Our
Board of Directors

Meet our
Board of Directors

The Board of Directors holds the strategic direction of the business of the Company in regard to its mission to develop and deliver brilliant lighting solutions.

Dr. Yann Tissot (Chairman)

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer electronics industry. Strong entrepreneurship professional skilled in Negotiation, International Business, Go-to-market Strategy, Management, and Fundraising. Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of L.E.S.S. SA since June 2012. Education: PhD in Photonics, EPFL Lausanne, M. Sc. Microengineering, EPFL Lausanne.

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Career

2012 – Present: Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of L.E.S.S. SA.

2011 – 2013: Product Line Manager at Synopta, Zürich, Switzerland.

2010 – 2011: Product Manager, Optotune, Zürich, Switzerland.

2007 – 2010: Project Manager/System Engineer, RUAG Space AG (formely Oerlikon Space), Zürich, Switzerland.

Other activity

  • Member of the Board of Directors, L.E.S.S. SA, Renens, Switzerland.

Alain Nicod

Investor and Entrepreneur, Member of the Board of Directors of L.E.S.S. SA since 2015. Education: MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, BA in Business, HEC Lausanne. He is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.

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Career

2002 – Present:  Managing partner, VI Partners AG, Altendorf, Switzerland.

2002 – Present:  Director of various VI Partners AG portfolio companies (Cequr, Nexthink, LESS-Optics, Mesa Imaging, Neocutis, etc.).

1996 – 2002:  Director and co-founder LeShop.ch, Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland.

1989 – 2002:  Consultant and investor in technology companies.

1989 – 1999:  Chairman and main investor Compex SA, Ecublens, Switzerland.

1995 – 2021:  Chairman and co-founder VTX Télécom SA, Pully, Switzerland.

1983 – 1989:  Engagement manager McKinsey & Co, Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland.

1980 – 1982:  Auditor Arthur Andersen & Co, Geneva, Switzerland.

Other activities

  • Director, Banque Heritage SA, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Investor and Director, Chateauform SAS, Paris, France.
  • Board member of various non-for-profit foundations (Verbier Festival, Ashoka Switzerland, Race for Water, W.A. De Vigier).

Dr. Reinhard Voelkel

Executive with profound background in technology and digital, Member of the Board of Directors of L.E.S.S. SA since 2021. Education: PhD in Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nünberg, M. Sc. In Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

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Career

2002 – Present: Chief Executive Officer of SUSS MicroOptio SA, Hauterive, Switzerland.

2021 – Present: Member of Sand Hill Angels, California, United States.

2018 – Present: Expert at Innosuisse, Bern, Switzerland.

Other activities

  • Member of the Board of Directors, L.E.S.S. SA, Renens, Switzerland.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O), Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • Member of the Industrial Advisory Committee, European Optical Society (EOS), Orsay, France.

Alexandre Closset

Executive with profound background in innovative management. Member of the Board of Directors of L.E.S.S. SA since 2021. Education: M. Sc. in Management of Technology, HEC Lausanne, M. Sc. in Physics, EPFL Lausanne.

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Career

2021 – Present: Business Development Director of Plastic Omnium New Energies, Fribourg, Switzerland.

2018 – 2021: Business Line Director of Plastic Omnium, Levallois-Perret, France.

2015 – 2017: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Hydrogen SA, Fribourg, Switzerland.

2010 – 2015: Chief Operating Officer of Belenos Clean Power Holding, Bienne, Switzerland.

2000 – 2010: Co-Founder and Chief Executive of VHF Technologies SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.

2000 – 2006: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of HTceramix SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.

Other activity

  • Member of the Board of Directors, L.E.S.S. SA, Renens, Switzerland.

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