Meet the Genesys Team

Our people are our greatest assets

The entire Genesys team has a long history of working in the water treatment and membrane industry and uniquely all have an in depth knowledge of water treatment chemistry. Technical excellence is a vital component to the correct application of RO membrane chemicals and enables us to focus on supporting our distributors and customers.

Directors

Ted Darton

Chairman

Genesys International

Biography

Ursula Annunziata

Sales Director

Genesys International

Biography

Steve Chesters

Managing Director

Genesys International

Biography

John Eckersley

Production Director

Genesys Manufacturing

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International account managers

David Golding

International Sales
Manager

Middle East and Africa

Biography

Matt Armstrong

International Sales
Manager

Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific

Biography

Stephane Jarrige

International Sales
Manager

Europe and North Africa

Biography

Production and administration

Max Fazel

Senior Research Chemist

Biography

Joanne Darton

Administration Manager

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Julie Harris

Administrator

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Genesys Membrane Products - Spain

Juan Shang Muñoz

Managing Director

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Fernando del Vigo

Technical Manager

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Oscar Salmeron

Water Treatment Manager

Biography

Genesys Latin America

Jaime Sepulveda

Operations Director

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Ted Darton

Chairman
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Ted has spent the past 40 years developing and working with chemical applications for the water treatment industry.

Ted has worked in the international desalination market for the past 30 years, since promoting antiscalants to the thermal desalination industry in the 1970s. For the last 15 years he has specialised in membrane antiscalants and cleaners.

Ted has written many technical papers and has lectured extensively.

Ursula Annunziata

Sales Director
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Ursula is an international authority on desalination. She is vice-president of the European Desalination Society and also a board member of the International Desalination Association.

Her qualifications include a BSc Hons in chemistry and Marine Biology and an MSc in Applied Hydrobiology. Over the last 25 years her focus has been on membrane technology, specialising in antiscalants and membrane cleaning chemicals.

Steve Chesters

Managing Director
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Steve joined Genesys in 2006, bringing with him over 25 years of water treatment experience with Houseman and Nalco.

He has worked specifically in sales and marketing of water treatment chemicals for RO membranes, steam boilers, cooling towers, and Legionella control

Steve has a degree in Hydrology, has published more than ten papers and has a number of patent citations.

John Eckersley

Production Director
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John has been working in the water treatment industry for 22 years, the last eight for Genesys.

He took on the role of developing our UK manufacturing facilities in 2007 and is responsible for overseeing all manufacturing, quality and health and safety processes. He was previously responsible for developing the UK membrane market for Genesys.

David Golding

International Sales Manager
Middle East and Africa Close

David has worked in the membrane industry for over 20 years, mainly in the Middle East. Having been stationed in Saudi Arabia for 12 years, he has a wealth of experience in trouble-shooting fouled membranes at some of the biggest plants in the world, and in compiling and implementing cleaning protocols.

David has a very hands-on approach and is known for providing customers and distributors with practical guidance. He has also helped in the development of our advanced software.

Matt Armstrong

International Sales Manager
Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific Close

Matt has a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology, Biochemistry and Chemistry. He has worked in the chemical water treatment industry with Houseman, Nalco and Veolia for the past 15 years, initially selling water treatment chemicals for cooling and boiler systems.

For the past ten years he has specialised in membrane chemical and equipment supply.

Stephane Jarrige

International Sales Manager
Europe and North Africa Close

Stephane has spent ten years working with Degrémont and Ondeo Industrial Solutions in the UK, the Netherlands and France, covering all aspects of water related engineering.

He has been involved in managing ultrapure water systems for four years, during which time he has gained an in-depth knowledge of membrane operational issues.

Max Fazel

Senior Research Chemist Close

Max has a degree in Chemistry and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has spent the last 20 years working in scale corrosion and water treatment membrane chemistry.

Max is well known in the industry as a reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membrane specialist. His expertise includes autopsy techniques, product compatibility testing, membrane cleaning and research and development.

Joanne Darton

Administration Manager Close

With over 12 years‘ experience in the transport industry, Joanne is responsible for processing orders and arranging international transportation and documentation.

Julie Harris

Administrator Close

Julie has more than 20 years‘ administrative experience and has been with Genesys since 2009.

Based at our manufacturing facility in Middlewich, her role includes managing the purchase and sales ledgers and monthly payroll as well as handling incoming phone calls.

Juan Shang Muñoz

Managing Director Close

Juan has 25 years‘ experience of water treatment. Since joining Genesys nine years ago he has been responsible for business development in Spain and Latin America.

He previously spent 12 years with a multinational company as Area Director for the Canary Islands, responsible for sales, operation and maintenance of reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration technologies (UT).

Fernando del Vigo

Technical Manager Close

Fermando is the Technical Manager for our Spanish and Latin American business. He has 15 years‘ experience in laboratory research, technical support and water treatment sales in the UK, Spain, the Middle East and South America.

Fernando started his career combining reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration membrane cleaning in pilot plants. He has also been involved in the research and development of antiscalants, biocides, cleaners and flocculants for the membrane industry.

Silvia Gallego

Technical Development & Marketing Director Close

Silvia has over ten years‘ experience in water treatment, mainly focused on membrane technologies and laboratory research.

Qualified with a BSc in Environmental Sciences, she has been responsible for developing the Genesys laboratories in Madrid and centralising technical assistance services for the group.

Oscar Salmeron

Water Treatment Manager Close

Oscar has over ten years of experience in the water treatment industry, including with boilers and cooling towers as well as reverse osmosis.

At Genesys he is involved in membrane autopsy as well as the development of new products for water treatment.

Jaime Sepulveda

Operations Director Close

Jaime has been Operations Director of Genesys Latin America for the past five years.

He has more than 15 years‘ experience in water treatment, including reverse osmosis, cooling towers and boilers.

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Ted Darton

Ursula Annunziata

Steve Chesters

John Eckersley

David Golding

Matt Armstrong

Stephane Jarrige

Max Fazel

Joanne Darton

Julie Harris

Juan Shang Muñoz

Fernando del Vigo

Silvia Gallego

Oscar Salmeron

Jaime Sepulveda