About
About
About
Company Background
Company Background
Company Background
Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology
Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology
Built at the Intersection of Real Estate, Energy, and Technology
Riven Global Holdings exists because a handful of people who'd spent their careers building things — real estate portfolios, energy infrastructure, industrial facilities — kept running into the same overlooked problem: waste that had nowhere good to go, and energy demand that had nowhere fast enough to come from.
So we set out to change that and we built Riven to solve both at once. What started as a shared conviction — that waste and energy didn't have to be treated as separate problems — has grown into an exclusively licensed, patented technology platform and a team with decades of combined experience across real estate, energy, and industrial construction, now converting waste into power at operating sites across the Philippines, and beyond.
Our Story
Why We Started Riven
Riven began with a simple observation: the same regions generating the most waste were often the ones facing the sharpest energy shortages — and the technology capable of solving both had never been deployed at the cost and speed the problem actually demanded.
Our founding team brought together decades of experience across real estate development, energy markets, and industrial construction to change that.
Our Story
Why We Started Riven
Riven began with a simple observation: the same regions generating the most waste were often the ones facing the sharpest energy shortages — and the technology capable of solving both had never been deployed at the cost and speed the problem actually demanded.
Our founding team brought together decades of experience across real estate development, energy markets, and industrial construction to change that.

"No more landfills in our backyard — prove it's clean before you build."
"No more landfills in our backyard — prove it's clean before you build."
— Barangay Captain
— Barangay Captain
Cutcut, Tarlac
Cutcut, Tarlac
Mission and Vision
Mission and Vision
Mission and Vision
The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about
The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about
The reason we started, and the future we’re excited about
Mission
Vision
We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.

Mission
Vision
We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.
Mission
Vision
We believe waste isn't just a problem to be managed — it's an underused resource sitting in plain sight. Our mission is to reduce costly waste streams by converting them into high-value assets, replace fossil fuel dependence with technology that earns its way on cost and performance alone, and shorten the distance between "we have a waste problem" and "we have a working power plant" from years to months.
Our Values
Our Values
Our Values
The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction
The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction
The principles that keep Riven building in the right direction
Proven, Not Promised
Seventeen years of real operating history back this technology. We don't ask anyone to take a leap of faith on unproven science — the only open question is execution, and that's ours to prove site by site.
Proven, Not Promised
Seventeen years of real operating history back this technology. We don't ask anyone to take a leap of faith on unproven science — the only open question is execution, and that's ours to prove site by site.
Built to Earn Trust, Not Assume It
Non-incineration by design, transparent about what goes in and what comes out. Communities have seen this kind of promise broken before — our job is to be the exception, not the exception that proves the rule.
Built to Earn Trust, Not Assume It
Non-incineration by design, transparent about what goes in and what comes out. Communities have seen this kind of promise broken before — our job is to be the exception, not the exception that proves the rule.
Flexible by Necessity
Waste doesn't arrive sorted and predictable. Our technology handles plastics, sludge, food waste, and more without needing a different system for each — because real-world deployment can't afford to be picky.
Flexible by Necessity
Waste doesn't arrive sorted and predictable. Our technology handles plastics, sludge, food waste, and more without needing a different system for each — because real-world deployment can't afford to be picky.
Team Members
Team Members
Team Members
Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.
Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.
Institutional and operating experience across the asset lifecycle.
Riven's leadership combines asset-based investing, institutional real estate, energy markets and large-scale industrial development.

Geoff Hawkins
General Partner
The Financier
35+ years: asset based investments. Deep experience in global fixed assets & opportunistic investments. Specialty in emerging asset classes.


Hazel Mann
General Partner
The Strategist
25+ years in real estate. Property Tech Industry Leader. Oversaw tech for 6th largest global office owner, 4th largest medical


Kevin Westergaard
Chief Commercial Officer
The Technologist
15+ years in the energy space. Global expertise in energy markets. Led internal investments in international renewable technologies.


Jason Beck
Head of Construction
The Builder
25+ years in industrial development. Directed US-Mexico growth. Expertise in sustainable, large scale industrial manufacturing/life sciences


Geoff Hawkins
General Partner
The Financier
35+ years: asset based investments. Deep experience in global fixed assets & opportunistic investments. Specialty in emerging asset classes.


Hazel Mann
General Partner
The Strategist
25+ years in real estate. Property Tech Industry Leader. Oversaw tech for 6th largest global office owner, 4th largest medical


Kevin Westergaard
Chief Commercial Officer
The Technologist
15+ years in the energy space. Global expertise in energy markets. Led internal investments in international renewable technologies.


Jason Beck
Head of Construction
The Builder
25+ years in industrial development. Directed US-Mexico growth. Expertise in sustainable, large scale industrial manufacturing/life sciences

Private Infrastructure for Renewable Energy
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© 2026 Riven Global Holdings LLC. Designed by Brandsmiths Marketing.
Private Infrastructure for Renewable Energy
M-F: 9:00A - 6:00P
© 2026 Riven Global Holdings LLC. Designed by Brandsmiths Marketing.
Private Infrastructure for Renewable Energy
M-F: 9:00A - 6:00P
© 2026 Riven Global Holdings LLC. Designed by Brandsmiths Marketing.




