Dr. Sybille Buchwald-Werner

Education:

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

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.