Smaranda Jaun

Smaranda is the newly appointed CEO of Composite Recycling, where she is spearheading the company’s operational growth plan during the transition from a founder-led business to a professionally managed, female-led deep tech organization poised for sustainable growth.

Smaranda is an experienced executive with a distinguished career spanning investment banking, corporate venture capital, and wealth management. She holds an M.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University and has held senior roles as Director at UBS, Equity Researcher at Pictet, Portfolio Manager and Client Executive at Carnegie Asset Management, and Corporate Venture Professional at Siemens.

Beyond her corporate accomplishments, Smaranda is dedicated to empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs. She served as an ambassador for McKinsey’s Venture Cup and as a judge at the EPFL Startup Club. Fluent in five languages, she is also a passionate advocate for female empowerment, neurodiversity inclusion, and mentorship.

Dr. Pascal Gallo

Pascal co-founded Composite Recycling in 2021 and serves as Chief Growth Officer, deploying next-generation solutions for the recycling of composites.

Using the fundamental principles of thermolysis, he worked successively as operations planner from 2012 at BeamExpress, a telecommunication company developing low power consumption lasers, as chief business development officer from 2014 at Novagan, a company developing high-efficiency lighting solutions, and then in 2015 he co-founded LakeDiamond, manufacturing lab-grown diamonds.

Pascal received his PhD in physics in 2006, specializing in quantum physics and crystal growth. He then joined EPFL in Switzerland as a research scientist, focusing on metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. During his career Pascal, who has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications and patents, has always been inspired to pursue meaningful, cutting-edge technologies with the goal of reducing our environmental footprint.

Steve Monnet

Steve Monnet, the newly appointed Chief Technology Officer, brings over 20 years of expertise in industrialization across the Oil & Gas, petrochemicals, and renewables sectors.

Having led complex projects, notably in process design and pyrolysis technologies, Steve has played a pivotal role in scaling innovative solutions at industry leaders such as ALTIS, Fair Energy, KL Energy, Petrobras, and Tamoil. His extensive experience positions him as a key driver in expanding Composite Recycling‘s technological capabilities.