RNS
Reach
5 February 2024
Gelion plc
("Gelion" or the
"Company" or the "Group")
Senior Leadership Team
Appointments
Gelion (AIM: GELN), the Anglo-Australian battery innovator, is pleased to announce
the appointment of Dr Louis Adriaenssens as Chief Technological
Officer (CTO) of Gelion plc and Dr Adrien Amigues as President of
Gelion UK and Europe, with immediate effect.
Louis joins Gelion with exceptional
experience in specialist battery innovation, manufacture and
commercialisation, having most recently worked in Nevada as the
Supervisor of Chemistry for Panasonic at the Tesla Gigafactory,
where he and his team looked after the processes associated with
the production of approximately 5 million battery cells per day. A
contributing author/inventor of leading scientific articles and
significant patents across the fields of materials chemistry,
electrochemistry and synthesis, Louis will lead a technical team of
over 20 PhD or graduate level engineers and scientists, across
Australia and the UK stewarding a portfolio including 470 patents
in 76 patent families (including new patents under
application).
The appointment of a CTO comes at a
pivotal time in the development of Gelion's Lithium-Sulfur (LiS)
and Zinc-based (Zn) battery technologies and operational expansion
into the UK and Europe. This follows the acquisition of OXLiD Ltd
in November 2023, whose founder Dr Adrien Amigues will now take up
the role of President of Gelion UK and Europe.
Gelion founder and Principal
Technology Adviser, Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, will continue with
all his leadership contributions and governance roles within the
Group.
Gelion CEO John Wood commented: "Gelion has a clear
development path for the next generation of batteries
for the EV and
energy storage markets, advancing technologies that offer
performance, cost, and safety enhancements and use abundant
materials. I am delighted to welcome a leader with Louis' expertise to
the Gelion team.
"Indeed, Louis and
Adrien's appointments further enhance our strong, established and
focused leadership and management team at this pivotal next stage of our commercialization journey,
which based on our technology development
pathways, places us as a key player in UK/Europe."
Incoming CTO Dr Louis Adriaenssens commented:
"I look forward to being able to
leverage all of the experience I have gained with world-renowned
universities and leading battery companies in my new role as CTO of
Gelion. I am confident that my proven capability across all
development areas including fundamental science, technology,
production process and governance will enable me to successfully
lead Gelion's drive to the commercial realisation of our exciting
new technologies."
President of Gelion UK and Europe Dr Adrien Amigues
commented: "The need for a shift towards energy storage
solutions that incorporate abundant materials and safe chemistries
while performing at the highest level is becoming increasingly
pertinent. The battery technologies that Gelion is bringing to
market have game-changing attributes with unique potential to
revolutionise the electrification of an extensive range of
stationary and mobile applications. I am most grateful and excited
to be given the opportunity to contribute to this journey with my
new role as we strive to deliver the green energy solutions the
world so desperately needs."
CONTACTS
Gelion plc
John Wood, CEO
Amit Gupta, CFO
Thomas Maschmeyer, Founder and
Principal Technology Advisor
|
via
Alma
|
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
|
+44
207 220 0500
|
Corporate Finance
Neil McDonald
Seamus Fricker
Fergus Sullivan
Sales
Leif Powis
|
|
Alma Strategic Communications
Justine James
Hannah Campbell
Will Ellis Hancock
|
+44
20 3405 0205
gelion@almastrategic.com
|
About
Gelion
Gelion ("gel: ion") is a global energy storage
innovator, supporting the transition to a more sustainable economy
by commercialising two globally important next generation
technologies: Lithium-Sulfur (LiS) and Zinc-based (Zn) hybrid cells
to electrify mobile and stationary applications. Gelion plc (the Group) is listed on the London Stock
Exchange's Alternative Investment Market and wholly
owns Australia based Gelion Technologies Pty Ltd. Gelion
is designing and delivering innovative battery technology to
enable that transition and return value for its customers and
investors.
Lithium
Sulfur
Gelion's effort is directed at the potential
for the LiS chemistry to deliver double the gravimetric energy
density of standard Lithium-ion chemistries whilst at the same time
reducing cost and increasing safety targeting the EV and e-aviation
market, helping to make global transport, energy consumption and
storage more sustainable.
Gelion is developing a product for its high
energy density sulfur cathode at its expanded R&D facilities in
Sydney, enabling it to integrate with a variety of anodes ranging
from graphite to silicon to lithium metal, depending on the
targeted application.
Gelion recently also expanded in the UK by
acquiring OXLiD Ltd, significantly increasing Gelion's capability
in cathode improvement thereby accelerating the path to commercial
partners and commercialisation.
Zinc
Gelion is adapting its zinc technology to
comprise an alternate cathode technology, a zinc hybrid cell to
develop complementary next-generation batteries for the lead-acid
eco-system. Early testing indicates that this solution has the
potential to maintain good energy density levels with enhanced cost
and safety aspects. Once fully developed, Gelion intends for our
zinc technology to provide a durable and sustainable market
extension within the ecosystem that supports lead-acid
batteries.