Brightmark announces new chief financial officer

San Francisco-based Brightmark, a global waste solutions company, has announced the appointment of Justin Goldstein as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer.

“I’m excited to join a company at the forefront of designing solutions aimed to achieve circularity at scale,” Goldstein says. “Brightmark is well-positioned in the market to address the rapidly maturing sectors of renewable natural gas and complex plastics recycling with a proprietary waste recovery technology that is best-in-class. There is an environmental crisis at play currently, and the entire industry is looking for a solution to the global plastics problem.”

He will oversee Brightmark’s financial growth, market expansion and critical investment strategy as the company continues to scale its renewable natural gas (RNG) and advanced recycling operations and partnerships.

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“Justin’s depth of expertise and passion for sustainable finance that propels circular industries forward aligns deeply with our mission to reimagine waste,” Brightmark founder and CEO Bob Powell says. “He joins us at a time of dynamic growth at Brightmark, and we look forward to his vital contributions to our bright future ahead.”

Goldstein joins Brightmark after a career in sustainable finance at New York City-based Goldman Sachs, where he recently served as vice president of the Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking Group of its Investment Banking Division. For more than 20 years, he advised clients ranging from public-private partnerships to utilities and infrastructure on equity financing, derivatives, commodities, structured products and strategic transactions. He created an energy transition team that oversaw the firm’s first financing projects for RNG and advanced recycling clients.