About us

A founding vision

Etsem believes in a future rooted in the essence of things. We therefore consider fundamental elements such as grain, carbon, and hydrogen as future prospects.

Founder of Etsem, Alexandre Garèse, wanted to transform this belief into a business project. He envisioned a group bringing together diverse activities linked by a common ambition: to go back to basics to reinvent the future.

Today, Alexandre brings together committed experts to transform this vision into a collective, concrete, and vibrant project: Etsem.

Our mission

Etsem brings together multiple areas of expertise centred around a common mission: going back to the basics to build our future.

We are putting ancient seeds back at the heart of the future of food, reconnecting with virtuous agricultural practices and products of higher nutritional quality.

We produce carbon nanotubes to develop high-performance technologies geared toward the uses of tomorrow.
We envision hydrogen as the fundamental element of the future sustainable and carbon-free mobility.

We are reinventing carbon, transforming it into a resource.

The members of our supervisory board

Alexandre Garèse

President

Clémentine Spreux

Vice-President

Mathias Vicherat

Member

Jean Renucci

Member

Daniil Rozental

Member

The Etsem team

François Esperet

President of ETSEM

Clémentine Spreux

Secretary General

Daria Smetanina

Chief Financial Officer

Alain Guinot

General Manager of Nawah

Magali Jaffard

General Manager of ETSEM Lab

Luc Boulet

Deputy General Manager of Agriculture and Food

Our commitments

Protecting what matters most

We care for vital resources, contributing to their preservation and regeneration.

Innovating for life

We develop solutions inspired by living things to build a sustainable future.

Preserving territories

We act with respect for the territories where we operate, enhancing their natural resources.

Acting for decarbonisation

We are committed to ensuring that each of our activities contributes to the decarbonisation of our societies.

Moving forward together

We share a common vision, which we bring to life across our various areas of expertise.

Cultivating transmission

We bring knowledge, resources, and innovations to life in harmony, serving future generations.

Etsem Lab

Etsem lab is the link between our various activities.

More than a research laboratory, it is a cross-disciplinary, but above all, unique, experimental space where our worlds intersect and enrich each other so that we can invent solutions for the future together.

Etsem – La Magdeleine

Both a meeting point for expertise and a starting point for experimenting and launching new projects, La Magdeleine is the Etsem group’s home. It fully embodies our ‘back to the future’ vision by bringing together the transfer of know-how, opportunities for discussion, and innovative approaches to think about and build the future together.