We are

The Life Cycle Company™

Our life cycle contains the principle of engineering design, whereby we follow an orbit of work towards simplicity and minimal environmental impacts. We idealize the world’s state of perfection whereby nature and human thrive together.

Contribution to Society

Addressing sustainable development growth through cutting-edge technology.

Renewing nutrition, material and energy.

Innovation for all, through plant-based technology.

Founder’s Story

Three chemical engineers and fellow academics from University of Patras in Greece and EPFL co-founded EMBION Technologies S.A. in 2016. The founding team, Georgios Savoglidis, Sviatlana Siankevich and Georgios Fengos shared a common vision of subtly inventing an alchemy that is good for the planet and life. The idea was to create a revolutionary approach using the smartest technologies to catalyse the world’s transition to zero waste.

EMBION was created to mean “Life.” The cohort produced their first fingerprint of disruptive technology in Lausanne, Switzerland’s internationally renowned high-tech hub for natural sciences and engineering.

Founders, Board, Management

Georgios Savoglidis

Founder, CEO, Board Director
  • 15+ years experience in Biomass
  • Valorisation Process Design.
  • Bus. Dev. and Operations in B2B
  • Technical Project Management

Sviatlana Siankevich

Founder, CTO
  • 10+ years experience in Enzymatic and Chemical Biomass Hydrolysis
  • Technology, Environmental Engineering & Ecology

Georgios Fengos

Founder, Engineering & Operations
  • 10+ years experience in systems biology, biotechnology, modelling of complex systems, quantitative analysis, process optimization, and project management.

Andreas Weckherlin

Chairman & Board Director
  • 20+ years experience as Regional Director Nestlé, Kraft Foods, other FMCG. Alumni of HSG, IMD & Harvard Business School.

Stephane Constant

Board Director
  • Global EVP Nutrition & Health DuPont/ Danisco
  • Business Director Rhodia Meat,
  • CEO MaltEurope, Solevo Group

Johannes Baensch

Technology Strategy Advisor
  • Global Head R&D Nestlé,
  • CSO Galderma/ Nestlé Skin Health,
  • COO CPW (JV Nestlé and General Mills)

Raf Crabbe

Clinical R&D Advisor
  • AVP Clinical Dev. Nestlé
  • Med. Director EMD Serono,
  • VP Clinical Debiopharm

Paul Dyson

Chemistry Advisor
  • EPFL Professor
  • Ionic liquid and organometallic chemistry for medicine, catalysis and
    material science

Tim van der Kolk

Head of Sales and Business Development
  • 20+ years experience in KA, Sales and Bus. Dev. Global KAM and Sr. Sales Manager ADM and Olam in natural ingredients for human nutrition

Team

Passionate achievers in trend-setting catalyst technologies

Cora De Gol

R&D Specialist

Gina Noh

Technology Specialist

Victoria Berset

Product Developer

Annick Voutat

CEO Assistant

Adithya Tulluri

R&D Assistant

Our Core Values

Creative Foresight & Passion

Our people are pioneers of future solutions driven by their passion and grit to create a difference in the world.

Entrepreneurial & Agile

We value people who are positive disruptors, who embrace an open-minded mindset to grow with our mission and the environment.

World Class Quality

Our team is committed to delivering reliable, robust innovation and technology of highest quality standards.

Simple & Bold

We believe that simple is great. We offer ground-breaking technology through pragmatic and affordable solutions.