Jonathan Rhone

Jonathan Rhone is a cleantech entrepreneur who has built a career developing large-scale environmental solutions in Canada and beyond. Described as a serial cleantech entrepreneur, Jonathan Rhone has a knack for partnering with industrials to solve tough energy and environmental problems through the development of large-scale projects. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from The University of British Columbia, a path he chose after taking a geography class at the University of Victoria in 1981 that inspired his commitment to environmental work.

Career History

• Co-founder and CEO of CO280 (2022–present), which aims to help businesses reduce carbon footprint through carbon negative solutions
• President and CEO of Axine Water Technologies (2012–2020), a venture-backed company commercializing electro-oxidation technology for treating industrial wastewater
• Co-founder and Director of Evok Innovations (2015–present), a $100 million cleantech venture fund
• Founder and former CEO of Nexterra Systems Corp., an award-winning supplier of waste-to-energy systems
• Held leadership positions with a cleantech company and the Delphi Group
• Early career roles with Dome Petroleum and Amoco Canada Petroleum

Rhone is known for establishing new standards in treating toxic, persistent organic pollutants in industrial wastewater. At Axine, he pioneered a wastewater-as-a-service model where the company owns and operates plants on customer sites, eliminating customer technology risk and capital deployment. In 2009, BC's Technology Industry Association named him Person of the Year. He also chairs the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance and is a member of the BC Premier's Technology Council.

What Jonathan Rhone could bring to a new executive role: A proven track record of commercializing disruptive environmental technologies, designing innovative business models (like wastewater-as-a-service), building venture capital relationships, and scaling early-stage cleantech companies to operational maturity. His experience bridging industrial customers, government funding partners, and venture capital investors positions him well for leadership roles requiring sector expertise, stakeholder management, and transformational growth.