A high-tech industrial partner to support your projects

Waga Energy was founded in January 2015 in Grenoble, France, by engineers from Air Liquide. The company draws on its unparalleled gas engineering expertise to develop RNG injection projects serving the energy transition.

Waga Energy employs 120 people and possesses all the skills required to design, build, and operate landfill gas recovery, upgrading, and grid-injection projects — including project financing, design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and RNG sales to gas utilities and offtake partners.

Waga Energy global headquarters are located in Grenoble, France, with subsidaries in the USA, Canada, and Spain. Our US headquarters are located in Bala Cynwyd, PA, and our Canadian headquarters in Shawinigan, Quebec.

Waga Energy SA (siège social)

2 chemin du Vieux Chêne, 38240 Meylan

Waga Energy Paris

89, rue du faubourg Saint Antoine
75011 Paris

Waga Energy Canada

1250, avenue de la Station (Local 2-501D)
G9N 8K9 Shawinigan, Québec

Waga Energy USA

150 Monument Road #207
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, USA

Waga Energy Spain

Calle Vilamarí, 86, 88
08015 Barcelona, Spain

Waga Energy United States

Locaux Meylan

150 Monument Road #205
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
USA

Waga Energy Canada

Locaux Meylan

1265, rue Trudel (suite 4)
G9N 8T3 Shawinigan,
Québec, Canada
Tel : 1-855-961-5323

Waga Energy France

Locaux Meylan

5 Avenue Raymond Chanas 
38320 Eybens
France

Executive Committee

Mathieu Lefebvre

Chief executive officer

Co-founder

Engineer graduated from Centrale Marseille, Mathieu has a unique expertise in the biomethane sector and a strong experience in business development. He started the biogas activity for Air Liquide and built the first anaerobic digestion plants in France. Mathieu is a permanent member of the French national working group on biomethane since 2009.

Nicolas Paget

Chief Technology Officer

Co-founder

Material engineer graduated from UTC Compiègne, Nicolas is know as an industrial gas plant expert. After a successful experience at Technip, he joined the biogas team at Air Liquide, as head industrialization and standardization of biogas plants. He started the first anaerobic digestion plant in France while being in charge of the development of membrane scrubbers.

Marco Venturini

Marco Venturini

VP Marketing and Sales

Lawyer, economist and MBA graduated, Marco has a 30-years experience in the environmental industry (waste, water, soil, energy) as managing director of business units at Veolia, Paprec, and EnGlobe Soil Remediation. He formerly assumed board positions in several companies and organizations in France, the UK, Canada, Italy, Morocco and Israel.

Guillaume Piechaczyk

Chief operating officer

Graduated from Arts et Métiers ParisTech and IUT Montpellier, Guillaume is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the WAGABOX® units. He previously worked for the French gas grid operator GRTGaz, and was then in charge of maintenance of offshore oil rigs for Doris Engineering.

Marie-Amélie Richel

Chief Financial Officer

Marie-Amélie graduated from GEM business school. She was in charge of accounting control for Rio Tinto’s (mining group) affiliates in France and the EMEA region before joining the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) to apply her expertise to the field of innovation.

Elsa Perfetti

Elsa Perfetti

Human Resources Manager

Having obtained a Master’s degree in Human Resources, Elsa is in charge of managing personnel, training and recruitment. Previously, she was a HR manager in a SME in Grenoble. 

Caroline Millet

Caroline Millet​

Projects Director

As a graduate engineer from Polytech Clermont, Caroline oversees the manufacturing of WAGABOX® units, from design through to commissioning. She was previously responsible for coordinating maintenance teams at Air Liquide Medical in Belgium.

Antonio Trueba

Antonio Trueba​

R&D Manager

With a PhD in Energy from Centrale Supéléc, Antonio manages the team in charge of designing and continually improving WAGABOX® units, technology watch and developing new products. He previously worked on developing methods for separating gases at Air Liquide, after having kicked off his career at PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Laurent Barbotin

Laurent Barbotin

Head of Communications

With a Master’s in Journalism from Université Grenoble Alpes and a one-year Master’s in History from Université Rennes 2, Laurent is in charge of communications, press relations and financial communications. His previous role was as editorial director for a communications agency, after having started out as an economic journalist.

Antonio Trueba

Vincent Tisseire

Europe business development director

Graduated from ENSGTI and HEC Paris, Vincent is in charge of Waga Energy’s business development in Europe. He previously worked on renewable energy projects for GRDF, Engie and GEG.

Antonio Trueba

Delphine Bristiel

Legal Director

Delphine is a lawyer specialized in business law. She practiced in law firms for 10 years before joining the corporate world. After working in the health sector, she joined Waga Energy to take charge of regulatory and legal issues.

Subsidiary managers

Guénaël Prince
Director in the USA
Co-founder

 

Julie Flynn
Director in Canada

Baptiste Usquin
Director in Spain

Board of directors

Mathieu Lefebvre
Waga Energy CEO

Guénaël Prince
Waga Energy Inc. CEO

Séverine Adami
Representative for Air Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)

Dominique Gruson
Independant Administrator

Marie Bierent
Manager Les Saules

Arnaud Delattre
Starquest Capital CEO

Olivier Aubert
SWEN Capital Partners director

Stéphane Assuied
Tertium CEO

Christilla de Moustier
Independant Administrator

Anne Lapierre
Global Head of Energy at Norton Rose Fulbright

Christophe Guillaume
Noria CEO (censor)

Anna Creti
Independant Administrator

Mathieu Lefebvre
Waga Energy CEO

Guénaël Prince
Waga Energy Inc. CEO

Séverine Adami
Representative for Air Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)

Dominique Gruson
Independant Administrator

Marie Bierent
Manager Les Saules

Arnaud Delattre
Starquest Capital CEO

Olivier Aubert
SWEN Capital Partners director

Stéphane Assuied
Tertium CEO

Christilla de Moustier
Independant Administrator

Anne Lapierre
Global Head of Energy at Norton Rose Fulbright

Christophe Guillaume
Noria CEO (censor)

Anna Creti
Independant Administrator

Advisory board North America

Denis Bollinger
VP Assets and Regulatory Affairs, EDL

Denys Turcotte
Former VP Sales, Alstom North America

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Awards

An innovation grant under the French government’s economic stimulus program PIA (Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir)

First Prize in the 2016 Fighting Climate Change Awards (French energy agency ADEME and the French Ministry of the Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy).

Pollutec 2016 Innovation Awards

2016 Start-up of the Year for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (EY/L’Express)

Runner-up in the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) 2018

WAGABOX® is one the 1000 Solutions to protect the environment certified by the Solar Impulse Foundation.