Green-tech pioneers in
alumina refining

IB2 experts have more than 400 years’ combined international experience in key positions within some of the most renowned companies in the sector (Pechiney, Alcan, Rio Tinto) where they have, inter alia :

  • actively contributed to the development of the industry
  • co-invented several patents
  • managed operations and projects, provided technical assistance worldwide

EXPERIENCE GAINED ON EVERY CONTINENT

Carte internationale avec localisation des capitales

Unrivalled market knowledge and technical skills, in particular :

  • On alumina extraction, refineries and the Bayer process
  • On a wide range of bauxites
  • Many years of specific expertise, particularly in diasporic and low-grade bauxites.

IB2 : CONSTANTLY EVOLVING

2014-2018

Ideation, R&D, filing of
patents and creation of IB2

2019-2021

Optimisation and validation,
benefits of green cement
(Tobermorite)

2022-Présent

First customer signed,
commercial success

  • 2014
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2023
  • 2014

    Anticipating refinery supply difficulties

    Invention of IB2 technology

    Start of R&D work

  • 2017

    Creation of IB2 SAS, 100% dedicated to development and marketing

    1st patent filed

  • 2019

    Confirmation of results by world-class laboratories

    Announcement of the launch at a world conference (Miami)

  • 2020

    POC, Pilot

  • 2023

    International marketing roll-out

    Contract signed with 1st customer

Throughout its development, IB2 has been able to count on the multidisciplinary support of new forces
Would you like to invest and contribute to IB2’s development?

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Équipe de l'entreprise IB2

OUR VALUES

Audacity
and pragmatism,

Passionate visionaries with an entrepreneurial spirit, united by the same determination and drive for performance

World-renowned
cutting-edge expertise

Unique technical excellence for the world of tomorrow

Networking

 

Human capital with experts and contacts around the world

BOARD

Yves OCCELLO

Yves OCCELLO

IB2 Founder and CEO,
Member of the Board,
Technical expert

45 years’ experience

Yves has held a number of senior positions in companies in the bauxite-alumina sector (Péchiney – Alcan – Rio Tinto)

Yves has world-renowned expertise and knowledge of refinery issues

Honorary Director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Engineer – ENS Chimie de Paris

Romain GIRBAL

Romain GIRBAL

Member of the Board, Business developer

20 years’ experience

Romain is a seasoned entrepreneur. In 2013, he co-founded Alliance Minière Responsable, a French bauxite mining company in the Republic of Guinea

HEC Business Law and Management

Chloé MATTE

Chloé MATTE

Member of the Board

Engineer specialising in AI and supply chain, with experience in consulting (Accenture) and industry (Saint-Gobain, Daher), Chloé has been IB2’s scientific advisor since 2014

Polytechnique engineer (FR)
Master of Science, Berkeley (USA)

Julien FIRMENICH

Julien FIRMENICH

Member of the Board

20 years’ experience

Julien has held various positions of responsibility within the Firmenich group, including: management of the chemical, natural and biotechnology ingredients portfolio and commercial management of the R&D division’s ingredients pipeline

In 2022, following the Firmenich – DSM merger, he left Firmenich to found the investment company Anaïs Ventures with his close family

Master HEC Lausanne
MBA INSEAD

Pierre Menard

Pierre MENARD-OTIUM

Member of the Board

After starting his career at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Pierre spent 5 years at Air Liquide, 4 of which within its venture capital branch, ALIAD Venture Capital by Air Liquide, where he supported numerous Venture and Growth industrial projects
Since 2022, he has been managing the Industrial Venture of Otium Capital, an investment company with $1 billion in assets under management

HEC Paris

Robin SCHEINER

Robin SCHEINER-GLENCORE

Member of the Board

15 years’ experience

Robin joined Glencore in 2009, where he has held a number of positions, culminating in his appointment as Co-Head of the Aluminium Division in 2016 and then Head of the Aluminium – Alumina – Bauxite Division in 2018

EHL, Lausanne -Switzerland

Luc VUILLEN

Luc VUILLEN

Chief Financial Officer

20 years’ experience
Luc has held various positions in the finance sector at leading financial institutions (Société Générale – Lehman Brothers – Tikehau Capital)
Luc joined IB2 in 2021 as Finance and Administration Director

ESSEC, holder of AMF certification

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Raphaël SCHWING

Finance Manager

Raphaël started his career in airline industry in the finance department at Amadeus.

He joined Ernst & Young in the audit department.

He then joined Ernst & Young Canada where he managed consulting teams for listed companies.

Raphaël holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from SKEMA Business School.

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Xavier PERRIER

Project Director, Technical Expert

Technical and Management experience including 15 years in the bauxite and alumina industry in technical and management positions (Pechiney, Alcan, Rio Tinto)

Ecole des Mines (Nancy) engineer

IFP School (process, engineering & refinery) engineer

MBA -INSEAD

Nicolas MUGNIER

Nicolas MUGNIER

Technical Director

29 years’ experience in alumina refineries and R&D centres (France, Australia), particularly in Process and Operations (Alteo Gardanne, Rio Tinto Alcan, GOVE, QAL, Pechiney)

ESPCI Paris – Engineering (Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering)

Bernard Bosca

Bernard BOSCA

Technical expert

Over 45 years in bauxite and alumina, in production and management of Mega Projects in Europe and internationally (Alcoa Rio Tinto Alcan Pechiney)

Conservatoire National de Arts et Métiers, Paris

Odysseas KERAMIDAS

Odysseas KERAMIDAS

Technical expert

Over 45 years’ experience in the bauxite and alumina industry (Rio Tinto, Pechiney, AOG): Process, Engineering, Technical Assistance Worldwide (India, China…)

University of Athens, Greece – Chemical Engineer

Alain CANTON

Alain CANTON

Technical expert

Over 45 years’ experience in the alumina industry (Alteo Gardanne, Alcan, Pechiney) in engineering, maintenance and general services (including industrial design and management) for plants in several countries (France, China, Venezuela, Guinea, Greece, India)

DUT Transport Logistique, BTS Design Office Technician

Aimé CUNEO-RAFFAELLI

Aimé CUNEO-RAFFAELLI

Technical expert

Over 45 years in the alumina industry (Rio Tinto Alcan, Pechiney, AOG): Operations and Laboratory, Chemistry, Process – Worldwide Technical Assistance

Diploma in Chemistry, FR

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Marc VIOU

Technical expert

Over 40 years’ experience in Maintenance, in alumina refineries

Maintenance Engineer

Manuel YARY

Manuel YARY

Technical expert

Over 30 years’ electrical and instrumentation experience in the design, start-up, manufacture and supervision of instrumentation, control and electrical systems in the alumina industry (Bauxilum, Venezuela)

Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie Automatique Toulouse, FR

Helen HAN

Helen HAN

Interpreter and Customer Contact Assistant

20 years’ experience as a translator/interpreter (start-ups and major international groups), including over 13 years working for companies in the bauxite and alumina industry in China

University of International Business and Economics – Beijing, China

Laurence ROMAN

Laurence ROMAN

Executive Assistant

Over 10 years in Marketing (French and International markets – McCormick) and 7 years in bauxite and alumina (AMBER)

Engineer ISARA Lyon, FR- specialising in Innovation Management