About

Genomines

WHO ARE WE?

Biology is closing the gap on excavation as the cheapest way to produce strategic metals. Genomines develops enhanced plants that harvest nickel directly from low-grade and polluted soils, and is scaling the same platform to cobalt, palladium, and rare earths.

CTO

Dali Rashid, Ph.D

CEO

Fabien Koutchekian

Engine Ventures

Michael Kearney

Forbion

Alexander Hoffman

Eduardo Bartolomeo

Hartmut Van Lengerich

Paul Carver

Dr. Michel Bonnemaison

Ghislain Lescuyer

Dr. Saurabh Tak

VP Operations

Silvia Costa

Head of exploration

Kevin Boulesteix

Operations manager

Retief Gouws

Legal manager

Christina Pfalzgraf

Project Manager

Amorie Best

Processing coordinator

Arina Khotimsky

Junior Agronomist

Natasha Lee-Anne Rooi

Head of plant production

Boney Kuriakose

Head of bioinformatics

Raja Durai

Head of Biotechnology R&D

Naeimeh Sousarei

Head of Microbiology

Naeif Matar

Production Manager

Muhsin Parson

Research scientist

Abhay Singh

Greenhouse manager

Rim Chamas

Research Scientist

Dani Sukkar

Greenhouse Manager

Danish Ahmad

Research Scientist

Clément Nicolle, PhD

Field Scientist

Kusa Mazibuko

Head of Finance

Gaëtan de Buyer

Business Coordinator

Aidan Dunning

Non-dilutive coordinator

Andre Costa

Financial Controller

Avril Molefe

Make the impossible the new inevitable
We are here to do the job. If the industry was defined by "can’t" and "won’t," we’d be the anomaly that "does." We attract the realist-optimists who are possessed by the mission more than just passionate about it. If the world were to say our vision is science fiction, we wouldn’t argue: we’d get to work.
Innovation is Rewarded. Execution is Worshipped
Big ideas are nothing without big follow-through. We believe in ideas, but we believe more in making them real. Execution separates leaders from noise.
Truth Over Titles
We care more about the quality of the ideas than the seniority of the person sharing them. We listen to the message, not the name tag.
One Team, All-In
Our company brings biotechnologists, mining executives, agricultural engineers, and over 12 different nationalities into one unit. We bridge our deep functional and cultural differences with a relentless focus on a shared ambition and humility.