Francisco Trinidad

Bio
Francisco Trinidad holds a PhD from the University of Madrid. In 1977, he joined the Tudor group and was promoted as Research Manager, and later, Industrial Development Director. Following Exide’s acquisition of the company, he was assigned several senior R&D management roles and finally retired as Exide´s Battery Technology Director in 2020. Along more than 4 decades of battery R&D experience, he has been the author of 24 articles, 14 international patents and numerous presentations in battery conferences. Current consultant activities are dealing with new technical approaches, like the use of different additives for positive and negative active materials, as well as determine the added value of alternative battery technologies for new automotive and industrial applications.