Alain Graillot
COO & Business Development Director
SPECIFIC POLYMERS
Castries, France
I lead commercial and marketing within SP to drive our sustainable polymer innovations to key sectors, enhancing visibility, partnerships, and business growth.
My organisation
About me
I started my career in 2013 as a research engineer, working on polymer chemistry and materials science projects. Early on, I became actively involved in developing our collaborations with industrial clients and expanding our participation in collaborative R&D initiatives. This led me to take on greater responsibilities, and in 2018, I became Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SPECIFIC POLYMERS. In this role, I managed a team of over 20 people, overseeing both industrial and collaborative research projects while driving the company’s growth.
Since late 2024, my focus has shifted toward business development, commercial strategy, and marketing. I am now leading efforts to strengthen SPECIFIC POLYMERS’ market positioning by structuring a dedicated commercial and marketing department. My goal is to drive our innovations in advanced functional and sustainable materials toward key sectors, enhance our visibility, and build long-term strategic partnerships. This involves optimizing our value proposition, refining our go-to-market approach, and ensuring that our R&D efforts and corresponding technologies translate into tangible business opportunities.
Skills
- Polymer
- chemistry
- Thermoset resins
- Sustainable resins
- High-performance resins
- Business Development
- Materials Science
- Marketing / e-marketing
- Management
- R&D
- Custom Design
- Biobased thermoset
- Bisphenol-free thermosets
Interests
- RTM
- Pultrusion
- prepreg
- Tow-preg
- Aeronautic
- defense
- electronic
- High temperatures applications
- Space
- Mobility
- Wind turbine blades
- Lightweight vehicles - Racing cars
- R&D project - Innovative materials
- Hydrogen storage
- Construction Building