G.G. Pique

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

G.G. Pique is an entrepreneurial leader who has been with ERI since February 2000. As President and CEO of ERI since 2002, G.G. has driven and managed the evolution of the ERI business model and its organization from a $1.5 million/year garage operation into the dominant player in the industry with 70% market share. Under his leadership, ERI is recognized as one of the fastest-growing global companies in the water desalination industry and is admired for its very successful IPO in 2008. At ERI, G.G. has driven a unique corporate culture that has attracted top talent from within the industry, as well as from Silicon Valley, while obtaining enviable profitability for investors.

G.G. has more than 35 years’ experience in the water industry. Before joining ERI he was a Senior Vice President and Corporate officer of US Filter Corp., a Fortune 500, NYSE company focused on the acquisition, turnaround, integration and growth management of more than 165 water treatment companies. He also directed and managed 16 operating businesses in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, with 660 employees. Subsequently, US Filter was bought by Vivendi in 1999 for $7.5 billion.

G.G. has also held senior management positions in a variety of global companies including Ionics, Fluid Systems, Fluor, Dorr Oliver and Combustion Engineering. He is a board member of the International Desalination Association (IDA) and a member of several other industry associations such as the European Desalination Society (EDS), the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and International Water Association (IWA). G.G. has authored numerous technical articles and publications in English and Spanish, and is considered an expert in the reverse osmosis field. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Hartford.