Giulio Cesareo

CEO and Founder

Giulio Cesareo is one of the founders of Directa Plus. He previously worked in the carbon and graphite field for Union Carbide, UCAR and Graftech, where he was President and CEO of the Italian company and VP and General Manager of the Advanced Carbon and Graphite business unit. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Graphene Association.

Razvan Popescu

Executive Director

Razvan Popescu brings to Directa Plus experience and expertise as an international business developer and industry innovator. He worked for Bozzetto Group, where he was Business Unit Manager and President of the American Branch; he then was President and Managing Director of ISPH S.A.

Marco Ferrari

Executive Director

Prior to joining Directa Plus, Marco was a financial advisor at EY. Other experience includes Deutsche Bank, Deloitte and Dezan Shira & Associates in China. Marco Ferrari is member of the Corporate Finance Committee of the ANDAF – Italian national association of accounting and finance directors.

Laura Giorgia Rizzi, PhD

Executive Director

Dr. Laura Giorgia Rizzi obtained a Master of Physics Engineering degree in 2009 and a PhD in Physics in 2012 from Politecnico di Milano, the latter funded by Directa Plus. She currently follows activities related to the G+® process, and product and applications development.