Who we are

Our distinguished team

Airborne Clean Energy South Africa’s leadership team combines business acumen with engineering brilliance and extensive project management expertise, as well as a deep commitment to creating a sustainable energy future.

The question they pose to themselves is not, “How successful will we be?”, but “What will we leave behind?”

Bheki Shongwe

Chairman

BA (Economics & Accounting,) MBA, Associate Member CGISA, Fellow CIBM

Danie van Niekerk

CEO

N(Dip) Mechanical, Adv(Dip PM)

Dr AJ (Attie) Botha

COO

BSc Hons (Chemistry), PGDipEng (Petroleum), MComm PM (cum laude), PhD (Commerce & Administration), PhD MechE (MPEE)

Murray Mortson, P.Eng

CEO, Airborne and AB Catalyst (Canada and United States), Non-executive Director, Airborne (SA)
BApSc (Engineering)

Dr Ed Peterson

CTO

PhD (Chemical Engineering)

W. James (Jim) Hughes

Chief Innovation Officer

BSc (Geology)

Our Vision

To enhance environmental and community sustainability through the use of appropriate technology to produce clean energy.

Our Mission

We are committed to ensuring clean energy for everyone’s growing needs.

Through our clean energy technologies, we empower facilities and people to provide environmentally responsible, cost-effective and accessible energy for their communities.

In pursuit of this mission, we have also purposely made our technologies affordable, so that clean energy does not have financial or geographical limitations.

We have created a circular economy to minimise waste streams and maximise efficiencies: inputs reduce fuel consumption or are continuously reused to remove pollution, and pollutants are converted to agricultural fertilisers.

Our technologies achieve and surpass environmental standards while creating profitability for our clients.

Corporate social responsibility

At Airborne Clean Energy South Africa, we’re driven by the legacy we will create – not just in terms of sustainable and clean energy but also in socio-economic upliftment, in particular in the communities in which we are present.

Job creation and social, economic and enterprise development are thus prominent goals for our organisation.

Integrity

Delivering dependable
and credible solutions.

Respect

Safeguarding our ecosystem
from detrimental contaminants.

Learning
Continuous improvement,
while educating communities.
Community

Nurturing existence
and well-being.