Meet the Synphotec Team

Dr. NORBERT WEFERLING

CTO & Co-Inventor


PhD in Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig. 

 30+ years of experience in the development and marketing of phosphorus chemicals and flame retardants at Hoechst

MICHAEL KIEHNEL


Founder & CEO


Economics and Supply Chain from NHTV Breda, Netherlands.

CEO BCH GmbH with 10+ Years of C-Suite Experience. 

CEO of Pyrex Industries

President Photoinitiators Platform.

DR. HANSJOERG GRUETZMACHER 

Founding Member & Advisor

PhD in Chemistry, University of Göttingen:

Retired 2024 from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Currently teaching at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Author/co-author of >300 publications and patents. 

THOMAS TANG 


Founding Member & GM

Master's in Chemistry from the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. X-BASF, Connell Bros. Co. Ltd. X-Changshu. Leading Synphotec’s operations in China from the ground up 

SAAD HASAN 


Business & Intl. Expansion

MBA from Sabanci University Istanbul and ESCP Paris. Formerly with Lider Kozmetik (Turkey) and Abbott (Pakistan). Currently Commercial Director at BCH Germany, specializing in international sales and marketing.