About Us
Our people are our value
World leading innovators
Business Innovation
Kostas Liapis
Founder & CEO
Leading entrepreneur from the traditional energy sector. Experience drives his passion for the environment.
Kostas began his career in the traditional energy trading business where he worked with firms including BNP/Paribas, ING BCV Bank, LUKoil, Gunvor, Gazprom B.H.P. Billiton and Peabody.
It is this background that has given him a deep understanding of the importance of developing clean energy to protect the environment and future generations.
Anna Alina Stachura
Managing Director – Greece
Head of Administrative and Legal Affairs
Finance, tax and business expert.
Anna is responsible for the management of Lion’s Greek Research & Development Centre and the administrative affairs of the group. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Cracow (Poland) and has a postgraduate qualification in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of Jagiellonian University.
Technical Expertise
Prof. Xenophon Verykios
Senior Scientific Adviser
Leading expert in photo-catalysts, chemical kinetics, reactor design and transport phenomena.
Xenophon serves as Chief Executive Officer of Helbio S.A. at Metacon AB and has been a Director of Metacon AB since June 2019. Xenophon is a founder of Morphic Technologies AB. He has served in various academic posts in the U.S.A.
His research is focused in the areas of heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical kinetics, reactor design and performance and transport phenomena
Prof. Nigel Brandon OBE
Senior Scientific Adviser
Renowned expert in electrochemical devices and, in particular, fuel cells, electrolysers, and batteries.
Nigel has been Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, since October 2017. He was previously Director of the Sustainable Gas Institute, Director of the Energy Futures Lab, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy and holder of the Shell Chair in Sustainable Development in Energy. He has served on the board of a number of Imperial College’s commercial spin-outs.
Nigel Brandon’s research is focused on electrochemical devices for energy applications, with a particular focus on fuel cells, electrolysers, and batteries.
Aleksandr Airapetov
Chief Scientist
Expert in automation and electronics
Aleksandr is an engineer-physicist. He has over 50 years’ experience in technology research and development. He is the author of numerous publications and holder of several patents.
Alexander Manulyk
Head of Technical Services
Expert in technical applications of material sciences
Alex is a Chartered Engineer with the IMMM (Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining). He has worked in Materials Science for the last 40 years, specialising in welding, heat treatment, melting, coating, composites, process metallurgy, plasma metallurgy, and advanced technologies like electron beam and laser. He is the author of 55 publications, holder of several patents, and regularly presents at industry conferences.
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