About us

We are Perpetual Next

We think organic waste should not be wasted anymore. With our 135 employees and six own production facilities, we work daily on converting organic waste into renewable raw materials, energy and semi-finished products that replace fossil materials.
Perpetual Next is organised into three business units (BUs), each with their own specialisms, dedicated teams and their own strategic partners and customers.

Bio-conversions - Our Bio-conversions business unit focuses on the development and acquisition of companies where low-quality organic residual materials are converted into sustainable products and/or semi-finished products, such as heat, electricity, biogas, liquid CO2 green gas and fertilizers. We work with a wide variety of residual materials, including pruning and garden waste, but also waste from the food processing industry. We use various existing technologies that we have optimized for this.

Biocarbon – Our Biocarbon business unit produces renewable carbon from bio-residues such as forestry residues, scrap wood, etc. A technology that we have perfected in our unique carbon converter technology: C-Vertr. This is a process of thermochemical conversion of organic waste in an oxygen-poor environment.

Developments - our Developments business unit mainly focuses on gasification of renewable carbon and/or local agri-residual flows . Syngas is created from gasification which can form the basis for products for the chemical industry. By means of downstream technology, the syngas can also be converted into products for shipping and utilities, such as biomethanol, hydrogen and green gas.

Our vision

A growing world population, industrial growth and consumerism have put enormous pressure on the availability of fossil resources. At the same time, huge amounts of waste are being produced, dumped or disposed worldwide. Our planet is heating up and the climate is changing, with all the consequences that entails.

We build, own and operate production facilities that retrieve carbon and gas from organic waste. With our technologies, we help industries around the world become fossil-free and circular.

Waste is only waste if we waste it

Will.i.am

Our mission

Perpetual Next is committed to removing 1 gigaton of CO₂ from the atmosphere by 2050. The focus of the technology and application is on fossil gas & carbon avoidance and carbon removal: extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and storing carbon in products that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. This is how we help in our mutual journey toward a CO₂-neutral 2050.

If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us.

Sir David Attenborough - Bioloog en televisiemaker

Our team

Perpetual Next currently employs around 135 people in five different countries. The operational sites are in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Estonia. Our office is located in Amsterdam.

Jan-Evert Post

Jan-Evert Post

Group CFO a.i.

Jan-Evert is a commercial-strategic and energetic CFO, with more than 15 years experience at MD level and the last 6 years at board room level as CFO-COO.
Jan-Evert is partner at CFO Capabel, an organization of 18 seasoned CFOs providing part-time and interim CFO roles and related project management services.

Erik Huis

Erik Huis

Chairman of the Board & CEO Biocarbon

Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Perpetual Next. Extensive track record in large scale petrochemical conversion industries in CCO and CEO positions with P/L responsibility. International work experience at Shell participations and General Electric, and as an entrepreneur in the sector since 1996. MBA from Temple University, USA.

Rene Buwalda

Rene Buwalda

CEO Conversions & Developments

BSc in Mechanical Engineering. Developed, engineered and managed over 100 complex production facilities worldwide over a period of more than 25 years. Previous work experience at Eneco (Utilities) and ABB (Power Generation) with specialism in biomass plants.

Jurre Hijman

Jurre Hijman

CCO Conversions

Entrepreneur and experienced senior executive within leading commodity firms. Track record in strategy, innovation, supply chain, trading & risk management.

Martijn Dekker

Martijn Dekker

CTO Perpetual Next BV

PhD in Physics. Philips Research: Displays, large-scale simulations, EUV Lithography, Blu-Ray, re-writeable disc. Technical Management: LG, Philips Displays, Philips Lifestyle. Start-ups and scale-up: LED start-ups Lemnis, Carus and Seaborough. Inventor with many patents to his name and author of scientific publications and conference contributions.

Hidde Draper

Hidde Draper

CCO Biocarbon

Master of Science (MSc), Offshore & Dredging Engineering. 10 years of international experience at ExxonMobil and Perpetual Next. At Perpetual Next globally responsible for business development and at Exxonmobil in several functions from engineering to supply chain optimisation.

Alexandra De Bruijn

Alexandra De Bruijn

Group Head of Treasury

More than 20 years of experience from financing of the energy sector. Raised capital for several renewable projects, including 4 Nordic Bonds. Previous experience from Vodafone, SNS Bank and Bluewater Energy Services