The SAF Podcast
Welcome to The SAF Podcast, the only podcast on the internet that exclusively covers sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). So if you want to find out the real issues and challenges are for commercialising and scaling SAF production, look no further.
Every week we will be hearing from senior industry leaders who are actively shaping the future of SAF and aviation.
Hosted by Oscar Henderson and brought to you by the team at SAF Investor. Connect with us at www.safinvestor.com
Episodes
102 episodes
The SAF World Cup
Getting fully behind World Cup fever, SAF Investor is running The SAF World Cup.Gathering experts from different countries, we will be running a knock out style bracket to find the most promising SAF country in the world. Decided by popu...
Dan Sutton, Syntholene: Building on a volcano and betting on geothermal
In this episode, we sit down with Dan Sutton, CEO and co-founder of Syntholene, to explore their geothermally integrated synthetic fuel production technology currently being developed in Iceland.Dan explains why geothermal energy is such...
Mikala Grubb, Topsoe: The 100th episode and tech behind a third of the world's SAF
For the 100th episode of The SAF Podcast, we're joined by Mikala Grubb, Senior Vice President of Technologies, Topsoe — one of the world's leading catalysis and technology companies, whose technology produces an estimated third of all the SAF a...
Adam Forsyth, Longspur Capital: Khaki is the new green
Adam Forsyth, founder of Longspur Capital joins for the latest episode of The SAF Podcast. A leading voice in clean energy investment, we explore how sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fits into the broader energy transition — and what it will tak...
Alasdair Lumsden, Carbon Neutral Fuels: Ctrl C, Ctrl V-ing future of eSAF
In this episode, we sit down with Alasdair Lumsden, co-founder of Carbon Neutral Fuels, to explore how taking a screwdriver to a VCR led to his time in tech entrepreneurship, which eventually ended up in the world of sustainable aviation fuel.&...
Vinesh Sinha, Fathopes Energy: Revolutionising glorified rubbish collection
This week's episode sees Vinesh Sinha, CEO, FatHopes Energy, joins Oscar Henderson for a conversation on the SAF Podcast. Vinesh Sinha dropped out of university in 2007, inspired by a Top Gear episode, and built FatHopes Energy int...
Shubhda Kaushik, Alternative Energy Company: Bankability and The Decisive Decade
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Shubhda Kaushik, managing director & chief executive officer, Alternative Energy Company, to explore what it really takes to move sustainable aviation fuel projects from ambiti...
Noaman Al Adhami, Alfanar Projects: Lighting the way for 2G SAF
Noaman Al Adhami, UK Country Head at Alfanar Projects, is this week's guest on The SAF Podcast. He joins Oscar for a discussion into Lighthouse Green Fuels — one of the UK’s most closely watched sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) proje...
Patrick Sieb, Climate Tech Partners: Getting into the weeds of VC due diligence and corporate partnerships
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Patrick Sieb, Managing Partner at Climate Tech Partners, for a conversation on what it really takes to finance and scale sustainable aviation fuel. From Series A climate tech investing to c...
Nico Nicholas, ZEERO Group: One person's waste is another one's treasure
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Nico Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Zeero Group, for a discussion on the commercial and strategic realities of scaling the Hydrothermal Liquefaction SAF pathway. The conversation goes beyo...
Maria Whittaker, Abra Group: The quest for SAF in Latin America
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar is joined by Maria Whittaker, Corporate Responsibility Officer at Abra Group — the airline group behind Avianca and GOL, serving nearly 70 million passengers across Latin America.Maria unpac...
Kenneth Hill, BioCarbon Strategies: Deciphering SAF's Alphabetti Spaghetti
Kenneth Hill, BioCarbon Strategies joins us for this episode of The SAF Podcast as we knee deep in the alphabet soup of North American tax policy. Ken brings unique insight as a former U.S. Department of Energy financing official wh...
Jan Toscka, Zaffra: Realising the romantic potential of eSAF
This episode of The SAF Podcast sees Jan Toschka, CEO at Zaffra, join Oscar for a wide ranging discussion on the potential of eSAF and the Power-to-Liquid pathway.Jan brings 27 years of energy sector experience—including leading Shell A...
Green Finance Institute - The personal trainers for SAF project finance
In this episode, we dive deep into the financing challenges and solutions driving the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry forward with Mahesh Roy, Programme Director, SAF at the Green Finance Institute. Mahesh shares his uniqu...
DG Fuels - Strategy at the heart of everything
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar sits down with Chris Chaput — a former Northwest Airlines executive, Morgan Stanley investment banker, and airline restructuring specialist — to unpack how DG Fuels is not just developing a SAF pro...
FGE NexantECA - The building blocks for SAF project development
This week's episode of The SAF Podcast sees Clive Gibson and Connie Lo from FGE NexantECA join Oscar.This episode is a must listen if you want a blueprint of how to develop a SAF project, what separates investable SAF projects from optim...
Dana Shoukroun, Invest Through Flying - Wearing lab coats and enabling nuclear
This week Dana Shoukroun, Invest Through Flying is our guest on The SAF Podcast. The conversation is a wide ranging one covering the cost of compliance, why purchasing SAF now will pay dividends in the future and how growing SAF has...
Future Energy Global - SAF's new year's resolutions for 2026
This week Natasha Mann, Future Energy Global (FEG) comes back on the Podcast to discuss her busy last few years, we wrap up SAF in 2025 and look forward to what to expect from 2026. We begin by looking at all the deals FEG have sign...
Fedex - Shipping your cargo on SAF
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Mike Fulton, Project Aircraft Engineer at FedEx and widely known as “The SAF Guy,” for a deep-dive conversation on how one of the world’s largest cargo airlines is approaching sustainable a...
BookBetter - Bringing SAF to the forefront of travel booking
We kick off 2026 on the podcast with a great conversation with Nicolas Guillaume and Louis Lammertyn from BookBetter. The platform integrates sustainability costs directly into flight pricing, offering travelers 100% SAF options and...
The SAF Podcast: National Laboratory of the Rockies - Aligning academia and industry
The final episode of 2025 brings a fresh perspective as The SAF Podcast welcomes its first Academic, Alon Lidor from the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).Alon shares his fascinating j...
The SAF Podcast: Avioxx - Developing cleantech and the learnings from fintech
On this week's episode of The SAF Podcast Chris Hancock, Avioxx joins Oscar to share their waste-to-fuel technology and their UK project development strategy. Chris begins by sharing his journey from fintech entrepreneur to cleantec...
The SAF Podcast: Nexen Biosystems - How celebrity tequila brands are helping develop next gen SAF
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar Henderson sits down with Hamid, Francis and Sergio from Nexen Biosystems to explore one of the most unconventional and interesting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstocks emerging today...
The SAF Podcast: Exolum - Stocking the shelves for SAF's superhighway
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar Henderson welcomes back Gorka Penalva, Exolum, to discuss the company’s latest milestone — the launch of its new SAF blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in the UK. Gorka share...
The SAF Podcast: Alaska Airlines - Focusing on what you can control
In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Diana Birkett Rakow, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Alaska Airlines and incoming CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, joins Oscar for a deep dive into how th...