The Team

Expertise, vision and entrepreneurship are the core capabilities of our Team.

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Board of Directors

Daniele Basso

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Eng. Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, EMBA

Renato Pavanetto

Co-founder
CEO Carretta Industrial Automations, former Bank Director, HBI co-founder

Carlo Germano Ravina

Director
MD Nova Capital, former SVP Veolia, former McK partner

Bruno De Guio

Director
Co-founder Meis, MEB Elettroforniture, board member at Weg Italia. Director of PureLabs, President and Director at Dg srl.

Alfonso Sessa

Director
Senior Investment Manager of the Green Transition Fund at CDP Venture Capital SGR, with over ten years of experience in energy and investments.

Team

Federica Bellunato

HR & Administration Manager

Federica encourages positive and constructive communication by valuing listening, dialogue, and overcoming of critical issues. A graduate from Padua University with a degree in clinical psychology and a specialization in phenomenological psychoanalytic psychotherapy, she believes in brainpower, the power of imagination and the creation of shared value.

Andrea Benedetti

CSO

Andrea è un professionista senior con oltre dieci anni di esperienza nazionale e internazionale nel settore.

Andrea guida e sviluppa le attività per la commercializzazione della nostra tecnologia poligenerativa.

Valentina Favaron

Engineering Project Manager

Valentina holds a degree in Materials Engineering. She’s experienced in managing activities in R&D, product innovation and in collaborating within international and cross-functional teams.

Lucia Zanetti

Research and Development Project Manager

Lucia, after her PhD in Molecular Sciences with HBI, manages R&D projects. She is in charge of exploiting the process to extract energy carriers and fertilisers, with a view to the Circular Economy.

Gabriele Mazzoletti

Director Public Affairs & Regulatory

Gabriele collaborates with HBI overseeing the regulatory environment, stakeholder relations and corporate communications

Tiziano Zaffalon

Procurement
Procurement... what a passion! With professional ethics and care for the company, its stakeholders and the environment, we steer the supply chain towards a circular economy, thus contributing to the Sustainable Innovation process implemented by HBI.

Alessandro De Guio

Business Development Manager

Alessandro holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Sciences. With five years of experience in operational and strategic marketing for a multinational company, he is excited to leverage his expertise to contribute to the growth of HBI.

Matteo Pecchi

Head of Research and Development

Matteo brings with him an exceptional experience as a Postdoc at the Engineering Materials for Energy & the Environment Lab (EME2Lab) at Cornell University. He will lead all innovative projects at HBI alongside an extraordinary team.

Michele Tenardi

Junior Research and Development

Michele, a young and bright graduate in industrial chemistry, he spent a year at the University of Malaga, where he focused on the valorization of biomass for his master's thesis. He is now part of the HBI team to pursue his passion for green innovation.