Seth Brouwers

Seth Brouwers
Chief Innovation Officer
Sustaero

Seth Brouwers is a clean energy executive with over 15 years of experience in technology commercialization, project development, and infrastructure scaling across the low-carbon fuels and cleantech sectors.

At SUSTAERO, Brouwers is responsible for leading technology integration, project development, and operational optimization across the company’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) platform. His mandate includes advancing projects from early-stage feasibility through to commercial readiness, with a focus on capital efficiency, carbon intensity performance, scalable system design, and supply chain integration.

Brouwers brings a multidisciplinary background spanning engineering, science, finance, and operations, with direct experience across the full project lifecycle of complex energy systems. His work has included techno-economic analysis, engineering and development coordination, stakeholder engagement, and financial structuring for large-scale projects involving carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, hydrogen, and fuel synthesis technologies.

Prior to joining SUSTAERO, Brouwers held senior leadership roles at Advanced Chemical Technologies Inc., where he led the development of a commercial-scale low-carbon methanol project utilizing industrial CO₂ and clean hydrogen, and at SAF+ International Group, where he supported the advancement of electro-SAF project development and strategic partnerships across North America. In these roles, he worked with government, industry partners, and capital providers to advance projects from concept through to commercialization.

Earlier in his career, Brouwers held roles in venture-backed companies, investment analysis, and cleantech consulting, including leadership positions in technology commercialization and product development.

Brouwers holds a Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) from the University of Waterloo, where he graduated top of his class, and a Bachelor of Science in Science and Business.