Senn Chemicals

Frédéric Besançon, PhD. Chief Executive Officer

Frédéric Besançon, PhD.

Frédéric brings more than two decades of fine chemicals and CDMO services experience in various executive functions from strategic marketing, sales and business development as well as technical operations. Before joining Senn Chemicals on January 2023, Frédéricparticipated to the development of companies in various roles like CEO, COO as well as BoD member.

Frédéric holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Lausanne and a Master Degree in chemical engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne (EPFL).

Dirk Stieger, PhD. VP Supply Chain

Dirk Stieger, PhD.

Before joining Senn Chemicals in June 2020, Dirk gathered more than 20 years of management experience in various leading supply chain functions in Chemical-, Pharmaceutical and MedTech-Industry as well as a consultant. He holds a PhD in Technical Chemistry (University of Karlsruhe, KIT), a Master in Economic Sciences (FernUniversität in Hagen) and a CAS in General Management (University of St. Gallen).

Rebecca Buob, PhD. VP Sales and Marketing

Rebecca Buob, PhD.

Rebecca Buob, PhD., joined Senn Chemicals as Chief Marketing Officer in May 2021. She has more than a decade of business experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Rebecca holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Zürich and an MBA from the University of St. Gallen HSG.

Florence Bérézovsky, PhD. VP Quality

Florence Bérézovsky, PhD.

After completing her PhD at the University of Brittany (France), summa cum laude with honors, Florence pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in coordination chemistry and crystallization at the University of Bern (Switzerland). Florence initially joined Senn in 2001 as Head of Purchasing. Her skill and diligence readily resulted in progressive responsibility including technical procurement and receiving. Following a 2011-2013 procurement management role with Esbatech (Novartis), Florence returned to lead the Senn Materials Management department in 2013.

Joël Gischig CFO & Services

Joël Gischig

Joël joined Senn Chemicals in April 2021 as Deputy CFO. In the course of his predecessor's retirement and completion of the handover phase, he assumes the role of CFO.
Effected by September 2024 he is also responsible for our service departements: HR, ICT and Purchasing.

Giulio Casi, PhD. VP R&D and Project Management

Giulio Casi, PhD.

Giulio Casi joined Senn Chemicals in March 2016. He is now responsible for Project Management and Research & Development.

Management Team

Management
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