Governance

Group Executive Committee

Mathieu Lefebvre

CEO of Waga Energy

Nicolas Paget

Chief Operating Officer

Guénaël Prince

Director in United States

Jean-Michel Thibaud

Chief Financial Officer and Deputy General Manager

An independent and experienced Board of Directors with a wide range of backgrounds

Waga Energy Board of Directors

Asís Echániz is a Partner at EQT Partners. He joined the firm in 2017 to lead the expansion of the Iberian platform and was appointed Partner in 2020. He is currently Head of Spain and Head of EQT Transition Infrastructure Europe.Asís has extensive sector expertise, with a particular focus on the energy & environmental and transport & logistics sectors. He has been involved in key investments including Zelestra (formerly Solarpack), the international renewable energy company; Saur, the global water services provider; and Ju:niz Energy, an established developer in the growing German BESS market. Prior to this, he led EQT’s efforts in the European transport & logistics sector.Before joining EQT, Asís worked at KKR in the Private Equity and Infrastructure teams, following earlier roles at J.P. Morgan in Investment Banking and Arthur D. Little as a consultant.He holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and London Business School (Rafael del Pino scholar), and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from ICAI Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.

Asis Echániz

Partner at EQT Partners (chairman of the Board)

Mathieu graduated as an engineer from École Centrale Marseille and spent eleven years working for the Air Liquide Group, where he developed the biogas business and contributed to the first biogas to biomethane projects in France. In 2015, he co-founded the Waga Energy Group together with Nicolas Paget and Guénaël Prince, which uses unique technology for producing biomethane - clean, renewable and local energy - from biogas emanating from waste storage sites. In addition to his role as Chairman of Waga Energy, Mathieu Lefebvre works to develop the biomethane sector, in particular through the National Biogas Committee, set up by the public authorities in 2015.

Mathieu Lefebvre

CEO of Waga Energy

Guénaël Prince is Co-Founder of Waga Energy, Managing Director of Waga Energy USA, Group Technical and R&D Director. Following his studies at Arts&Métiers ParisTech, Grenoble IAE and IFP School, Guénaël began his career at Sofregaz. Four years later, Guénaël joined Air Liquide, where he contributed to the development of its biogas purification business. In 2015, Guénaël Prince, Mathieu Lefebvre, and Nicolas Paget established Waga Energy: a leader in converting biogas from household waste into renewable natural gas. Mr. Prince leads the company’s R&D activities and has been managing the U.S. subsidiary since 2019.

Guénaël Prince

Director in United States

Patrick Jaslowitzer is a Managing Director at EQT Partners. He joined the firm in 2016. He is currently Head of EQT Infrastructure France. Patrick has extensive sector expertise, with a particular focus on the environmental, industrial and transport sectors. He has been involved in key investments including Saur, the global water services provider; Trescal, the largest global independent owner and operator of calibration laboratories; and Unilode, the global leader in management and maintenance of unit load devices (ULDs) for the aviation industry. Before joining EQT, Patrick worked at McKinsey as a consultant. Patrick holds a Doctorate in Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg as well as a Master’s degree in International Business from HEC Paris and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München.

Patrick Jaslowitzer

Managing Director at EQT Partners

Noura Loukil joined EQT Partners in April 2022 as part of the Infrastructure team, where she focuses on the origination and execution of deals in the Energy & Environmental sector, with a strong emphasis on energy transition opportunities. She is a member of the asset management team and serves as a Board observer for Saur, the global water services company. Before joining EQT, Noura was an M&A Associate at Lazard in Paris. She holds an MSc in Corporate Finance & Banking from EDHEC Business School.

Noura Loukil

Vice President at EQT Partners

Sara Huda is a Managing Director and Head of Investment Services at EQT. Sara also serves as a board member of EQT Fund Management Sarl, EQT's regulated investment manager. Prior to EQT, Sara was Head of Luxembourg at the Carlyle Group, overseeing Carlyle's European investment structures and its regulated investment fund manager. Sara was also a deals and fund tax advisor at PwC for 12 years, working in Australia, New York and Luxembourg. Sara currently serves on the board of the Luxembourg Association of Funds, the main industry body for asset managers in Luxembourg. She is an admitted solicitor in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University Sydney.

Sara Huda

Managing Director and Head of Investment Services at EQT

Philippe was appointed Sonepar CEO in September 2017. Prior to joining Sonepar, he spent 17 years working for the United Technologies Group, a Down Jones company leader in the global building and aerospace industries, which includes Otis, Carrier, Pratt & Whitney, and UTC Aerospace. His last position before joining Sonepar was global President, Otis Elevator Company, based in the USA. He was a member of UTC Executive Committee and an UTC Corporate Officer. Philippe began his career at ABB and Danfoss where he held various sales, marketing and operations leadership roles. He joined UTC in November 2000 as Vice President of Carrier's European, Middle East and African business. He led building related businesses including Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning, Carrier Asia Pacific, Carrier and UTC Fire & Security for EMEA and Asia Pacific. During his career at United Technologies, Philippe held positions in USA, France, Japan, China, and Belgium. Philippe graduated from Mechanical Engineering School in France (ENIT), an undergraduate degree from INSEAD Asia Campus, and an MBA from ESCP Europe Campus Paris. He also graduated from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business (USA).

Philippe Delpech

Sonepar CEO

Anne Lapierre is a lawyer and renowned energy market expert. Anne Lapierre focuses her practice on the development of infrastructure projects and both conventional and renewable energies. Over the course of her career, Anne has accompanied her clients on numerous innovative and ground-breaking projects in France, North Africa and French-speaking Africa. In particular, she has developed a particularly sharp expertise in solar and wind energy, advising developers and industrialists as well as banks and investment funds. Before joining Bracewell, Anne worked for over 20 years in an international law firm, where she headed the global energy practice and co-managed the Casablanca office.

Anne Lapierre

Independent director

Dominique Gruson, a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris, worked for Air Liquide for 31 years in various positions, mainly in management. He is now a consultant for a management consultancy and co-director of a company specialising in costume jewellery. Dominique is an independent director of the Company.

Dominique Gruson

Independent director

Anne de Bagneux has held leadership positions in the environment, mobility, and energy sectors. Until the end of 2023, she was the president of Antargaz, a company that supplies liquid gas in France and the Benelux region. Previously, she was the deputy CEO of Transdev France and then the director of strategy and transformation for the Transdev Group, serving on the executive committee. She spent the first twenty years of her career in the environmental sector (water, waste), notably at Veolia, and many years in Asia.

Anne de Bagneux

Independent director

Girish Sankar is a Director at EQT, focusing on investments in global infrastructure companies. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Girish worked in private equity at Advent International in the TMT team based in London, UK. Prior to Advent, Girish worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York. Girish holds an MBA from the Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a B.Sc in Economics & Finance from the University of Maryland

Girish Sankar

Director at EQT Partners

A specialised and complementary management team

Waga Energy Executive Committee

Mathieu Lefebvre

CEO of Waga Energy

A materials engineer with a degree from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), Nicolas gained experience in major industrial projects at Technip. He then joined Air Liquide, where he was involved in the design and construction of France's first biogas purification units. Together with Mathieu Lefebvre and Guénaël Prince, two of the Group's engineers who, like him, are committed to the energy transition, he looks for a simple, cost-effective way to purify biogas from landfill sites - a resource that is still not widely exploited - and extract biomethane from it. The technological solution, a world first, led to the creation of Waga Energy in 2015. At this fast-growing company, Nicolas Paget oversees the design and construction of the biogas purification units, which produce high-quality biomethane.

Nicolas Paget

Chief Operating Officer

A graduate of the CentraleSupélec engineering school and the Paris Institute of Political Science, Jean-Michel Thibaud began his career in structured financing at Société Générale, then at Ixis (today known as Natixis). In 2001, he joined the Orange group as a Project Financing Manager and then Head of Project Finance, before becoming the Group Treasurer from 2008 to 2012. In 2013, he joined Orange Business Services as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, strategy, transformation, and general services. Since 2019, he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Orange group in charge of controlling, and acted as the group's interim Chief Financial Officer between March and September 2023. He joins Waga Energy in April 2024.

Jean-Michel Thibaud

Chief Financial Officer and Deputy General Manager

A graduate engineer of Polytech Nancy, Yann Pierre has been involved in the environment, Renewable Natural Gas, and waste-to-energy industry for over twenty years. Prior to joining Waga Energy, Yann was Sales Director for gas solutions at the US group Pentair, which is listed on the New York stock exchange. Before that, from 2014 to 2022, he played a key role in the development of Prodeval – one of France’s leaders in the purification of biogas from anaerobic digestion – serving as Director of Operations, then Sales Director. In earlier years, Yann held a worldwide sales position at Flotech, a New Zealand company specializing in gas and fluids engineering, and was Project Engineer at Urbaser, which specializes in waste treatment and recovery.

Yann Pierre

Directeur Commercial

Marie-Amélie is responsible for the administrative and financial management of Waga Energy. A graduate of Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), she was previously financial controller for the Rio Tinto mining group and for CEA.

Marie-Amélie Richel

Deputy Administrative and Financial Director

A graduate of Sciences-Po, Aude Dubrulle has 30 years' experience in finance, first in investment banking and then with the Orange Group, where she held various financial positions (M&A, financing, accounting management, finance management) for 23 years. In 2020, Aude decided to become a part-time CFO, working with small and medium-sized companies to support their development. She now devotes most of her time to Waga Energy, which she joined in January 2022.

Aude Dubrulle

Deputy Administrative and Financial Director

With a master's degree in human resources, Elsa is responsible for personnel management, training and recruitment. She was previously HR Manager at an SME in Grenoble.

Elsa Perfetti

Director of Human Resources

An Arts et Métiers Paris Tech engineer, Guillaume is responsible for the operation and maintenance of WAGABOX® units. He was previously in charge of maintenance for oil installations for the Doris Engineering group.

Guillaume Piechaczyk

Operations Director

An engineering graduate of Polytech Clermont, Caroline is responsible for manufacturing WAGABOX® units from design to commissioning. She was previously responsible for coordinating the maintenance teams at Air Liquide Médical Belgium.

Caroline Millet

Project Director

With a PhD in energy from Centrale Supélec, Antonio heads the team responsible for the design and continuous improvement of WAGABOX® units, technology watch and new product development. He previously worked on the development of gas separation processes at Air Liquide, after starting his career at PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Antonio Trueba

R&D Director

With a master's degree in Journalism from Université Grenoble Alpes and a master's degree in history from Rennes 2 University, Laurent is in charge of communications, press relations and financial communications. He was previously editorial director of a communications agency, after starting his career as a business journalist.

Laurent Barbotin

Investor Relations and Press Director

A lawyer specialising in business law, Delphine practised in a law firm for 10 years before joining the corporate world. After working in the healthcare sector, she joined Waga Energy to take charge of regulatory and legal issues.

Delphine Bristiel

Director of Legal Affairs & Compliance

A specialist in structuring and financing complex and innovative projects to support the energy transition. After starting her career at Société Générale, Francesca joined Green Giraffe in 2012, first in Paris and then in Hamburg, where she structured the financing of two offshore wind farm projects. Francesca is of Italian and New Zealand origin and holds a master's degree in economics and finance from Paris Dauphine and the Victoria Unit in Wellington.

Francesca Consorti

Director of Financing

A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, Lucie is responsible for marketing the biomethane produced by the WAGABOX® units and for energy procurement. She joined Waga Energy after 13 years with Air Liquide, working on hydrogen and biomethane issues.

Lucie Tonnellier

Director of Energy

Martin holds a master's degree in QHSE and is responsible for Waga Energy's Quality, Safety and Environment policy. He defines, adapts and improves it in line with the general strategy and the company's external and internal challenges. He was previously in charge of QHSE actions and strategies at a waste incineration site.

Martin Tramoy

QHSE Director

With over fifteen years' professional experience in IT and a specialization in industrial cybersecurity, Nicolas heads the IT department. His mission is to reinforce the security of information systems, support the company's growth and ensure regulatory compliance.

Nicolas Maurino

Chief Information Officer

A graduate of INSA Rennes, Cyril is in charge of inventory management, purchasing and transport & customs. He joined Waga Energy after 15 years with Schneider Electric, where he developed his industrial skills, particularly in the field of electric vehicle charging stations.

Cyril Chu Van

Supply Chain Director

Directors of Waga Energy subsidiaries worldwide

Guénaël Prince

Director in United States

Will Llewellyn has been at the heart of the United Kingdom biogas and biomethane sector since 2009. Working in technical and commercial roles to board level, Will has a fundamental understanding of the nuances associated with biogas, landfill gas and biomethane markets. Will has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and French at the University of Manchester, and during his studies, spent a year in France studying carbon sequestration in deep oceans. Prior to working in the renewable energy sector, Will spent 10 years as a shipbroker in the City of London transporting refined oil products and liquid biofuels throughout North West Europe. The combination of Will’s fundamental technical understanding of the biomethane sector combined with his proven commercial and strategic acumen honed in the shipping and UK biogas sectors is put to good use in the development of the UK and Irish landfill gas to biomethane markets with Waga Energy.

Will Llewellyn

Director in UK

Between 2006 and 2021, Julie Flynn developed cutting-edge expertise in biogas and hydrogen engineering at Air Liquide. A chemical engineer with degrees from Université Laval and McGill University, she has long been convinced of the eminent role of renewable gases in the energy transition. She joined Waga Energy in 2021, as Director of the Group's Canadian subsidiary. Julie actively promotes the role of women in engineering and renewable energies.

Julie Flynn

Director in Canada

Baptiste Usquin, CEO of Waga Energy Spain. Mr Usquin holds a master's degree in management from Neoma Business School and a master's degree in water management from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona. Mr Usquin began his career in Spain, in an industrial company specialising in roof tiles, and later began his career in the energy sector, joining the Electrabel group (now part of ENGIE) in Paris in 2008. He then moved to Barcelona to join Aguas de Barcelona in 2010. He held a number of positions there, initially as Energy Contract Manager, before being appointed Energy Product Manager from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, Mr Usquin took up a global position as Category Manager within Suez's Purchasing Department in Paris. Since August 2021, Mr Usquin has been CEO of Waga Energy in Spain, an industrial gas company that has developed a unique technology for converting landfill biogas into biomethane. This technology provides local, circular and accessible energy.

Baptiste Usquin

Director in Spain

Andrea Baldini is the CEO of Waga Energy Italia. He is a passionate and goal-oriented professional, with over a decade of experience in business development and marketing in the international renewable energy and environmental services market. As an enthusiastic and open-minded environmentalist, he focuses on achieving the company’s objectives while taking into account the sustainable and ethical values of the individual and the company. He holds a master’s degree in commercial marketing and business strategies from the University of Parma. He began his experience with a ten-year journey in international sales of biogas and pollutant emission storage systems, acting as a reference between the company and customers. After this experience, he became the coordinator of the sales team of an EPC company involved in the construction of biogas plants and competent in the international market. Finally, he challenged himself as CEO of the Italian branch of Waga Energy, striving to develop the market and structure the company’s presence in Italy. Business planning and strategy, marketing concepts, positioning, personnel management, territory management, competitive analysis, product development, customer relations, and contract management are skills that he constantly strives to improve throughout his career. “Waga Energy represents the inspiration of ecological, ethical values and clean technology that drive him."

Andrea Baldini

Director in Italia

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