Oftringen, Aargau, Switzerland
Senior executive with 20+ years of global leadership experience in business development, innovation management, R&D, strategic marketing, and technology strategy within the commodity and specialty chemicals industry. I drive profitable growth, transform innovation pipelines, and build high‑performing teams that connect market needs, customer value, and advanced material technologies. My expertise spans sales leadership, Global Key Account management, Strategic Portfolio Management, market & technology intelligence, digital transformation, intellectual property strategy, and strategic partnerships that accelerate time‑to‑market and strengthen competitive advantage. With a strong technical foundation in material sciences, mineral chemistry, polymer chemistry, and the physical chemistry of aqueous systems, I translate complex technologies into actionable business opportunities. I bring deep, global market insight across mining & minerals, construction, civil engineering, water & air treatment, automotive & tire, iron & steel, energy, oil & gas, agriculture, and chemicals. This enables me to anticipate industry shifts, steer innovation portfolios, and shape business strategies aligned with long‑term value creation. Recognized for leading cross‑functional and international organizations, I create momentum around growth, execution excellence, and innovation performance, while fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and results.
Steering enterprise‑wide innovation governance and ensuring performance against strategic objectives Shaping and directing the global strategic innovation portfolio to maximize long‑term value creation Orchestrating high‑level market intelligence programs to guide strategic decision‑making and innovation roadmaps Championing external collaboration and cultivating high‑impact partnerships to accelerate innovation and ecosystem integration
Driving global business development across all regions for the Water Treatment and Air Treatment market segments Growing sales and improving profitability across the full product portfolio Leading strategic growth initiatives and managing associated investment projects Serving as Global Key Account Director for major international customers
Lead Sales and Marketing team to develop OMYA sales in Water Treatment, Waste Water Treatment, Air Treatment and Oil & Gaz in Europe. Develop OMYA Products' portfolio with various Calcium and Magnesium based minerals and numerous distribution products with several principals to meet customers' needs (compliance, TCO, sustainability). Manage several Key accounts across Europe. Nurture Business relationships with several partners and specialized distributors.
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Scope: Global Lead global products and services development strategy for the monolithic refractory business. Define overall innovation organization for new Products & Services, including roadmap for digital services.
Scope: Global Coordination of Group innovation "strategic project portfolio" with the 4 regions to sustainably grow the business with a +200M€ target in next 5 years. In charge of Group "Water Treatment" strategy. In charge of assessing business development strategy of dolomitic limes based products. In charge of innovation scouting process to select mid-term innovation priorities (from weak market signals and/or upstream Research to business opportunities). In Charge of Group strategy with respect to Carbon Capture and Utilization technologies (remineralization, bio-based processes). Founding member of the new European CCU association. Development and implementation of Group market & technology intelligence system with advanced digital technologies (advanced analytics - TABLEAU ; competitive intelligence and knowledge management - Intelligence2day ; Geographic analysis - ArcGIS online). Business Intelligence Key User (in charge of Group marketing Master Data in ERP system).
Scope: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg (turnover: 600M€). In charge of Organic Growth for Lhoist Western Europe Division (portfolio of 15 projects). Manage an international team of 30 in 3 countries including Semi-Industrial Pilot facilities in Belgium and Germany. Market focus: Steel (iron ore agglomeration, iron making, steel making), Environment (water treatment and Flue Gaz treatment), construction (mortar, autoclaved aerated concrete, silica lime bricks), Civil Engineering (soil stabilization), Chemistry, Agriculture (fertilization and animal feed). In charge of European Construction strategy (Mortars & Building blocks) to define development priorities. In charge of defining European Customer Technical Service approach to bring technical expertise to customers, including equipment, services and on-site support.
Scope: Global Developed a transversal “market driven” culture and network across the strongly geographic and decentralized business organization to promote more market driven innovation. Business Development roadmap (250M€ new sales target in 2016) developed and deployed with a strong market focus. Managed transversal innovation projects across the organization involving strategic partnerships with customers and co-suppliers (Water treatment and Non Ferrous Mining Industries). Build technical collaborations with R&D institutes. Direct management of "advanced Milk of Lime" project resulting to a 10M € new business mainly in water treatment - 4 industrial facilities put on stream (Europe and US). Implemented tools and methods to collaborate, share information, capitalize knowledge, manage projects, set priorities at Group level.