About Us

CPMTP Team

Terri Sun

Co-founder, Director, CEO, Business Development

terri@carbonpoweredmineral.com.au

Terri helps businesses transform agricultural and forestry waste into profitable, sustainable biochar products through insightful consulting on technology, production systems, and market strategy.

With 8+ years specializing in biochar technology and 25+ years in senior finance roles across multinational corporations, Terri brings a unique combination of deep technical knowledge and business acumen to every project. Terri understands not just the science of pyrolysis and biochar production, but the economics that make projects viable.

Ken Kerr

Co-founder, Director, CMO, General Manager

ken@carbonpoweredmineral.com.au
+61 (0) 403 828 876

Ken has dedicated the majority of his career to the international heavy machinery trade. He spent nine years as a Senior Manager at the prestigious Japanese trading house, Sumitomo Corporation, where he oversaw the machinery department. Building on this foundation, Ken founded and operated a successful machinery trading business for over 20 years, specializing in asphalt, earthmoving, and agricultural equipment. Since 2019 to present by applying his extensive commercial expertise to the biochar business, Ken has been an important force in the growth and strategic success of CPMTP.

Paul Kerr

Director, COO

paul@carbonpoweredmineral.com.au
+61 (0) 412 848 553

With over 25 years of experience as a qualified mechanic, Paul has built an extensive background in heavy machinery, specializing in the maintenance and optimization of asphalt, earthmoving, and agricultural equipment. In 2019, Paul transitioned his deep mechanical expertise into the pyrolysis industry, where he has since become one of the most proficient professionals in the field. His comprehensive understanding of pyrolysis systems—from complex hardware operation to technological integration—makes him a leading expert in the sector. Paul is currently spearheading the implementation of several high-impact projects scheduled for rollout this year.

Xiaojun Yin

Chairman & CEO of HYDE / Manufacturing Partner

As a mechanical and thermal energy engineer, I have specialized in the research, development, design, and manufacturing of drying equipment since 1995. In 2018, I expanded into designing and manufacturing continuous pyrolysis systems for biochar production. Drawing on my extensive thermal energy expertise and mechanical manufacturing experience, I developed an innovative approach that transforms standalone pyrolysis equipment into integrated multifunctional systems that maximize utilization of all pyrolysis outputs—both biochar and thermal energy. These comprehensive systems encompass biomass drying, biochar production, cooling and humidification, biochar-based fertilizer manufacturing, and thermal energy recovery and reuse. Each system can be flexibly configured to meet specific customer requirements.

Don Coyne

External Consultant

Don brings over 25 years’ experience in horticulture, training, and environmental industries, specialising in biochar market development and carbon-powered mineral applications. As founder of Byron Biochar, he connects suppliers, councils, and industry partners to fast-track waste-to-value and carbon removal projects. A former President of ANZBI and founder of the Australia New Zealand Biochar Conference, Don plays a key role at CPMT in industry engagement, project development, and market activation across emerging circular economy and decarbonisation sectors.

Our commitment

We made commitment to the biochar business in late 2017. It has been fairly a long journey that has been incredibly challenging, learning curve has been especially steep. The poem on the right-hand side truly reflects our journey. We are however getting closer everyday to where we strive to achieve.

We aim to pioneer the development of biochar production technology and systems, as well as value-added biochar-based products.

Our uniquely developed in depth experience, insights and skills over the past years can certainly be valuable and useful for the biochar industry which is still in its infancy stage.

Biochar production technologies and equipment: from front-end material (feedstorck) handling and drying, to pyrolysis operation (critical knowledge and skills), to back-end biochar discharge, cooling and storage, to biochar-based products production, etc. We are willing to provide advice and assistance on various level of the technology that can perform the task to meet customers’ specific requirements that often relate to the feedstock that they deal with.
Biochar-based products: over the past years we produced quite extensively various type of the biochar / CCM based products which are differently formulated and require different processes, for R&D projects purpose, as well as for meeting our customers’ specific requiremets, we have in depth knowledge in the product formulation, production processes, and to finish the product to meet end-users’ needs.

We look forward to speaking to people whom we can assist. Please find our contact details in the Contact page.