NAWA - Key Persons
As CEO of NAWA, Alain drives the transformation of NAWA from an R&D company to an industrial leader in nanocarbon products. Alain also acts as Chief Technology Officer of Kouros France.
Before joining Kouros, Alain was Head of Technology and Innovation at Alstom, then Head of Engineering and Industrialization of CNIM Système industriels.
Alain holds a Degree in Engineering from Arts et Métiers Paristech. He speaks French and English.
Benoist Allard is the CFO of NAWA since November 2023.
For the past 25 years, Benoist has specialized in the operational management of finance departments for industrial companies in business services and energy supply sectors. He held the positions of financial manager then financial controller for the Suez / Degrémont group in Italy and France before joining the EDF group as financial controller and head of budget consolidation at EDF Renewables. He then took over the financial management of EDF subsidiaries active in the production of electricity from renewable energies. Benoist joined the Kouros Group in 2022 as CFO of Carbonloop.
Benoist is a graduate of KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux), with a specialisation in corporate finance. He speaks French, English and Italian.
Florent serves as Chairman of NAWA, supervising strategy, marketing and communication. Florent also acts as Head of Strategy and Investments of Kouros France. He is a board observer of HysetCo and the founder and Chairman of Carbonloop and Hyliko, two companies created by Kouros. Florent is also chairman of Kouros Lab, Kouros' Group incubator.
Before joining Kouros, Florent held several executive positions in Gaz de France and ENGIE in the energy sector (R&D, energy operations, business development) and in innovative products & services for retail customers.
Florent holds a Degree in Engineering from ENSTA Paris Tech and a Master's Degree in Energy Economics from the IFP (French Petroleum Institute). He speaks French and English.
Job Titles:
- Head of Process Engineering and Production
Frédéric manages the NAWA's team dedicated to the process engineering and production of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT).
His professional journey started 38 years ago at Alcatel CGA HBS as an engineer in Customer Services. He then shifted to the microelectronics industry working for Applied Materials as Operations Manager and then for Cleanpart France as CEO where he contributed to significant growth of the company.
High commitment to innovation led him to Sunpartner and Garmin, where he held the position of Director for industrial transfer in Asia. During this period important achievement was accomplished in the management of operations and the transfer of industrial technologies. Frédéric speaks French, English and German.
Kevin is in charge of setting up operations and industrialisation activities for NAWA in Dayton Ohio, United States.
Before Joining NAWA, Kevin was an independent consultant. Kevin had over 30 years of experience in the aerospace sector as an engineering and operations leader in the field of advanced composites and new technologies integration.
Kevin holds bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from Wichita State University and a PhD in Business Management, Organizational Development from Apollos University.
Job Titles:
- Head of Applications Research & Development
Marc Zimmermann joined NAWA in 2018 to manage the development and the industrialization of its supercapacitors technology and explore the potential of NAWA 3Dnanocarbon for various energy-related applications.
He is now managing the Applications R&D Department, the mission of which is to link NAWA's heart of technology to customer needs and the development of NAWA products.
Marc is a qualified electrochemist and holds an engineering degree and a PhD in Lithium-Air technology from the INP of Grenoble. Before joining NAWA, Marc shared his expertise in the field of energy storage at the R&I Hutchinson Centre where he contributed towards the development of supercapacitors. Marc speaks French, English, and German.
Job Titles:
- Head of Process Research & Development
Thomas manages the Processes R&D Department, which develops NAWA's basic technological building blocks: carbon nanotube synthesis processes, materials characterization methods, and new products for composite applications.
Creating value through useful innovation, talent synergy and collective intelligence are the principles that drive his work.
A qualified engineer in Materials Science from INSA Toulouse and holder of a PhD in the same discipline, research and development activities have been the common factor in technical and management positions held by Thomas over the last 15 years: in the USA at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in New York, in France at CEA in Grenoble, then at Nexcis, a subsidiary of EDF, and finally at NAWA since 2015.
Véronique oversees NAWA's business support services: human resources, legal, IP, HSE, facilities, communication and IT.
Véronique joined NAWA in 2014, initially as a management consultant, before joining the company to manage all support services.
With two master's degrees, in Private Law and Management and Human Resources Management, Véronique first worked in network management in the non-profit sector as a lobbyist, she then joined Deloitte France as an auditor. She subsequently held general management positions in the communications and industrial sectors. Véronique speaks French and English.