CarbonCure Technologies has announced that Onne van der Weijde has been elected chair of its board of directors.
Van der Weijde first joined the carbon utilization technology company’s board in 2024 and has served as board vice chair since 2025.
A veteran construction materials executive with 30 years of global industry experience, van der Weijde previously served as president, Europe & Asia at CRH, one of the largest vertically integrated materials and construction companies in the world.
Van der Weijde succeeds William (Bill) Holden as board chair. Since 2014, Holden has extensively contributed to CarbonCure’s strong commercial performance across North America and beyond, as a board director, as the company’s vice president of sales, as chair of CarbonCure’s Industry Advisory Council, and, most recently, as board chair.
A category leader in carbon utilization technologies for the concrete industry, CarbonCure’s tech solution enables concrete producers to achieve operational savings while reducing the global warming potential (GWP) of their concrete products. Using CO₂ captured from industrial and biogenic sources, the company’s carbon mineralization systems inject CO₂ during the concrete mixing process where it immediately and permanently mineralizes.
This process improves the microstructure of the concrete while maintaining required compressive strength. The result is lower cement material costs, lower embodied carbon and more opportunities to supply sustainable construction projects. With hundreds of systems deployed in more than 20 countries, CarbonCure’s producer partners have delivered more than 11 million truckloads of lower carbon concrete to thousands of construction projects worldwide.
“I am honoured to step in as the chair of the board of CarbonCure Technologies. Its seamless, drop-in innovation gives concrete producers a proven way to reduce cement costs and maintain mix performance, putting captured CO₂ to work like any admixture,” said Van der Weijde. “The global scale this team has achieved to date is remarkable, and I look forward to supporting CarbonCure’s continued market traction and growth worldwide.”
“Onne is the ideal person to lead our Board into this next chapter. Having worked alongside him at Holcim, CRH and now CarbonCure, I know firsthand the depth of his industry expertise and his ability to drive results at scale,” said CarbonCure CEO Yuliya Kravtsov. “I also want to express my profound gratitude to Bill Holden. His industry knowledge and unwavering belief in CarbonCure’s technologies for more than a decade helped build the foundation we stand on today.”
“I feel tremendously grateful for the opportunity to serve this company and to support its mission. What’s been most rewarding has been building strong relationships with the talented team and visionary concrete producers behind CarbonCure’s success,” said Holden. “As I reflect on the past 12 years, I also look ahead with great optimism about the future. I have every confidence that, as chair, Onne brings the exact experience and insight needed to accelerate CarbonCure’s global expansion.”
