Matteriall 1A

Hakan Taner

CEO

Hakan Taner is a Metallurgical and Materials Engineer and has 15 years of hands-on technical and business development experience in the CNTs and advanced materials domains. As an entrepreneur and self-starter, he co-founded another nanotechnology company which has grown to become one of the largest nanomaterial manufacturers in the world. Over the last decade, Hakan has successfully executed commercial agreements with some of the world’s largest CNT manufacturers, including Nanocyl SA in Belgium, to advance the business and application development of CNTs.

Hakan has started to work on CNTs in 2011 and developed a novel Chemical Vapor Deposition system which enabled manufacturing of CNTs from plant-based sources for the first time in the world. He has also experience in setting up pilot manufacturing plants and laboratories. His career involves generating, fund-raising and coordinating several CNT based advanced material development project activities.

He has also worked as a Research Assistant in Tallinn University of Technology for the enhancement of solar panels, and more recently, he had held the 'Product Manager of Steel Armours' role at NLMK Group.

Gabriele Mogni

CTO

Dr. Gabriele Mogni is a Materials Scientist with an MSc in Physics from Cambridge University and a PhD in Computational Materials Science from Oxford University. His work focuses on material modeling, as well as in integrating wave and particle binary characteristics.

During his DPhil, he was involved in a total of four such experimental campaigns, which took place at world-class and state-of-the-art laboratories including the Jupiter Laser Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the LULI laser facility at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and the LCLS facility at the SLAC national accelerator laboratory in Stanford.

Gabriele has mostly been active as a remote consultant in scientific communication efforts, still within the domain of materials modelling for several European Projects (e.g. the Marketplace projects coordinated by the EMMC, and the NOMAD Centre of Excellence). He has also provided freelance and remote contract research services on atomistic materials science simulations to industry clients.

Ilhan Karakas

CFO

Ilhan is a seasoned finance professional with over a decade of experience in the industry. He holds a foundation in Economics and has navigated through various roles in multinational companies. Starting at PwC, he gained expertise in assurance services before moving on to transaction diligence and valuation & modeling. Ilhan also has experience in budgeting, financial planning and analysis. His career highlights include serving as an executive director in EY's Strategy and Transactions department, where he focused on financial due diligence, acquisitions, and strategic financial planning.

Throughout his career, Ilhan has been involved in high-stakes transactions and advisory roles, catering to a range of clients, including private equity, corporate, and institutional clients. His work spans across vendor due diligence, buy-side advisory, valuation, and modeling services for notable entities in the finance industry. His financial acumen is instrumental in integrating financial processes, implementing efficient reporting systems, and driving financial performance within the company. Ilhan navigates through complex financial landscapes and drives positive outcomes which underscores his expertise in finance and business operations.

Julien Amadou

Advisor

Dr. Julien Amadou; a Materials Scientist with an MSc in "Optimization and scaling up of CVD synthesis of CNTs" followed up with a PhD in "CVD synthesis of CNTs, Characterizations and Applications" domains from Universite de Strasbourg, is the contracted technical advisor of Matteriall and a multiskilled CNT specialist with experience in R&D and business development. With a scientific background, he worked for more than 10 years in various positions in high technology companies, including the role of being the "Senior R&D Manager" at Nanocyl SA for CNTs.

Julien has worked on the definition of R&D priorities for CNT manufacturing and had developed numerous fields of CNT applications. He has also assembled and participated in several EU FP7, H2020 and national R&D projects. His career involves the transfer of R&D developments into a production level as well as IP preparations and applications.