Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020032
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Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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#### Ernest Miller
has served as Chief Executive Officer since February 2023 and as our chief financial officer (“

### Chief Financial Officer
”) from February 2023 through October 2024. Mr. Miller previously served as the chief executive officer at Intermediate (as defined below) from August 2020 until February 2023. Mr. Miller has over 25 years of experience in the commodity-driven energy sector. From September 2017 to August 2020, Mr. Miller served as the chief financial officer and chief commercial officer at Primus Green Energy, Inc. (“

#### Primus
”). Prior to joining Primus, Mr. Miller served as chief financial officer for Rodeo Resources Incorporated (“

#### Rodeo Resources
”) from 2004 to 2017, a company that invested in operated and non-operated E&P midstream and mineral interests from North America, South America and West Africa. Prior to joining Rodeo Resources, Mr. Miller served as an asset manager and director of finance at Calpine Corporation from 1997 to 2002, where he developed and financed over 4,500 MW of industrial cogeneration facilities at six locations representing more than $4.0 billion in capital investment. Mr. Miller earned a Master of Natural Resources from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of the South.

#### George Burdette
has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2024. Mr. Burdette is responsible for all aspects of finance for the Company. Mr. Burdette has over 15 years of financial, commercial, corporate development, and investment management experience. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Burdette served as chief financial officer of Arbor Renewable Gas (“

#### Arbor
”) from December 2022 through September 2024, a private equity owned renewable fuels platform. Prior to Arbor, Mr. Burdette served as chief financial officer of Itafos Conda Phospate Operations (“

#### Itafos
”) from April 2018 through October 2022, a publicly traded, global phosphate fertilizer producer (TSX-V: IFOS). Prior to Itafos, Mr. Burdette was head of project finance at First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), where he was responsible for project finance and commercial initiatives in the U.S., Latin America, and South Africa. Prior to First Solar, Mr. Bur