Pat Eilers
Executive Chairman
Pat Eilers was appointed as a Director of AirJoule Technologies Corporation following the consummation of the merger between AirJoule Technologies LLC and Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp in March 2024. Prior to the merger, Mr. Eilers served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. Mr. Eilers is the founder and has served since 2019 as the Managing Partner of TEP, a private equity firm focused on the energy & power transition, in particular its impact on the electrical grid, with an expertise in (i) renewable energy, (ii) energy storage, technology, equipment & services, and (iii) transitional energy infrastructure. Mr. Eilers has over 20 years of investment experience focused on the energy & power transition. Mr. Eilers served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of XPDI I from December 2020 until the completion of its merger with Core Scientific in January 2022. Prior to founding TEP, Mr. Eilers was a Managing Director on the BlackRock Infrastructure Platform, where he also served as an Investment Committee member for BlackRock’s Global Renewable Power Fund, Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund, and chaired the Energy & Power Private Equity Fund. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2016, he also worked at Madison Dearborn Partners overseeing the firm’s energy, power, and chemicals practices for 10 years. Mr. Eilers earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
