairman of The Neutral Group and CEO of Neutral Fuels. “I’m not an environmentalist, I’m just trying to save the planet,” Karl says, and his direct actions to mitigate climate change have already resulted in over 10.5 million tonnes of CO2e savings from global corporations, such as DHL, Del Monte, Anglo American, and McDonald’s. In the last decade, Karl has built up The Neutral Group from a two-person start-up to an international business, and is now preparing its Neutral Fuels LLC subsidiary, a company that produces biofuel from used cooking oil, for an IPO on the London AIM stock market in 2023. Simultaneously, Karl is building another subsidiary Neutral Assets LLC into an “Internet of Things” asset management company. Since starting his first company in 1990, and selling it to Microsoft, Karl has built and sold five companies, and led two companies to their Initial Public Offering. He has conducted business in 46 countries and has created a world first this year – a highly innovative strategy to turn human faeces into reusable energy. Karl mentors start-ups across industry, and was the first Adjunct Lecturer at the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi. He has worked as a Catalyst at Hult International Business School in both Dubai and San Francisco. Karl holds an B.Eng. (Hons.) in Industrial Engineering, an executive MBA, and is writing his thesis on “Psychological profiling of start-up teams.” As the regional expert on biofuels and their adoption in the Middle East, Karl and his company have won regional and international awards and Karl delivers keynotes on entrepreneurship, business and sustainability, all over the world. Enjoy the discussion.Show Notes:01:30 - On being an entrepreneur for all his life, he was just born to be an entrepreneur04:45 - First startup in the UK and selling to Microsoft05:45 - How Microsoft courted them to sell07:15 - Joining a biker gang post exit11:00 - His multiple ventures and IPOs following the biker gang years14:15 - The founding of the Neutral Group15:15 - What is the Neutral Group?23:30 - Getting a fuel production license in the UAE25:45 - Opening more facilities in other countries in the region27:15 - The different types of fuels they produce at Neutral Fuels30:30 - The challenge of building a great diverse team32:45 - “Never meet your heroes”35:00 - On being a lead singer of a rockband38:45 - How Dubai is perfectly suited for an entrepreneur like Karl41:00 - How redtape is seen as an opportunity in Dubai42:30 - On the merits of making time everyday to think45:15 - The benefits of discovering what makes you happy55:15 - His ‘non-words of wisdom’ wisdom to share See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.