Daniel Kunin
President and Founder of ECO2 Magnesia and Managing Director of Kusto Group. With 20 years of experience in international business development and government relations, Daniel leads major industrial projects and sits on several international boards of directors. Since 2012, he has been responsible for leading a strategic partnership with SIGMA DEVTECH and other service providers and partners for the development and commercialisation of the ECO2 Magnesia project.
Paul Boudreault
President of SIGMA Devtech and Administrator of ECO2 Magnesia. Mr. Boudreault has 30 years of experience in the environmental, sustainable development and green technology fields. He has taken several projects to the commercialisation stage, successfully building strategic partnerships in the academic, intellectual property, industry and project finance sectors.
Kathleen Verret
Executive Vice President and Head of SIGMA Devtech's Project Office. Kathleen Verret has led the ECO2 Magnesia Project Office since its feasibility analysis in 2017. Under her leadership, the ECO2 project successfully evolved from laboratory scale to the pre-commercial phase. As an engineer, she has more than 20 years of experience in project management, strategic consulting, organisational reorganisation and market development in the fields of industrial and information technologies, in both the private and public sectors.
Mario Bouchard
Senior Advisor for Government Relations. Until his retirement, in 2020, Mario Bouchard was Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries and Major Economic Projects in the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of Quebec. He also served as Associate Deputy Minister in various government ministries including Energy, Natural Resources and Finance.
Mr. Bouchard advises ECO2 Magnesia's senior management on government relations.
Mr. Bouchard advises ECO2 Magnesia's senior management on government relations.
Louis-César Pasquier
Associate Professor at the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS-ETE). As Director of the Scientific Committee, he is responsible for all research activities related to the ECO2 project. His expertise is centered on environmental technologies associated with carbon sequestration (CO2). He is co-inventor of the ECO2 process and currently leads a research team of approximately ten scientists dedicated to the ECO2 technology.
Maxime Couillard
Vice President of Engineering and Construction.
Since joining the team, he has led the technology demonstration operations as well as the first engineering phases for the construction of the production plant. He is responsible for the subsequent engineering stages which will lead to the construction of the magnesium oxide manufacturing plant, its commissioning and its commercial production.
Since joining the team, he has led the technology demonstration operations as well as the first engineering phases for the construction of the production plant. He is responsible for the subsequent engineering stages which will lead to the construction of the magnesium oxide manufacturing plant, its commissioning and its commercial production.
Chantal Gauvin
Director of Public Affairs. Her diversified professional background, which includes experience in the public, private and political fields, has allowed her to acquire a vast knowledge of Quebec's sociopolitical landscape. As Director of Public Affairs, she is responsible for all of the company's public communications as well as building and maintaining a network of constructive relationships with the partners, collaborators and stakeholders of the ECO2 project.
Nader Nmiri
Responsible for laboratory work at INRS for the ECO2 Project. Having joined the team in 2021, he is responsible for coordinating and carrying out laboratory activities at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Eau Terre Environnement. His background in chemical engineering and graduate studies focused on CO2 sequestration have allowed him to make significant contribution to the project's scientific advances. His expertise ensures the effectiveness of the research and experiments, as well as their alignment with the general objectives of the project.
