Jean-Nicolas Beaudry

Mr. Jean-Nicolas Beaudry is Vice-President of Business Development and Partnerships at Enim Technologies, an innovative circular economy company dedicated to the reclamation of electronic waste. Jean-Nicolas has 25 years of experience in electronic materials in both academic and industrial settings. He previously held technical, operational and commercial positions at 5N+ in the supply, processing and recycling of metals for the specialized semiconductor market. Jean-Nicolas has chaired the steering committee of Quebec’s Critical and Strategic Minerals (CSM) Research Network since its creation in 2023. He was also a member of the executive board of the Brussels-based International Thin-Film Solar Industry Association (PVthin) and served on the Industry Advisory Council of the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaics (US-MAC) Consortium. He also served for 10 years on the Industry Advisory Board of the Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics, sponsored by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). A member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, he studied materials engineering at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. He also holds a doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the same institution and has completed the Executive MBA program offered jointly by McGill University and HEC-Montréal.