Team

Carbon

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CARBON brings together an international team of entrepreneurs, industrialists, engineers, researchers, consultants and experts in the solar sector, all of whom are convinced of the need for an energy transition to meet the climate challenge. The entire team is determined to create local jobs by helping to rebuild an entire industrial sector.

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin, co-founder and chairman of CARBON and its board of directors

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin has 30 years of experience and entrepreneurship in the energy sector. As former CEO of ENEL Green Power France and a multi-entrepreneur in the energy sector, he brings to CARBON his extensive knowledge of the sector, his experience in the European energy market and energy infrastructure, as well as his expertise in project and company development and financing.

As a specialist in photovoltaic energy, he is founder and president of the solar power plant developer and photovoltaic electricity producer Terre et Lac as well as serving as president of My Energy Manager, a start-up offering digital solutions to reduce energy consumption and bills.

Pascal Richard, co-founder and vice-president of CARBON

Pascal Richard is a former executive of SMA, a German inverter manufacturer he has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and solar industries. He brings sales expertise and knowledge of customer needs in the photovoltaic market, as well as a good understanding of the panel industry value chain.

Laurent Pelissier, Partner and Director

Laurent Pelissier is President of the ECM Group and has been involved in solar energy for 25 years through his subsidiaries ECM Greentech and Semco Smartech.

Through ECM, he brings his applied expertise to the photovoltaic industry. This expertise – along with subsidiaries ECM Greentech, which produces low-carbon silicon wafers, and SEMCO Smartech, which has expertise in both TOPCon and IBC solar cell technologies – will enable CARBON to successfully deploy the automated production lines for ingots, wafers and cells that are at the heart of its industrial project.

Gaëtan Masson, Partner and Director

Gaëtan Masson is Director of the Becquerel Institute in France and Belgium and President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association. He is also a world-renowned expert as director of the International Energy Agency’s Solar Market Task Force (IEA PVPS Task 1).

He provides global expertise on PV market access, competitiveness, regulations and technology choices.
For a decade, the Becquerel Institute has been at the heart of the European network of solar energy research centers. It is recognized for its expertise on political and economic issues, technological analysis and the environmental aspects of the energy transition.

Our team

The Managing Directors

Raffaella Giardino

During her more than 25 years of experience in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries, Raffaella Giardino has managed a business unit for a major French group and worked as Chief Commercial Officer for an American group. She holds a PhD from the University of Milan and an MBA from the Emlyon Business School. She is responsible for CARBON’s Commercial and Industrial Operations, Human Resources and Technology.

Christophe Hardy

During his career, Christophe Hardy has developed significant experience in the management of companies in a European context. As a former senior civil servant, he is also a specialist in the public sector, where he has an in-depth knowledge of the challenges, needs and decision-making processes of governments. He is a graduate of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and he is responsible for Public Affairs, Legal Affairs and Finance at CARBON.

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A French initiative with a European dimension.

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