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Management team
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Raphaël Mestanza, VP Polymer additives & colors
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With great experience in polymer
science and compounding technology, Raphael Mestanza is in charge of developing
the additive polymer division of SpecialChem. In 1994, after two years
as project leader in reactive extrusion with Solvay (Belgium), he joined
GE Plastics Europe (The Netherlands). He was in charge of Polycarbonate
Compounding and technical development. In 1998, he joined Polytechs SA,
a company specialized in toll compounding and masterbatches. Then he was
Sales and Marketing Manager for France and South Europe.
Raphaël Mestanza holds a Ph.D and a Engineering Degree in Polymer Science
from the University of Strasbourg (France) and a Masters Degree in Organic
Chemistry.
He can be reached at raphael.mestanza@specialchem.com.
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Bernard Hasson, Chief Executive Officer, Founder
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As Chief Executive Officer, Bernard
Hasson brings to the company his strong background in the chemicals industry,
business development and management. His efforts are focused on increasing
human capital and business & partnership development. Before founding
SpecialChem, Bernard Hasson spent 8 years with Elf Atochem where he led
an active international career. He began his career in Germany where he
was in charge of technology watch and environmental communication. Subsequently
he managed the business development of plastics in the emerging countries
of Central Europe. Then, as Project Manager, he was in charge of the creation
of a petrochemical plant in Poland.
Bernard holds a MBA from H.E.C. Business School and speaks
five languages fluently.
He can be reached at bernard.hasson@specialchem.com. |
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Christophe Cabarry, Chief Operating Officer, Founder
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As Chief Operating Officer, Christophe
Cabarry brings to SpecialChem a unique international strategic vision
of the chemical industry as well as high profile connections based on
his 8-year industry experience. He is in charge of investor relations
and partnerships at SpecialChem. Christophe Cabarry began his career with
Elf Atochem, as Supply Chain Manager in a new compounding plant in Eastern
Germany. Then he was in charge of implementing the commercial and industrial
strategy of Elf Atochem Vinyl Division in Central and Eastern Europe.
Two years before founding SpecialChem, Christophe Cabarry was appointed
to the department of strategic planning at Elf Atochem. He was in charge
of competition watch, evaluating industrial investments as well as international
M&A opportunities.
Christophe Cabarry holds a Masters Degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris
and an MBA from the ESC Toulouse Business School. He speaks four languages
fluently.
He can be reached at christophe.cabarry@specialchem.com. |
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Vincent Cadoret, VP Engineering
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Vincent Cadoret
has strong experience in information technology, including
artificial intelligence, information retrieval, search
engines technology and project management. He is in charge
of the technological division of SpecialChem.
Vincent Cadoret began his career by leading a research
project on utterance analysis in a dialog system. As Product
Manager, he managed a team in order to develop terminology
and nomenclature builder with Lexiquest, a company with
20 years experience in the area of natural language processing
for search engines. In 1997 he joined Dalet, (a global
provider of professional software for traditional and
new media broadcasters), as project manager for multimedia
broadcasting.
Vincent Cadoret completed a PhD at the France Telecom Research Center (CNET).
He can be reached at vincent.cadoret@specialchem.com. |
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