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Aldric Tourres, Vice-President Plastics

Aldric Tourres is heading SpecialChem's Plastics Business Unit.

Aldric has 11 years experience in the specialty chemical and plastic industry, mixing technical and marketing experiences.

He joined Bayer AG (now Lanxess) in 1998 as responsible for the market launch of new specialty chemicals. In 2003, he moved to GE plastics (today Sabic IP) as responsible for the business development of performance polymers at European key accounts involved in various industrial markets.

Aldric holds an Engineering Degree in Polymer Science from ESCOM (France) and a B-to-B Marketing Degree from E.M. Lyon Business School.

Dr. Duane Priddy, Global Vice President, Business Development

Duane Priddy has more than 20 years experience in chemicals, with a strong focus on plastics and innovative businesses, and he has worked internationally for both Dow Chemical and Bayer AG.

As one of the original founding members of Omnexus, Duane is driving the SpecialChem business development with his experience from multiple perspectives including research, technical marketing, product/sales management and technology.

Duane has a Ph.D. in Organic Polymer Chemistry from Virginia Tech. He also holds 8 patents and has authored 25 scientific publications. Duane lives in Atlanta, USA.

Dr. Raphael Mestanza, Vice-President Plastics Technology, Chief Technical Advisor

Thanks to his very broad and applied knowledge of polymer science, Raphael Mestanza is SpecialChem technology expert for Plastics and Elastomers.

In 1994, after two years as project leader in reactive extrusion with Solvay (Belgium), he joined GE Plastics Europe (now Sabic IP). 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.

Raphael holds a Ph.D and an Engineering Degree in Polymer Science from the University of Strasbourg (France) and a Masters Degree in Organic Chemistry.

Christophe Cabarry, Founder & CEO

Christophe began his career with Elf Atochem (now Arkema), as Supply Chain Manager in a new compounding plant in Eastern Germany. Then he was in charge of defining and implementing the commercial and industrial strategy of Elf Atochem Vinyl Division in Central and Eastern Europe.

Two years before founding SpecialChem, Christophe was appointed to the department of strategic planning where he was in charge of competition watch, the evaluation of investment opportunities as well as international M&A opportunities.

Christophe holds a Master Degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and an MBA from the ESC Toulouse Business School.

Bernard Hasson, Founder & COO

As Chief Operating Officer, Bernard Hasson brings to the company his strong background in chemical industry, business development and management.

He began his career working for Elf Atochem (now Arkema) 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 building of a petrochemical plant in Poland.

Bernard holds an MBA from H.E.C. Business School and speaks five languages fluently.
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