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Meet the Team

Dr. Soroush Nazarpour, Ph.D OUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dr. Soroush Nazarpour, Ph.D.

FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

With a Ph.D in Nanotechnology from the University of Barcelona, Soroush is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of NanoXplore. He has been the President & CEO since 2011 and serves as a director on the board of directors. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of graphene and co-author of “Graphene Technology From Laboratory to Fabrication” published by Wiley & Co in 2016. More recently, he became the CEO of VoltaXplore, an electric vehicle battery manufacturing company.

board of directors

Rob-Wildeboer

Rob Wildeboer, MBA, LLM

Vice-Chaiman of the Board of Directors of NanoXplore Inc.

 Current Chairman and Co-founder of Martinrea International Inc.

Current Vice-Chairman of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA)

Director of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC)

Benoit-Gascon

Benoit Gascon, CPA, CA

Lead Director of the Board of Directors of NanoXplore Inc.

Former President and CEO of Mason Graphite

Former SVP Sales and Bus Dev at Imerys carbon and graphite

Former Senior Manager at PwC

CameronHarris

Cameron Harris, Ph.D.

President of CAENG ltd

Former SVP and GM at SNC-Lavalin

Former Industry lead, Chemicals at Accenture

Former VP process Technology at Worley Parsons

DenisLabrecque

Denis Labrecque, B.Eng

President and founder of NorCap Canada Ltd

President and founder of Groupe Gestion GDL

ArinderMahal

Arinder Mahal, B.Eng. MBA

Founder and CEO of Antera Inc.

Former Managing Director at Dundee Securities

Former Senior Manager at Deloitte

Jodie-Morgan2

Jodie Morgan, MBA

CEO and Director of Nexus Circular

Current Director of Barket Ingredients, Inc.

Former CEO and Director of GreenMantra

Former President of Pinova, Inc.

Catherine-Loubier2

Catherine Loubier, MA

Senior advisor to the corporate world

Former Québec Delegate General in New York 

Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Québec’s Premier

Former advisor to business leaders in various industries including the automobile industry

Former senior advisor to the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

executive team

pedro

Pedro Azevedo

Chief Financial Officer

Pedro brings extensive experience in manufacturing and operations, as well as M&A. He was the CFO of Tarkett Sports, a division of publicly traded global manufacturing company Tarkett S.A. Prior to that, he occupied a variety of positions starting from a cost accountant to different corporate controller functions.

Rocco Marinaccio Chief Operating Officer at NanoXplore

Rocco Marinaccio 

Chief Operating Officer

Rocco has more than 20 years of experience within operations. Prior to joining NanoXplore, Rocco has been with Martinrea International Inc. since its inception in 2001. During his time with the company he held multiple senior positions including Material Production and Logistics Manager, General Manager, Director of Modules, and most recently, Vice President of Flexible Manufacturing Group for all locations. He was also responsible for over-seeing the construction of key Martinrea facilities located in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico and Riverside, Missouri as well as the relocation of two facilities in Canada.