The management team now consists of four members. Wolfram Stichert keeps his role as CEO of the company. Michael Paul has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) while Denis Hürtgen is the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Stefan Altwasser completes the management team as Chief Business Officer (CBO).

Wolfram Stichert is one of the founders of HTE and was CFO between 2003 and 2012, becoming CEO in 2013. He studied chemistry and economics and started his professional career as a research scientist in 1996 after his PhD.

Michael Paul studied chemistry and received his PhD in the field of catalysis in 2009 from the Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research, Germany. He started his professional career in HTE’s business development team, followed by positions in BASF’s catalysts business, joining HTE again in 2020 as Director Custom R&D Solutions.

In his new role as Chief Technology Officer, Denis Hürtgen is responsible for HTE’s hardware and software portfolio. He studied chemical engineering at the Mannheim University of Applied Science, graduating as an engineer in 2007. During his career at HTE, he has held positions with increasing responsibility in hardware and software business.

Stefan Altwasser studied chemistry at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and earned his PhD in chemistry in the field of zeolite catalysis in 2006. He started his professional career at BASF, where he held several positions with increasing responsibility in R&D and catalyst business. In April 2021, he joined HTE as Director Business Development and Marketing.