Christian Pichenot – Director of Operations

Telephone: +33 1 53 00 40 97
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After spending 3 years in EDF's engineering university and 5 years in the Air Force's fighter pilot training program, Christian became head of customer service at Hoover for a period of 5 years.

For the next 10 years he was at the head of a temporary work agency specialized in nuclear and pipeline construction. Afterwards Christian decided to share his experience by becoming a consultant and advisor in real estate, but also by launching a new form of marketing, using Mintel, for the food industry.

Thereafter he became the head of the continuing education department of the university specialized in real estate ESI (l'Ecole Supérieure de l'Immobilier), before entering the renewable energy industry by becoming head of Canopy's operations team

Christian is instructor at ESI, senior lecturer at the Sorbonne in tourism management, and a management consultant in sales and personal development.

Ion Leahu-Aluas – Deputy Director of Operations

Telephone: +33 1 53 00 40 92
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Ion started his career in July 2008 as an analyst in ArcelorMittal's New Technology Ventures team, whose mission was to promote and deploy innovative products, mostly for the renewable energy market.

During his university studies, he worked at the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory in Atlanta, US and the Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Materials in Metz, France. Much of his research mission was to advise NASA in the allocation of its research budget for the development of noise and emission reducing technologies for commercial aircraft.

Ion holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Masters degree in engineering from Arts et Métiers ParisTech.

Tancredi Chinese – Project Engineer

Telephone: +33 1 53 00 40 99
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Tancredi's career began with various internships, including a first experience in Italy at Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani, where he helped develop a new device to optimize energy efficiency of the HVAC system in cruise ships.

Prior to joining Canopy he worked on the life cycle assessment of agricultural biogas production plants, at the Cemagref in Antony (France).

Tancredi holds a Bachelor's degree in fundamental physics from the University of Trieste (Italy) in partnership with the University of Manchester (England) where he studied during the second year.

He also holds a Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris.

Cecile Fenerole - Ingénieur Projet

Téléphone: +33 1 53 00 40 90
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Avant de rejoindre Canopy, Cécile a travaillé pendant 3 ans en tant que chargée d'affaires au sein du pôle énergies renouvelables d’un bureau d'études spécialisé en ingénierie électrique du bâtiment. Elle y réalisait notamment des études de faisabilité et des missions de maîtrise d'œuvre pour la réalisation d’installations photovoltaïques intégrées au bâti, principalement sur des marchés publics.

Elle rejoint Canopy en février 2012 en tant qu'ingénieur projet où elle participe notamment au développement de l'activité biométhanisation.

De formation ingénieur généraliste et diplômée de l'École Centrale de Nantes, Cécile a suivi une année de spécialisation en ingénierie de l’environnement à l'Université Polytechnique de Valence (Espagne).