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Our Team

SpecialChem is headquartered in Paris, France and manages subsidiaries or representative offices in Atlanta (USA), New Delhi (India), Shanghai (China) and Osaka (Japan). Our team is international and multicultural with more than 10 nationalities represented, which enables us to adapt our services to local cultures and customs.

Most of our employees and management team have a double background in technology and marketing. They have gained significant experience from the industries SpecialChem serves, working previously for chemicals suppliers recognized for their leading position in marketing and innovation.


SpecialChem Management Team

Christophe Cabarry, Chief Executive Officer, Founder

Christophe Cabarry 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 competitive 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, Chief Operating Officer, Founder

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

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 building of a petrochemical plant in Poland.

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

Vincent Cadoret, Chief Technology Officer

Vincent Cadoret has strong experience in Information Technology, including artificial intelligence, information retrieval, search engine technology and project management. He is in charge of the IT division at 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 to develop terminology and nomenclature building 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 holds a Ph.D from the France Telecom Research Center (CNET).

Dr. Hervé Heinrich, Vice President Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants

Hervé Heinrich is leading SpecialChem's Coatings, Adhesives and Sealants (CAS) Business Unit.

Hervé has 12 years experience in the adhesives industry. After his MS in wood adhesives chemistry he joined the R&D of Atofindley (now Bostik), as lead formulator for woodworking adhesives. During this period of 4 years he received his PhD in wood adhesives chemistry / industrial technologies.

Before joining SpecialChem, he spent 6 years in the purchasing organization of Bostik, including the last 4 years as Purchasing Director for the French organization, and as European Purchasing Coordinator for the purchase of Industrial Adhesives raw materials.

Louis Larrègle, Chief Financial Officer

Louis Larrègle started his career in management & cost control at Crédit Agricole, one of Europe's leading bankers. He was responsible for the investment budgets.

Louis holds a BA in Business Administration and a Master from INSEEC Bordeaux Business School, with a major in Cost & Management Control.

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. Later, 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.

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. 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, GA, USA.

Séverine Ranc Seyvet, Operations Director, Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants

With 10 years spent in the chemical industry, Severine Ranc Seyvet has developed her expertise in Structural Adhesives & Composites, having worked for leading companies such as Hexcel Composites and Vantico (now Huntsman Advanced Materials). Séverine started her career in Product Development and Technical Support roles then moved on to Business Development and Marketing functions.

Séverine holds a BSc in Materials Science (France) and is a Chartered Marketer from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).

Emmanuel Rapendy, Marketing Director

Emmanuel Rapendy began his career as an application chemist in Coatings and Inks at Sartomer (Total) in the greater Philadelphia area.

Before leading SpecialChem's marketing department, Emmanuel worked at different project management positions, dealing with specialty chemicals and materials marketing projects. He holds a MSc. in Chemistry and Chemical engineering from ESCOM (France).

Aldric Tourres, Vice President, Plastics

Aldric Tourres is heading SpecialChem's Plastics Business Unit.

Aldric brings his mixed technical and marketing background to SpecialChem to bridge the gap between technical innovation and market trends.

After obtaining his MBA in B-to-B Marketing in 1998, he joined Bayer AG (now Lanxess) and was responsible for the market launch of new specialty chemicals. In 2003, he moved to GE plastics (today Sabic IP) and was responsible for business development of performance polymers at key European 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.

Bruno Trinquart, Vice President, Cosmetics

Bruno Trinquart is leading SpecialChem's Cosmetics Business Unit.

With an extensive background in the cosmetic industry, Bruno brings technical expertise as well as his strategic vision of the industry to SpecialChem.

Bruno has 13 years of experience at global cosmetic raw material manufacturers, namely Lonza, 3V Sigma and Ciba Specialty Chemicals. He started his career in a technical position then moved on to sales and marketing. He spent the last 7 years at Ciba Specialty Chemicals, managing strategic cosmetic accounts.

Bruno holds a Master Degree in Biochemistry completed along with Master degrees in Management and Industrial Marketing.

Sonia Vij, General Manager SpecialChem India

Sonia assisted SpecialChem with the creation of its subsidiary in India and is now responsible for the management of the local SpecialChem team in charge of all back-office tasks related to website content editing, management and telesales.

As a creative quality-oriented professional, Sonia brings to SpecialChem her strong business skills and knowledge of the chemical industry.Before joining SpecialChem, she worked as a content editor at Innodata Isogen.

Sonia holds a Masters degree in Chemistry from Delhi University (India).

Jan Weernink, Global Vice President, Business Development

Jan Weernink brings over 15 years of international experience in chemicals to SpecialChem. He has developed a strong focus on paints and coatings and related industries supplemented with experience in Personal Care and Biopolymers.

He has worked for leading companies involved in paints and coatings (Benjamin Moore, Zeneca – now Lubrizol –, PURAC and Elementis) and started his career as a Development Chemist followed by Global Marketing and Global Product Management roles. Jan is driving the SpecialChem business development with his broad and global experience in coatings, technology, marketing and sales.

Jan holds an MBA, a BSc in Chemical Engineering and has published various articles in leading industry magazines. Jan lives in Antwerp, Belgium.