Biomanufacturing for planetary health.

planetary was founded by a group of leading biotechnologists and engineers with an ambitious mission to develop biomanufacturing facilities, enabling sustainable bio-based production at an industrial scale.

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planetary leadership

Prof. Dr. Ian Marison

Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer

Ian holds over 40 years’ experience in industrial fermentation for food and biopharma, both academic and industrial. He has worked for many years with key fermentation related companies and brings considerable knowledge on science and engineering to enable efficient facility design and scientific operation.

David Brandes

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

David founded planetary out of conviction to 'do well and do good'. Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Migros Online, engagement manager at McKinsey & Co., and co-founder of Peace of Meat (exit through acquisition & NASDAQ IPO), David leads planetary's business strategy and execution.

Dr. Muyiwa Akintoye

Chief Product Officer

Muyiwa has worked in diverse areas of food product research including brewing, canning, breakfast cereal manufacture, and dairy production for over 30 years. Muyiwa is the former head of R&D at Quorn foods, and provides guidance, direction, and development of fungal biomass by fermentation, characterization, and use in plant-based meats and dairy free milks at planetary.

Dr. Joachim Schulze

Chief Technology Officer

Joachim holds over 30 years’ experience in chemical and biochemical engineering. He is the former Managing Director of a GEA company, former executive at ThyssenKrupp, and has designed, constructed, and operated multiple large scale manufacturing facilities. Joachim brings his expertise to the planetary engineering team to construct efficient, built for purpose facilities.

Management

Team

Charles Pontvianne

Head of Corporate Finance

Lukas Mazonas

Business Development Manager

Lilly Tong

Business Engagement Manager

Tanja Buch

Fermentation Group Leader

Martin Wolfram

Senior Bioprocess Engineer

Hugo Hoenink

Bioprocess Engineer

Melina Metheniti

Senior Fermentation Scientist

Saad Fenjiro

Bioprocess Engineer

Gabriella Bracher

Head of Accounting

Tayson Burdini

Engineering Consultant

Jeremy Jentys

Engineering Consultant

Thomas Nagy

Advisor

Rob Johnson

Advisor

Jean-Vincent Piot

Advisor

Philip Calabrese

Advisor

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Careers

Bioprocess Production Engineer

Aarberg, Switzerland

To support the further development of our mycoprotein production facility, planetary is searching for an experienced (Bio)-process engineer with proven industrial experience to support us at our 50kL production site in Aarberg, canton of Bern. In this position you will carry out development, upscaling and production up to 50k L for external clients and internal products in batch and continuous production.

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The Position:

- Further optimize and operate our mycelium biomass(mycoprotein) fermentation process from 300 to 50m3 scale

- Involves routine production of mycoprotein at 50m3 scale

- Be part of a team involved in the implementation of a continuous production process for mycoprotein at 50m3 scale

- Requires flexible working hours involving being part of a team involved in shift working

- Requires strong discipline and ability to follow directives from line managers

- Requires ability to operate a range of equipment and utilities under carefully controlled food grade conditions.

- Involves ability to trouble-shoot and resolve technical problems

- Involves a very hands-on, practical approach to fermentation processes for food ingredient production

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Qualifications and Experience:

- Motivated to join an impact-focused industrial firm, seeking to do well by doing good and scaling up the alternative protein industry.

- BSc, MSc or CFC in a suitable field of food technology, microbiology, fermentation technology, process engineering or related field

- 3or more years of prior experience in the development and implementation of robust industrial fermentation or chemical processes

- Hands-on experience and knowledge of industrial manufacturing conditions for food manufacturing.

- Strongly motivated to work within start-up, team environment and desire to learn new concepts and ideas

- Good command in German is a plus.

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Bioprocess engineer

Geneva, Switzerland

Full-time

Planetary is looking for an experienced Bioprocess Engineer with expertise in factory and plant design, infrastructure, regulations, and finished product formulations.

Qualifications and Experience:

Successfully completed university studies in chemical or bioprocess engineering or related disciplines
+5 years of experience of process engineering design possibly within the biotech industry.
Experience and familiarity with designing for delivery/implementation and associated project construction and execution.
Professional experience in industrial biotechnology, especially in the area of process development/scaling
Ability to perform process development involving multiple disciplines (e.g., product isolation and purification,) in cross-functional and cross-site teams
Familiarity with modern CAE packages and interfacesfor process plant design.
Evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplineteam.
English is required, German is a plus

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Executive assistant

Geneva, Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

To support the development of our business, planetary is searching for an Executive Assistant to join with a 50% - 80% time commitment.

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor's degree
Minimum 3 years of related experience
Ability to communicate in English, German and French required
Proficient in visual communication including slide design, editing, and creation
Proficient in PowerPoint, Slides, InDesign, or similar
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google suites
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to multitask efficiently and productively

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Project manager officer

Fribourg, Switzerland OR Geneva, Switzerland

Full-time

To support the construction of our first plant, Planetary is searching for an experienced project manager to support our engineering team.

Qualifications and Experience:

Masters degree in Engineering, Business Management, or related
10+ years of business experience across multiple disciplines and large CAPEX project management experience in pharma, biotech, engineering, or similar
Knowledge of process engineering, food plant construction, planning, and process technology strongly preferred
Previous project management experience and leadership of teams which are diverse and cross-functional
Full working proficiency of both English and German
Demonstrated ability to apply independent judgment to solve problems; inspires loyalty and trust; handles oneself ethically, ability to motivate, ability to lead without formal authority; ability to influence outcomes; ability to get things done through others; agile mindset.

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Accounting specialist and team manager

Geneva /Fribourg / Vaud/ Bern Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

To support the development of our financial planningand business operations, planetary is searching for an Accounting specialist & office manager to join with a 80-100%time commitment.