Dr. Sybille Buchwald-Werner
Education:
- Pharmacist, PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry
Strong experience and expertise in:
- Natural product development and B2B business
- Inventor of several applications and process patents
(e.g. Perilla, Lemon balm, Mango, Hoodia, Ginkgo) - Strategic portfolio management of plant extracts for cosmetics, dietary supplements, functional foods and pharmaceutical applications
- portfolio evaluation, pipeline management
- innovation strategy
- extraction process development and set up of supply chain
- development and implementation of new products
- Multi-partner project management
- Global network to
- partner to support innovation pipelines and business development
- key decision maker within functional foods industry
- partner for product development, R&D network
- partner for supply chain, including contract manufacturing
- collaboration and business options in South Africa and China
Major achievements:
- Foundation of Vital Solutions GmbH and creation of an innovative product portfolio and pipeline, capable of delivering sustainable sales growth
- Market introduction of 5 innovative branded health care ingredients
- Set up of a global distributions network
- Continuous track record as speaker and chairman at international conferences and exhibitions within the natural product industry
- Publications and book chapters to promote natural products
- Project manager of the Hoodia Project at Cognis GmbH
- Key driver in establishing the “beauty inside” concept in Europe
- Co-responsible for the integration of Dr. Vinyals Laboratorios, Spain, a traditional pharmaceutical herbal extract company, into the global company structure of Cognis
- Global scouting manager: e.g. identification and co-development of Rooibos and Honey bush extract for food and beverages together with Afriplex, South Africa.
- Head of botanicals R&D for Cognis GmbH in Barcelona, Spain:
- Development and launch of the Plantalin TM product line, a water soluble plant extract line developed specially for application in functional beverages.

Dr. Sybille Buchwald-Werner