WEIBOLD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Representative for Americas
Agustina supports the company in pre-feasibility studies, market researches and technology evaluations for tire recycling and pyrolysis projects. She holds a BSc in Social Communication. Spanish and English are her working languages.
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner
- Senior Partner and Senior Strategy Consultant
Andreas Kyriakou is the Senior Partner and Senior Strategy Consultant at Weibold. He works with tire recycling and pyrolysis projects worldwide, specializes in financial planning and strategy development for circular economy companies. With over 35 years of business experience in the U.S., England, Singapore, Greece, Austria, UAE and other countries, Mr. Kyriakou founded several companies associated with renewable energy, environment, IT, etc., including an IPO in 2000.
Job Titles:
- Senior Pyrolysis Consultant
Claus has been leading commercial (financing) and technical projects for over 40 years. Since 2010 Claus has been working exclusively in sustainability projects (biodiesel production, bio-waste-to-energy, offshore wind power, chemothermical depolymerization). He oversaw the first successfully implemented approval process for an end-of-life tire pyrolysis project in Austria. Claus has been working with the Weibold team since 2021 and is responsible for assessing the feasibility of technical implementation projects for waste tires and plastic, approval issues and chemical registrations.
Franklin holds a Master's in Sustainable Energy Technology from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, specializing in thermochemical processes. He ventured into tire pyrolysis during his master thesis which is "Recovering rCB from end-of-life tires in a fluidized bed reactor". Currently, he works as a Pyrolysis Business Analyst and supports the company in pre-feasibility studies, market research, technology evaluation among other things in the APAC region.
Job Titles:
- Senior Pyrolysis Consultant
Henry Kim is a former Plant Manager, COO, CEO and Co-founder of Anothen WTE, (South Korea). He has 20+ years of business development experience in renewable energy and solid waste management projects. Henry has fully managed several sizeable tire pyrolysis factories worldwide from construction to operations to financial assessment and contract negotiations. He is referred to as a recognized authority on renewable energy, resource recovery such as rCB production, municipality incinerating and environmental technologies, including their applications and product sales markets.
Job Titles:
- Market Research Associate
Imane holds a BA in English Literature. Before joining Weibold, she worked in administrative roles and spent two years involved in social entrepreneurship and project management, where she developed strong leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. At Weibold, Imane conducts market research and supports projects related to tire recycling and pyrolysis. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.
Mohamed worked as research consultant at DAI under USAID's Morocco Economic Competitiveness program. He specialized in cold chain logistics, business and legal environment development, and sustainable solid waste management. Joined Weibold in 2013 and has been supporting the team in designing business plans and market studies for numerous of tire recycling projects worldwide; specialized in MENA countries. Mohamed is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
Job Titles:
- Market Research Associate
Mohamed holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Management. Before joining Weibold, he was working for a financial consulting company and helped small and medium companies to streamline their business processes. At Weibold, Mohamed supports clients with various research activities related to tire recycling and pyrolysis projects. Mohamed speaks English, Arabic and French.
Job Titles:
- Senior Pyrolysis Consultant
- Specialist
Pavol Fehér is experienced specialist in all aspects of thermal conversion of waste materials: from feedstock preparation to end products. He used to work on R&D projects at Slovnaft Refinery and MOL Group, where he researched treatment feasibility of waste materials, particularly waste tires and plastics, and worked with technologies designed to improve pyrolysis fuels. Mr. Fehér possesses over 40 years of experience at oil refinery and in the petrochemical industry.
Vipin holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has been working in tire recycling industry in India and the Middle East, focusing on downstream products (molded goods, reclaim rubber, safety flooring from rubber, etc). Working with equipment suppliers worldwide, Vipin has strong knowledge in operating and maintaining different types of tire recycling machinery. Moreover, for over a decade, he had been representing one of the largest tire processors in the Saudi Arabia. Today, Vipin supports Weibold in evaluating tire recycling technology and conducting market studies.
Job Titles:
- Market Research Associate
Yassine has over five years of experience in social entrepreneurship and project management in multinational context dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030. He engages in training sessions on social entrepreneurship and project management and has actively participated in initiatives such as the United Nations Development Programme and an EU program in Beirut. Yassine supports Weibold with market research and project management related to end-of-life tire and plastic recycling. He is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.
Job Titles:
- Technical Consultant Carbon Black
Yogesh has 13+ years of experience in chemicals and material science, analyzing petroleum products and participating in leading R&D projects in the carbon black industry. A graduate of an MSc program in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Mumbai, Yogesh worked with carbon black production technologies and feedstock, focused at final product applications. Working as a lab analyst, quality assurance officer, research associate, laboratory manager, technical and product development manager, he supported Gharda Chemicals, Geo Chemical Laboratories Pvt., Birla Carbon, Phillips Carbon Black and BKT Carbon.
Job Titles:
- Representative for Middle East & Africa
Younes holds a MSc. in Finance and Management from Cranfield University in the UK. He was intensively involved in business development roles with several companies in Morocco, including a 6 digits turnover Swedish firm specialized in rubber sealing solutions. At Weibold, Younes works on consultancy studies and provides business analysis and investment recommendations related to tire recycling and downstream projects in Africa and the Middle East. Younes speaks English, Arabic and French.