Grant Zimmerman

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & DIRECTOR

Grant Zimmerman is CEO and Director of Amp Americas. He joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2015 and assumed the role of CEO in 2016. 

As CEO, Grant reimagined the company’s business model by divesting its network of CNG fueling stations and creating and executing an innovative dairy RNG development strategy. Under Grant’s leadership, Amp Americas has developed some of the largest and most productive dairy biogas-to-renewable gas facilities in the country, received the first dairy waste-to-vehicle fuel pathway certified by the US EPA and by California's Air Resources Board (CARB). During his tenure Amp has prevented 655,000 metric tons of greenhouse emissions, equivalent to removing 120,000 cars off the road for one year. 

In 2019, Grant led the successful closing of Amp Americas’ second round of private equity funding and the recapitalization of Amp’s original investments delivering nearly three times return for Amp’s private equity investors in less than two years. He subsequently raised $75 million in private equity growth capital to bring the company’s unique expertise and capability in RNG development, operations, services and marketing to other biogas producers, fleets, and their capital partners. Amp Americas now operates facilities on 12 dairies, processing waste from nearly 100,000 cows.

Prior to joining Amp Americas, Grant was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company in the Global Energy and Materials and Corporate Finance practices where he served clients in strategy and operations. Before McKinsey, Grant served in commercial and finance roles with Enron and the Enron bankruptcy estate. 

Grant earned his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, graduating with high honors. He also holds a MPA and BBA, Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.