Governance and shareholding

Philippe ROSIER serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Executive Committee of Symbio since September 1st, 2020. He is also member of the Board of Directors of Symbio since his joining the Group.  

From 2015 to 2019, he served as President & CEO of Cerdia. A spin-off from Solvay into a LBO with Blackstone since June 2017, Cerdia is a specialty chemical company, leader in the transformation of cellulosic materials for use on different fiber or plastic markets. Prior to Cerdia, Philippe was Rhodia Energy’s President and then Solvay Energy's President, following Solvay’s acquisition of Rhodia group. Between 2002 and 2015, Philippe transformed the company, from its initial energy purchasing role into an international sustainable and profitable company providing worldwide energy management services and developing “climate care” solutions. He was also the founding President of Orbeo, a 50/50 joint venture with Société Générale dedicated to CO2 emission markets. In 2014/2015, he led, together with Solvay Sustainability Director, the task force preparing Solvay new Sustainability strategy.  

Philippe Rosier has chaired for 5 years till end 2018 the Energy, Competitivity and Climate Committee of MEDEF, the French business confederation. He was the chairman of the Energy Committee of Business Europe, the European business confederation for 7 years. Since January 2009, he is a Member of the Economic Council for Sustainable Development, created by the French Government, with the objective to lay down the foundations of a new sustainable growth.

Philippe is a graduate from ESPCI (Physique et Chimie de Paris) and ENSPM (Ecole des Pétroles et Moteurs – IFP), and holds an MBA from Insead. He is an auditor from IHEST (Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie).

Vincent Abad is Vice-President Strategy, Product Marketing & Innovation at Symbio since February 2024, having previously served as Vice President Research & Innovation when he became a member of the Executive Committee in January 2021. He joined the Group in 2019 as Director Research & Innovation.

Vincent is an expert in R&D applied to the automotive industry. He previously spent 16 years at Michelin, where he held several positions, most recently as Head of the Physicochemical Measures Department from January 2016 until his arrival at Symbio.  

Vincent draws from his experience in R&I the conviction that soft skills and emotions are essential to innovation teams. To spread these soft skills, Vincent created his executive coaching structure, Innergame.co, in 2018.  

Vincent is a graduate engineer from ESPCI Paris. He also holds a DEA in Automatic Control and Signal Processing Mathematics and Statistics, from Centrale Supélec. He continues his executive training with a Global Executive Coaching Certification from HEC Paris and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA with TRIUM Global Executive MBA (co-directed by NYU Stern, LSE, and HEC Paris, program 2023-2025). Since 2017, he has been recognized as an Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner.  

Maria Alcon Hidalgo is Symbio Vice President in charge of Communication, Public Affairs and Sustainability, and member of the Executive Committee of the Group since June 2021.

Maria is a seasoned communication and finance executive with a successful track record in the domains of international capital markets and corporate communication at the service of large industrial multinationals. Before joining Symbio, she worked at Solvay for 12 years, lastly as Executive Vice President of Group Corporate Finance, Treasury & Insurance, after having been VP Investor Relations over 2008-2016. Prior to that, Maria worked for the Alcatel-Lucent group (now Nokia) for almost two decades where she gathered broad proven experience in financial communication, structured finance, risk management for complex contracts and financial controls working at the HQ level as well as its international subisdiaries. At each of those groups, she witnessed firsthand two major international cross-border mergers, and actively participated to the shaping of their subsequent deep transformation paths. She started her career at KPMG Peat Marwick.  

Maria is an Economics graduate of the University of Alicante, holds an MBA from INSEAD and has followed various executive education courses from INSEAD and the Juan March Foundation.

Rob DEL CORE was appointed General Manager of Symbio North America and a member of the Executive Committee since April 2021. He manages Symbio’s business operations locally, sets strategic, technical, and business directions for the region, oversees and fosters strategic business partnerships and government relations.  

Rob is a visionary zero emission mobility leader. He has a successful track-record in the hydrogen fuel cell industry, both in the technical and commercial domains over the last 25 years. He held senior management positions in multiple fuel cell corporations, from ISE, Hydrogenics, Ricardo to Hyzon, where he successfully led and delivered hybrid and fuel cell vehicles and fuel cell power systems development projects including multiple heavy duty fuel cell truck and bus projects funded by the California Energy Commission.  

Rob holds a Master of Philosophy in Civil and Structural Engineering, specialized in Computational Fluid Dynamics, from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He also has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering from the University of Toronto.  

Gérémy Gourdol is Symbio Vice President for Finance and Risk, and member of the Executive Committee of the Group since February 2024. Ha was previously Symbio Accounting and Management Control Director from May 2023. 

Gérémy has an extensive experience in financial auditing, accounting, and management control. He previously worked 7 years with the April Group, most recently as Internal Control and Auditing Director in 2022/2023. From 2007 to 2015, he worked with EY as Audit Manager.  

Gérémy is an Engineering graduate from ECAM and holds a Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation Management from EMLyon Business School.

Anne-Lise Grosmougin is Symbio Vice President for Operations, and member of the Executive Committee of the Group since October 2023.  Her responsibilities span from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, EHS, Facility Management to After-Sales.

A French and American national, Anne-Lise has an extensive international experience in engineering, manufacturing, and industrial Operations, having previously worked as Senior Director Manufacturing at OTIS EMEA. She is an expert on the automotive industry with experience working for General Motors as well as the Detroit Diesel Corporation.  

Anne-Lise is an Engineering graduate from INSA Lyon and the Wayne State University Graduate School.

Bertrand MARC is Vice-President of Sales & Programs and member of the Executive Committee for the Symbio Group since July 2022.  

Bertrand is a seasoned professional in the automotive sector to which he has dedicated his entire career. At Symbio, his principal action focus on developing business and boosting topline in an emerging market, as well as organizing and aligning teams to meet and exceed the demanding automotive standards applied to a Tier-1 supplier.  

Prior to joining Symbio, Bertrand spent 22 years in the Clean Mobility division of Faurecia (now Forvia), most recently as Senior Director of the Customer Business Unit  & the Global Stellantis Business in Bavans (France) from November 2020 to July 2022. In this position, Bertrand built a Stellantis worldwide Business Unit. He managed a multicultural team across Europe, North America, and Asia, and nurtured the development of a common customer culture across his staff.  

Bertrand is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer from Belfort Montbéliard Technological University (UTBM – ENI). He has developed his management and leadership skills throughout his career with Executive training from l’École Polytechnique, London Business School, and IESE.  

Vincent Zwicky is Symbio Vice President in charge of Human Resources, Legal & IT, and member of the Executive Committee since June 2023.  

Vincent is a seasoned HR executive with over 20 years of practice at global, multi-culture organizations and countries. He has built up a wealth of experience from Talent and Performance development, international leadership in large matrix structures, to Change Management at Organizational and Culture levels, including in the context of major M&A transactions. He has been exposed to the Industrial sector (e.g. Automotive’s FIAT and CNH Industrial; Electric Solutions), as well as the Service sector, namely in Insurance & Finance and in Telecom where Vincent specifically accompanied a start-up that enjoyed hyper growth.  

Vincent has a Marketing and Administration graduate from MPM Geneva starting with an Economic bachelor in Switzerland following with a high education program in Human Resources and Strategy.