Waga Energy appoints chief financial officer

France-based renewable natural gas (RNG) producer Waga Energy has appointed Jean-Michel Thibaud as the group’s chief financial officer and deputy general manager starting April 3. Thibaud previously was deputy chief financial officer of France-based telecommunications company Orange.

As CFO and deputy general manager, Thibaud will be responsible for Waga Energy’s support functions. Waga says he will bring to the group his solid expertise in the areas of finance and, in particular, in financing activities, and his operational experience will contribute to boost further the growth and structuring of the group.

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“I am very happy to join Waga Energy, a fast-growing business whose activity is at the heart of today’s major environmental challenges,” Thibaud says. “I am enthusiastic to continue to structure the group’s finance function with the support of Marie-Amelie Richel and Aude Dubrulle, who, with their team, have done an impressive work, with the goal of creating a world leader in the field of renewable natural gas.”

”I am very pleased to welcome Jean-Michel to the Waga team," Waga Energy CEO Matheiu Lefebvre adds. "His arrival as the group’s chief financial officer and deputy general manager marks a new stage in the development and structuring of Waga Energy worldwide. His knowledge of the banking sector and his experience in the finance department of a major CAC 40 company will boost our expertise on financing, which is at the core of our growth challenges at a time when we are accelerating the rollout of our solution internationally, and in particular in the United States.”