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Ben Veres is an environmental technology entrepreneur and executive who serves as a director on the board of CH4 Natural Solutions Corporation (NYSE: MTNE), a Cayman Islands-exempted blank check company that priced a $200 million IPO in May 2026. He is also affiliated with the SPAC's sponsor group through CH4 Natural Solutions Acquisition Sponsor Manager LLC. Veres was appointed as an independent director of the SPAC following its offering, with his board term set to expire at the company's first annual meeting. His appointment was driven by his deep experience and leadership in the environmental technology sector, particularly in carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, and livestock management technologies.
Professionally, Veres currently holds the position of Senior Director of Land Partnerships at Cultivo Land PBC, a role he assumed following Cultivo's acquisition of Kateri Environmental Corp. (also known as Kateri Carbon) in December 2025. Veres co-founded Kateri in April 2023 alongside Kevin Silverman, whom he met while both worked at Vence Corp. As Chief Executive Officer of Kateri from April 2023 to November 2025, Veres led the company in developing tech-enabled carbon and biodiversity projects for global grasslands through improved livestock management. Kateri provided ranchers with infrastructure, virtual fencing technology, soil sampling, and advisory services, enabling them to generate and sell carbon credits through rigorous protocols such as Verra's VM0032 and the Climate Action Reserve's Soil Enrichment Protocol. Under his leadership, Kateri raised approximately $3.1 million and was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Impact list for 2025. Veres presented Kateri's carbon grazing program at industry events such as the Wyoming Stock Growers Association Winter Roundup Convention, advocating for ranchers to unlock natural capital through carbon credits while maintaining 70 to 75 percent profit shares for producers.
Prior to founding Kateri, Veres served as Chief Strategy Officer at Vence Corp. from February 2022 to April 2023, where he focused on go-to-market strategy, early team build-out, and new verticals for the largest livestock virtual fencing solution. During his tenure, Vence helped bring virtual fencing to more than a million acres of rangeland and was acquired by the Animal Health division of Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) in October 2022. Veres continued in his role during the integration into Merck Animal Health before departing to launch Kateri. Before Vence, he worked on early commercialization and strategy for autonomous vehicles at Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Nasdaq: AUR) from March 2020 to February 2022, a period that included Aurora's acquisition of Uber's ATG group and its own business combination with a SPAC. Veres began his career across finance and consulting at McKinsey & Co., Goldman Sachs, and Citadel. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. Beyond his professional pursuits, Veres is an accomplished mountaineer who summited Mount Everest in 2021.
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