ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 3, 2024) — Augustana College announces the election of Brent Gwaltney (’84) to the college’s Board of Trustees.
“We welcome Brent to our board, and we look forward to his contributions as we work on our new strategic plan, Bold and Boundless,” said President Andrea Talentino. “He knows firsthand the power of the transformational experience that happens on our campus, and will bring valuable insight from his successful career to help us strengthen that experience.”
Gwaltney is an advisor to renewable-energy projects (primarily blue hydrogen/ammonia) and an active private investor. He is retired as the chief executive officer of Consolidated Energy Ltd, headquartered in Wollerau, Switzerland. Consolidated Energy is the world’s second-largest producer of methanol and one of the world’s top producers of nitrogen products (ammonia and UAN) with operations in Trinidad and Tobago, United States, and Oman.
Previously, Gwaltney was chief operating officer of Consolidated Energy’s USA business based in Houston and served as chief executive officer of the company’s Beaumont, Texas Natgasoline joint venture during its construction, commissioning, and debt structuring.
Gwaltney has spent the majority of his three-decade career involved in the management, construction, operation, and financing of world-scale petrochemical facilities.
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