Ben Blackburn

Ben Blackburn is currently Director of Corporate Development & Finance at LanzaTech, where he leads the company’s venture/strategic fundraising and corporate development efforts, financial strategy and FP&A, project finance, and project management activities.  Prior to joining LanzaTech, he held leadership roles in product management and FP&A at The North Face where he helped launch the company’s first comprehensive sustainability initiative.  Ben spent the early part of his career in investment banking and financial services at Jefferies & Co. and Merrill Lynch.  He has an MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and a bachelor of science degree from Wake Forest University.