Executive Overview
I am part of Arxada's Executive Leadership Team and lead our Business Unit Nutrition, Care and Environmental which offers a broad range of solutions to our customers through our capabilities in precision fermentation, contract development and manufacturing and leveraging the vertical integration of our Verbund site in Visp, Switzerland. Through these unique capabilities, we are able to optimally service our customers in the areas of agriculture, animal feed, battery materials, composite materials, nutrition and pharma. In addition, I have the pleasure of representing the Swiss Chemical and Pharmaceutical sector together with my colleague Board members at ScienceIndustries.
Career Timeline
- scienceindustriesCurrentNov 2023–Present· 2 yrs 10 mos
- Member, Board of DirectorsCurrentNov 2023–Present
- ArxadaCurrentSep 2021–Present· 5 yrs
- President, Business Unit NCECurrentMay 2023–Present
- Chief Strategy and Transformation OfficerSep 2021–May 2023
- Jun 2018–Jul 2020· 2 yrs 1 mo
- Non Executive Director / Board MemberJun 2018–Jul 2020
- May 2015–Aug 2021· 6 yrs 3 mos
- EVP International (sales and operations in NAM, SAM and APAC); Member of the Executive Committee2021–Aug 2021
- Member of the Executive Committee; EVP Business Group Build Environment & ElectronicsOct 2019–2021
- Head of Corporate Development (M&A, Strategy, PMO, Corporate Business Development)Jul 2017–Oct 2019
- VP PMOMay 2015–Jun 2017
- Sep 2011–Apr 2015· 3 yrs 7 mos
- Associate PrincipalSep 2011–Apr 2015
- 2010–Sep 2011· 1 yr 8 mos
- Manager, Strategic Projects2010–Sep 2011
- 2008–Dec 2009· 1 yr 11 mos
- Associate2008–Dec 2009
- Oct 2003–Dec 2007· 4 yrs 2 mos
- Ph.D. ResearcherOct 2003–Dec 2007
Education
Ph.d.
Applied Economics (Operations Management / Research)
KU Leuvenmagna cum laude
Business Engineering - Operations Management
KU Leuven
Applied Economics - Erasmus exchange
Hanken School of Economics