| Jimmy Samartzis | CEO | LanzaJet | 68 | 2024-06-06 Haffner Energy teams up with LanzaJet for \ globenewswire.com |
| Eric McAfee | CEO | Aemetis | 59 | 2024-08-01 Aemetis, Inc. Reports 48% Revenue Increase in Q2 2024 globenewswire.com |
| Patrick Gruber | CEO | Gevo Inc. | 50 | 2024-01-01 Gevo to Raise $800M for South Dakota Biofuels Plant axios.com |
| Jonathan Wood | Vice President of Renewable Aviation (also Chief Commercial Officer, Vice President of Renewable Aviation Europe) | Neste, Nova Pangea Technologies | 45 | 2023-11-20 Neste could have excess sustainable aviation fuel production by 2028 reuters.com |
| Alexander Kueper | vice president of renewable aviation (also Vice President Renewable Aviation, VP of renewable aviation) | Neste, Renewable Aviation business unit at Neste | 43 | 2024-12-19 Neste to Supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Air New Zealand Marking Airline’s Largest ... neste.com |
| Willie Walsh | Director General (also director general, director-general) | IATA, International Air Transport Association, International Air Transport Association (IATA) | 41 | 2025-03-25 IATA Launches CADO to Manage the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry for Global De... travelandtourworld.com |
| Joe Biden | President | United States, United States Government, White House | 40 | 2025-03-25 Biofuel Production Gathers Pace in South America biofuels-news.com |
| Henrik Wareborn | CEO | Velocys | 38 | 2023-10-23 Velocys Launches New Technology Facility for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production biobased-diesel.com |
| Jan Toschka | President (also CEO, President of Shell Aviation) | Shell Aviation, Shell, Zaffra | 35 | 2023-08-18 Google Joins Sustainable Aviation Fuel Program aero-news.net |
| Jennifer Holmgren | CEO | LanzaTech, LanzaTech and LanzaJet, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. | 35 | 2023-12-12 LanzaTech and Tadweer Partner for Waste-to-SAF Feasibility Study in Abu Dhabi biobased-diesel.com |
| Tom Vilsack | USDA Secretary (also U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Agriculture Secretary) | U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, United States Department of Agriculture | 33 | 2024-03-31 Sustainable Aviation Fuel's Carbon Footprint Analysis Still Pending, Affecting Farm Country startribune.com |
| Mark Harper | Transport Secretary (also transport minister, UK transport secretary) | UK Government, Britain, U.K. Government | 32 | 2024-04-25 UK Sets Ambitious Targets for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate gov.uk |
| Kurt Kovarik | | Clean Fuels Alliance America, Clean Fuels, Clean Fuels Alliance | 30 | 2025-01-10 American Farmers Stuck in Neutral With Biden Administration's 45Z Guidance agriculture.com |
| Sami Jauhiainen | Vice President APAC, Renewable Aviation (also executive) | Neste | 30 | 2023-12-14 Thai Airways Takes Off with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Landmark Flight hydrocarbonprocessing.com |
| Shai Weiss | CEO | Virgin Atlantic | 29 | 2024-01-01 Elysian's E9X Electric Aircraft Design Promises to Revolutionize Short-Haul Flights abcnews.go.com |
| Kennedy Ricci | President (also president) | 4AIR | 28 | 2024-11-19 4AIR Expands Regulatory Compliance Program to Support 21 New Schemes Worldwide 4air.aero |
| Keith Sawyer | | Avfuel | 26 | 2023-04-01 Monterey Fuel Co. Awarded for Leadership in Sustainability and SAF Adoption biobased-diesel.com |
| Emily Skor | CEO (also industry representative) | Growth Energy | 25 | 2025-03-26 Growth Energy Welcomes John Deere as Newest Member biofuels-news.com |
| Thorsten Lange | head of Renewable Aviation unit | Neste | 25 | 2022-11-30 Neste and Airbus Join Forces to Accelerate the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel biomassmagazine.com |
| Geoff Cooper | industry representative | Renewable Fuels Association, Not Provided, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) | 23 | 2025-01-10 American Farmers Stuck in Neutral With Biden Administration's 45Z Guidance agriculture.com |
| Patrick R. Gruber | | Gevo Inc. | 23 | 2024-09-19 Thomist Capital Management Reduces Stake in Gevo, Inc. etfdailynews.com |
| Sean Doyle | CEO (also chairman and CEO) | British Airways | 23 | 2022-07-14 British Airways to Use UK-Produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel biofuels-news.com |
| Donnell Rehagen | CEO | Clean Fuels Alliance America, National Biodiesel Board | 22 | 2025-01-04 U.S. Set to Surpass 5 Billion Gallons of Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Consumption progressiverailroading.com |
| Gene Gebolys | CEO (also founder and CEO) | World Energy | 22 | 2026-02-27 SAF Investor World Energy |
| Peter Vanacker | president and CEO (also President and CEO, CEO) | Neste | 22 | 2023-03-01 Marathon Petroleum and Neste form Joint Venture for Renewable Diesel Production biomassmagazine.com |
| Richard Branson | founder | Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group | 22 | 2024-01-01 Elysian's E9X Electric Aircraft Design Promises to Revolutionize Short-Haul Flights abcnews.go.com |
| Matti Lehmus | | Neste | 21 | 2023-12-20 Neste Announces Transformation of Porvoo Refinery into Renewable Solutions Hub biobased-diesel.com |
| Bruce Fleming | CEO | Montana Renewables, Calumet, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. | 20 | 2023-10-01 Montana Renewables Announces Closing of $1.44 Billion DOE Loan Facility for Renewable F... fox44news.com |
| Bryan Sherbacow | CEO | Alder Fuels, AltAir Fuels, World Energy | 20 | 2023-06-05 Sherbacow, founder of Alder Fuels, sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraud scheme biobased-diesel.com |
| Henrik Rasmussen | Managing Director for the Americas (also Managing Director of The Americas) | Topsoe, Haldor Topsoe, Haldor Topsøe | 20 | 2024-01-01 Braya Renewable Fuels Achieves Design Capacity, Plans for SAF Production biobased-diesel.com |
| Michael Regan | | U.S. EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA | 20 | 2024-09-01 President Biden to Highlight Climate Agenda at Climate Week NYC cnn.com |
| Patrick Pouyanné | CEO (also Chairman and CEO) | TotalEnergies, Total Energies | 20 | 2024-09-23 Air France-KLM Ramps Up SAF Offtake Agreement with TotalEnergies totalenergies.com |
| Todd Borgmann | CEO | Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., Calumet, Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP | 19 | 2023-10-01 Calumet Specialty Products Partners Faces 52-Week Low Amidst Strategic Shifts and SAF D... investing.com |
| Fleetwood Grobler | President and CEO (also CEO) | Sasol | 18 | 2024-02-26 SASOL LIMITED: REVIEWED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 investorsobserver.com |
| Michael Leskinen | president | United Airlines Ventures, United Airlines, United Airline Ventures | 18 | 2023-09-21 Cemvita Corporation Announces Offtake Arrangement with United Airlines for Sustainable ... greencarcongress.com |
| Scott Kirby | CEO | United Airlines, United | 18 | 2024-07-01 United Airlines Reports Q2 2024 Financial Results and Strategic Adjustments investing.com |
| Thomas Fowler | director of sustainability (also director of sustainability and finance, Director of Sustainability and Finance) | Ryanair | 17 | 2024-01-01 Ryanair Strikes Deal with Enilive for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply irishtimes.com |
| Marie Owens Thomsen | chief economist | IATA, International Air Transport Association (IATA) | 16 | 2025-04-01 IATA Launches Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Registry biobased-diesel.com |
| Sheila Remes | | Boeing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes | 16 | 2023-11-28 Virgin Atlantic’s Historic Flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel Takes Off biofuels-news.com |
| Adel Al Redha | deputy president and COO (also Deputy President and Chief Operations Officer, COO) | Emirates, Emirates Airline | 15 | 2024-06-13 Neste Supplies Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Emirates from Singapore Refinery biobased-diesel.com |
| Carrie Song | Senior Vice President Commercial (also senior vice-president commercial, Senior Vice President of Commercial) | Neste | 15 | 2024-05-28 Vietnam Airlines Operates First Flight with Neste's Sustainable Aviation Fuel hydrocarbonprocessing.com |
| Philippe Haffner | CEO (also CEO of Haffner Energy) | Haffner Energy | 15 | 2025-04-02 Haffner Energy Successfully Achieves €7M Capital Increase through ABSA Issuance with Pr... globenewswire.com |
| Sarah Ellerby | | Nova Pangaea Technologies | 15 | 2025-03-26 Taking flight with SAF biofuels-news.com |
| Barry Glickman | | Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions, Honeywell | 14 | 2024-10-15 St1 Nordic Refinery Uses Honeywell Technology To Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel ess.honeywell.com |
| Chris Raymond | Chief Sustainability Officer (also chief sustainability officer) | Boeing | 14 | 2023-11-16 Boeing and U.S. Government Launch Initiative to Advance Sustainable Aviation Fuel among... investorsobserver.com |
| Julie Kitcher | Chief Sustainability Officer (also EVP of corporate affairs and sustainability) | Airbus | 14 | 2023-10-01 Wizz Air and Airbus Collaborate on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Trial biofuels-news.com |
| Luis Gallego | CEO | International Airlines Group, IAG, International Airlines Group (IAG) | 14 | 2024-08-02 Aviation's Move to Net Zero Will Cost $5 Trillion According to the United Nations freerepublic.com |
| Matt Murdock | | Raven SR | 14 | 2023-07-25 RockCreek invests in Raven SR for production of SAF and hydrogen biobased-diesel.com |
| Chris Cooper | President | Neste, Neste US, Neste North America | 13 | 2023-05-10 Kinder Morgan and Neste Announce Opening of Renewable Feedstock Storage and Logistics Hub biomassmagazine.com |
| Dr Patrick Gruber | CEO | Gevo | 13 | 2023-08-22 Gevo's Net-Zero 1 Project Moves to Due Diligence Phase for a $950 Million Loan Guarantee biofuels-news.com |
| Guillaume Faury | CEO | Airbus | 13 | 2025-03-25 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Is An Opportunity For India, Says Airbus CEO ndtvprofit.com |
| James Hygate | CEO (also founder) | Firefly Green Fuels, Firefly, Green Fuels Research | 13 | 2024-01-15 Firefly Green Fuels Partners with Sanepar to Boost SAF Production in Brazil biofuels-news.com |
| Theye Veen | CCO | SkyNRG | 13 | 2024-06-05 SkyNRG Launches Project Runway to Simplify SAF Procurement for Airlines biobased-diesel.com |
| Akbar Al Baker | Group Chief Executive | Qatar Airways, oneworld alliance, Qatar Airways, one world Alliance and Qatar Airways Group | 12 | 2023-07-20 Qatar Airways and Shell Sign Deal for 3,000 Tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel aircargonews.net |
| Brian Jennings | | American Coalition for Ethanol | 12 | 2025-01-10 American Farmers Stuck in Neutral With Biden Administration's 45Z Guidance agriculture.com |
| Eric Pryor | | Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. | 12 | 2023-03-01 Fulcrum Bioenergy Receives £16.8 Million Grant for SAF Production in the UK biofuels-news.com |
| John Podesta | senior advisor to President Joe Biden for clean-energy innovation and implementation | White House, Biden Administration, Executive Office of the President | 12 | 2024-09-01 President Biden to Highlight Climate Agenda at Climate Week NYC cnn.com |
| Maarten van Dijk | | SkyNRG | 12 | 2023-06-22 Global Bioenergies' SAF Process Certified by ASTM International biobased-diesel.com |
| Ronald Lam | | Cathay Pacific, Cathay Group, Cathay Pacific Airways | 12 | 2024-06-06 Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines Sign MOU for Sustainability Initiatives biobased-diesel.com |
| Amy Klobuchar | U.S. Senator | U.S. Senate, Senate Sustainable Aviation Caucus, United States Senate | 11 | 2024-03-31 Sustainable Aviation Fuel's Carbon Footprint Analysis Still Pending, Affecting Farm Country startribune.com |
| Blake Scholl | founder and CEO (also CEO) | Boom Supersonic, Boom | 11 | 2025-03-07 NASA and Boom Supersonic Achieve Milestone in Quiet Supersonic Flight freerepublic.com |
| Bob Jordan | president & CEO (also President & CEO) | Southwest Airlines | 11 | 2023-12-18 Weekly Transportation: Southwest Airlines Fined and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Updates politico.com |
| Diana Birkett Rakow | | Alaska Airlines | 11 | 2024-05-09 Alaska Airlines Introduces SAF Credits for Passengers to Support Sustainable Aviation biobased-diesel.com |
| Donald Trump | | White House, US Government, United States | 11 | 2025-03-25 Biofuel Production Gathers Pace in South America biofuels-news.com |
| Mark Burns | | Gulfstream, Gulfstream Aerospace | 11 | 2024-11-15 Gulfstream G700 Surpasses 65 City-Pair Speed Records aero-news.net |
| Monte Shaw | executive director | Iowa Renewable Fuels Association | 11 | 2025-02-04 ‘No more Iowa nice’: Biofuels leaders push for year-round E15 iowacapitaldispatch.com |
| Roeland Baan | CEO | Topsoe | 11 | 2023-08-01 Topsoe Delivers Strong Performance in H1 2023, Continues to Advance Decarbonization Strategy biobased-diesel.com |
| Todd Waltz | | Aemetis, Inc. | 11 | 2024-08-01 Aemetis, Inc. Reports 48% Revenue Increase in Q2 2024 globenewswire.com |
| Tufan Erginbilgic | CEO | Rolls-Royce | 11 | 2023-11-28 Virgin Atlantic's First 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel Transatlantic Flight reuters.com |
| Adam Klauber | CSO | World Energy, Carbon War Room | 10 | 2026-06-23 Impactful Voices World Energy |
| Christopher Efird | | Next Renewable Fuels Inc. | 10 | 2023-07-20 United Airlines Ventures Invests in NEXT Renewable Fuels prnewswire.com |
| Elena Scaltritti | chief commercial officer | Topsoe | 10 | 2024-04-30 Topsoe and Guangxi Hongkun Biomass Sign Agreement for SAF Production in China biobased-diesel.com |
| Jonathon Counsell | Group Sustainability Officer | IAG, International Airlines Group, oneworld Alliance | 10 | 2025-04-01 IAG and Microsoft Extend SAF Purchase Agreement to 2028 biobased-diesel.com |
| Kenneth Agee | | Emerging Fuels Technology, Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) | 10 | 2024-12-23 Comstock Partners with EFT to Boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel Yields by 12% in Major Te... stocktitan.net |
| Martijn van Koten | executive vice president of fuels and feedstock | OMV | 10 | 2023-10-20 OMV and Ryanair Sign Offtake Agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel biofuels-news.com |
| Martin Thomsen | CEO of Air bp | Air bp, bp | 10 | 2022-03-21 Neste and bp Supply DHL with Sustainable Aviation Fuel biomassmagazine.com |
| Michael Sargeant | | Neste, Renewable Aviation business unit at Neste | 10 | 2023-10-01 Neste and Viva Aerobus Sign New Purchase Agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel hydrocarbonprocessing.com |
| Nicholas Flanders | Co-Founder and CEO (also CEO, co-founder and CEO) | Twelve | 10 | 2024-04-18 Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance Announces Largest-Ever SAF Certificate Purchase biobased-diesel.com |
| Pam Fletcher | Chief Sustainability Officer | Delta Air Lines, Delta, Delta Airlines | 10 | 2023-06-20 Sen. Raphael Warnock introduces bill to boost sustainable aviation fuel production biomassmagazine.com |
| Robert Schuetzle | CEO | Infinium | 10 | 2024-12-04 IAG Continues to Go Big on e-SAF as it Inks 10-Year Offtake Agreement with Infinium greenairnews.com |
| Sir Richard Branson | founder (also Founder) | Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Group | 10 | 2023-12-11 Heathrow CEO Calls for Scale-Up in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production thisismoney.co.uk |
| Todd Becker | President, CEO and Director | Green Plains, Green Plains Incorporated | 10 | 2023-08-29 Corn-Based Ethanol Crucial for Meeting Biden's SAF Production Targets marketscreener.com |
| Angie Craig | | U.S. House of Representatives, House of Representatives, U.S. Government | 9 | 2024-03-31 Sustainable Aviation Fuel's Carbon Footprint Analysis Still Pending, Affecting Farm Country startribune.com |
| Anna Mascolo | | Shell Aviation, Shell | 9 | 2021-10-01 Shell Aviation and American Express GBT Collaborate to Boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel ... biomassmagazine.com |
| Ben Owens | | Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions, Honeywell | 9 | 2022-03-01 Honeywell and bp Sign Licensing Agreement for Ecofining Technology biofuels-news.com |
| Bernard Pinatel | president of refining and chemicals (also President of Refining and Chemicals) | TotalEnergies, Total Energies, TotalEnergies Refining and Chemicals | 9 | 2023-06-08 TotalEnergies Steps Up SAF Production at Grandpuits Site biofuels-news.com |
| Carl Nyberg | executive vice president (also Executive Vice President, Renewable Platform, executive vice-president) | Neste | 9 | 2023-10-01 Neste and Air Canada Sign Agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply biofuels-news.com |
| Corrado De Gasperis | CEO | Comstock Inc., Comstock Mining Inc., Haley Comstock Inc. | 9 | 2024-09-19 Comstock Inc. Announces New Revenue Contracts and Financing for Clean Energy Initiatives globenewswire.com |
| Duncan Storey | | World Fuel Services | 9 | 2023-10-01 easyJet Signs MoU for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply with Braathens Renavia, Mana Gro... biofuels-news.com |
| Ed Bolen | | National Business Aviation Association, NBAA, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) | 9 | 2024-11-17 NBAA Challenges Flawed Environmental Study on Business Aviation's Sustainability Efforts aero-news.net |
| Ed Mason | CEO | Jet Zero Australia, Jet Zero, JetZero | 9 | 2023-10-01 Jet Zero Australia Secures $14 Million Grant for Project Ulysses biofuels-news.com |
| Jean Sentenac | | Axens | 9 | 2023-07-24 ECARU, Qalaa Holdings, and Axens Collaborate for SAF Production in Egypt hydrocarbonprocessing.com |
| Jeff Ovens | COO (also Managing Director for the UK and Europe) | SAF One, Fulcrum BioEnergy U.K., Cathay Pacific Airways | 9 | 2024-02-27 SAF One Partners with Kent for Technology Licensing Review of First SPK Plant biofuels-news.com |
| John Nelson | | BBI International, Biomass Magazine, Ethanol Producer Magazine | 9 | 2023-05-01 BBI International collaborates with CAAFI for the first North American SAF Conference & Expo biomassmagazine.com |
| Kiri Hannifin | Chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer (also executive position focused on sustainability) | Air New Zealand | 9 | 2024-12-19 Neste to Supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Air New Zealand Marking Airline’s Largest ... neste.com |
| Michael Rousseau | President and CEO | Air Canada | 9 | 2023-10-01 Neste and Air Canada Sign Agreement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply biofuels-news.com |
| Sara Bogdan | | JetBlue | 9 | 2024-04-18 Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance Announces Largest-Ever SAF Certificate Purchase biobased-diesel.com |
| Simon Burr | | Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace | 9 | 2023-11-28 Virgin Atlantic’s Historic Flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel Takes Off biofuels-news.com |
| Steve Heapy | CEO (also CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays) | Jet2, Jet2.com, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays | 9 | 2023-04-28 Jet2 invests in new sustainable aviation fuel production plant biomassmagazine.com |
| Tim Portz | | BBI International, Pellet Fuels Institute, Not specified | 9 | 2023-05-01 BBI International collaborates with CAAFI for the first North American SAF Conference & Expo biomassmagazine.com |
