AST Group / About

Technology united by one purpose: make waste valuable.

AST brings advanced physics, chemistry and project delivery together to turn difficult waste into clean energy, renewable fuels and useful materials.

14
Core team members
7
Integrated platforms
3
Active countries

Waste is not the end of a story. It is the beginning of the next system. AST builds that system.

Built for delivery

Complete projects connect feedstock, technology, operations and valuable outputs.

Integrated by design

Power, fuels, materials and storage strengthen one another inside a connected platform.

Adapted locally

Every solution responds to the waste, energy and market needs of its location.

Circular by outcome

Residual matter returns to the economy as useful energy, molecules and materials.

Progress, made tangible.

Integrated platform established

AST formed to connect waste conversion, fuels, materials and storage.

Circular material production

Patented RWCM™ moves from recovered waste into an industrial storage medium.

Island energy pathway

A resilient circular-power program advances in the United States.

Thermal storage pilot

A 0.5 MWh pathway advances long-duration storage in Israel.

Global development platform

Circular infrastructure advances across Israel, India and the United States.

The people behind the platform

Built to originate. Structured to deliver.

14 multidisciplinary leaders

AST combines plant operations, project finance, infrastructure delivery, public-sector navigation and deep engineering inside one cross-border team.

Founder · Executive leadershipDL

Dan Levin

Chief Executive Officer · Managing Director

A biochemical engineer and cleantech entrepreneur with more than 15 years in waste management, hazardous-waste treatment and process operations. Dan combines project origination with hands-on experience in plant construction, process optimization, compliance and industrial execution.

Capital · StructuringHL

Hanan Levin

Chief Financial Officer

An international-finance and capital-markets executive with more than 20 years of experience. His background includes institutional fixed income, portfolio advisory and risk analysis, supported by economics studies at Yale and an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler.

Infrastructure · OperationsNR

Nir Raz

Chief Operations Officer

An infrastructure and business-development leader with approximately three decades across public and private projects in Israel and internationally. His experience spans finance, agrotech, renewable energy and rail infrastructure.

Legal · GovernanceBT

Bat-Chen Taitz

Chief Legal Officer

A commercial attorney and Israel Bar member since 2012 with experience in commercial law and civil litigation. She leads transaction support, contractual risk, corporate governance and dispute strategy for AST.

Markets · PartnershipsGM

Gery Michaeli

Director of Business Development · Shareholder

A business-development, fundraising and investment executive with more than 30 years across technology ventures. His background includes service as Israel’s Commercial Counsel in New York and on the U.S. East Coast and a regional-management role at the BIRD Foundation.

Construction · Industrial deliveryRE

Raed Elias

Director · G.R.S. Metals

Founder and CEO of G.R.S. Metals and an industrial-construction partner to AST. He brings more than 30 years in the planning, engineering and construction of chemical, recycling and waste-processing facilities.

Global delivery · Major projectsJV

Jason Le Vesconte

Global Projects Director

A global project-execution leader with more than three decades in complex energy operations. His career includes senior leadership across Halliburton, Schlumberger, Weatherford, Eni and Helios Environmental Advanced Technologies.

Engineering and execution

Depth where projects become real.

Open each profile to see the operating disciplines behind AST’s PMO, commercial delivery, electrical systems, commissioning and technology development.

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PMO · Capital projects

Sanjay Gautam

PMO Director

An engineer with approximately 40 years across capital projects, utilities, substations, power generation, HVAC, refrigeration, water systems and energy conservation. He brings mature PMO control, engineering coordination and field-execution rigor.

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Power · Utility scale

Vijay Gupta

Senior Projects Manager

A power-sector executive with more than 40 years across coal, gas and wind assets in India. His experience includes CEO, COO and board roles, EPC accountability, regulatory approvals, fundraising, grid integration and oversight of large generation portfolios.

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India · Commercial operations

Karan Taneja

Director of Commercial Operations

A commercial operator across manufacturing, distribution and waste and renewable-energy ventures in India. He contributes local execution networks, SPV management, import and sales oversight and practical commercial implementation.

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Energy markets · Offtake

Praveen Pandey

Marketing Director

An energy and industrial-operations executive with nearly four decades of experience. His background includes senior leadership at Indraprastha Gas, responsibility across a major CNG-station and pipeline network, and exposure to fertilizer and glass manufacturing.

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Electrical · Automation

Manuprasad Prasad Chandran

Electrical Engineering Manager

An electrical and communications engineer with more than 16 years across automation, plant engineering, safety systems and operational improvement. He adds practical electrical leadership, controls discipline and safety-centered implementation.

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Thermal systems · Start-up

Shashwat Gautam

Thermal Systems and Commissioning Engineer

A commissioning and O&M specialist with more than 18 years across boilers, waste-fuel combustion, thermal-oil and steam systems, controls, instrumentation and performance testing in India and the Middle East.

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R&D · Process development

Vinoth Chelladurai

R&D Manager

An advanced process and chemical-engineering researcher with multidisciplinary training in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, energy recovery and materials. His work supports technology validation, process development and waste-treatment engineering refinement.

Investors and strategic shareholders

Patient capital. Practical capability.

AST’s investor base brings complementary perspectives across impact, long-term operating ownership, value investing, industrial construction and energy-transition technologies.

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CoPeace

Impact investment platform

Founded by Craig Jonas, Ph.D., CoPeace combines institutional-grade diligence with active portfolio support. Its current strategy emphasizes lower-middle-market companies with measurable impact, control investment and board-level governance.

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JLK Benton

Long-term operating capital

Founded in 2023 by Jay and Jon Koster, JLK Benton is a family-run investment organization built around long-term ownership of purpose-driven operating companies. Its principals combine large-scale capital-markets leadership with entrepreneurship in energy, utilities, sustainability and real estate.

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Kahn Brothers Group

KAHNBRO · Contrarian value investor

Established in 1978 by Irving Kahn, Thomas Graham Kahn and Alan Kahn, the New York firm serves institutional and high-net-worth clients through investment-management and brokerage businesses. Its philosophy centers on margin of safety, patient capital appreciation and alignment with clients.

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G.R.S. Metals

Industrial investor · Execution partner

G.R.S. Metals brings the perspective of an industrial owner-operator as well as capital. Led by founder and CEO Raed Elias, the Israeli contractor contributes decades of experience in heavy fabrication, piping, equipment installation and construction of chemical, recycling and waste-processing facilities.

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GoSmart Capital

Energy-transition investor

GoSmart Capital contributes an energy-transition perspective shaped by more than three decades across solar, wind, waste-to-fuel, energy storage and grid-monitoring technologies. Its relevance to AST is the ability to assess integrated technology through both investment and deployment lenses.

Four offices. One operating model.

Connect with AST at info@ast-cleantech.com.

Rehovot, Israel

Technology integration and circular-infrastructure development across Israel.

Tirupati, India

Project development and technology delivery across India.

Brooklyn, NY

North American project development and strategic partnerships.

Villa Park, CA

Commercial development and technology partnerships across the United States.