Our Team

Alex is a founder and CEO of MetGen since 2008. A serial entrepreneur, Alex has over 15 years of international experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and cleantech industries.

He also serves on the Board of Directors of HyTest (Finland), a leading supplier of reagents for the in-vitro diagnostic market. Alex received his MBA from the Robert Kennedy College, Switzerland in 2005.

Klara has been the head of MetGen’s R&D since its foundation in 2008, and an inventor of MetGen IP. Klara holds a PhD in Molecular Biology, published over 15 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals.

Klara’s previous international career in academic and industrial institutions in the field of molecular biology and biotechnology provides deep knowledge in genetic engineering, molecular evolution and protein science.

Matti has an MBA and a biotechnology engineering degree from Turku University of Applied Sciences. Matti has +10 years of experience in industrial biotechnology, starting with Genencor/DuPont.

During his career he has had various international leadership roles and organizational development responsibilities.

Sami-Pekka has B.Sc. in engineering and a degree in marketing. He has more than two decades of experience in serving pulp and paper industry. During this time he has been holding various management positions in sales organizations of chemical solution providers.

In the Sales Director role Sami-Pekka is introducing MetGen’s enzymatic solutions – MetZymes® – to the industry and providing application knowledge to the customers.

Antoine holds a PhD in Medical Biochemistry and Genetics from the University of Turku, Finland and is fully armed to cover the panel of methods used at MetGen to answer customer’s needs.

As the head of the application testing group Antoine assesses the full benefits of using MetZyme® in customer driven projects.

Toni has a degree in biotech engineering from Turku University of Applied Science.

Toni has more than a decade of experience in fermentation and enzyme application development, high throughput screening and a wide range of sample analyses. In his Product development role he is a key-person in MetGen application team, helping the customer hands-on and bringing biotechnical insight to on-site trials.