Thierry Noel

Biography

 Since 2008, Thierry Noel has been working as an entrepreneur, creating and developing start-ups focused on innovation in the environmental sector. He is President and owner of Consoneo (Internet base service to incentivize, finance, and manage energy efficiency in the residential, industrial, and municipal markets), founder and Managing Partner of Amane Advisors (advisory services focused on the water and renewable energy markets) and Amane Branding (brand strategy and advertising agency dedicated to Socially Responsible Consumer goods and the environmental sector). Amane Advisors and Branding have advised several CEOs and boards in their development including start-ups that have recently gone for IPO on the French markets (Orege, Innoveox). Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Thierry Noel led an international career in the energy, environmental, and water sectors at the following positions: Executive VP for Tyco Water in charge of EMEA from 2005 to 2006, EVP of Strategy and Business Development for the Water Division of Suez Environnement in Paris from 2002 and 2005 (€15bn revenue), SVP of Origination in Houston (Texas) from 1999 to 2001, and EVP of Corporate Development for Suez Environnement in North America (based in New York City, where he led or was involved in several acquisitions including Wall Street take-overs totaling over $7bn) from 1996 to 1998. Thierry Noel is a graduate from the French “Grandes Ecoles”, Institut National Agronomique Paris (“Agro Paristech”) where he met Olivier Pourquié, and he also holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.

Research Interest

  Cell therapy, small molecules