Leadership

Michael S. Luther is a seasoned corporate finance and special situations investor with over four decades of experience spanning private equity, venture capital, and structured finance. With a strong track record across transactions ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion, he has advised major global institutions, led complex cross-border deals, and driven value creation across energy, industrial, technology, and financial sectors.

Mike currently serves as Founder and Chairman of NuCore Isotopes, Inc., where he is leading the commercialization of high-value medical isotopes through a network of licensed research reactors and cyclotrons across the United States and abroad. NuCore operates as a majority-owned subsidiary of Elemental Nuclear Energy Corp., where Mike also holds a founding role focused on next-generation nuclear microreactor development.

Earlier in his career, Mike advised the World Bank, IMF, Citibank, Chase, and a range of Asian and Gulf-region financial institutions on post-crisis and developing market projects. He worked on the landmark RJR Nabisco LBO, advised the largest shareholder of VF Corp. on a leveraged recapitalization, and led a $55 million MBO of Transaction System Architects that produced a $1 billion Goldman Sachs IPO valuation. He and partner Dan Koch were among the largest pre-institutional shareholders of Move, Inc., owner of realtor.com. In 2002, Mike co-launched Deutsche Bank's North American Special Situations group with Paddy Shanahan, originating structured investments across automotive, telecom, and direct marketing sectors, including the Alamo National Car Rental acquisition with Cerberus. He subsequently developed a cross-border private equity practice within Deutsche Bank's DeAWM platform, focusing on industrial, natural resource, and mining investments.

Since 2015, Mike has concentrated on deep value, pre-IPO, and growth company investments across energy, renewables, asset management, insurance, mobility, technology, critical minerals, and transportation in the US, Europe, and globally.

He holds a degree from the University of Maryland (1981) and has been active in AI-assisted credit policy and political risk applications since the 1980s.

Dr. Junaid Razvi brings decades of nuclear technology leadership spanning scientific research, regulation, policy, and technical and business leadership. He spent much of his career at General Atomics, a global leader in fission, fusion, and defense technologies, where he contributed to engineering, program management, and business development across advanced reactor programs. His expertise covers the full lifecycle of nuclear systems — design, licensing, construction, operation, and utilization of reactors, fuel facilities, and related infrastructure.

His career accomplishments include leading efforts to develop intellectual property and establish domestic production of critical medical diagnostic and therapeutic isotopes; managing a joint U.S.–Russia GEN-IV modular reactor program sponsored by the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration and Rosatom; and guiding solutions for the safe transport of used nuclear fuel. He previously directed General Atomics' global TRIGA® research reactor program — overseeing a fleet of 66 installations across 23 countries — and served as Director of GA's operating nuclear facilities.

A Senior Fellow at the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, Dr. Razvi holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from Kansas State University, a Master's in nuclear engineering from the University of Washington, and an undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics from Wabash College.