We are a team of professionals with expertise in many fields: engineering, material science, architecture, construction, manufacturing operations and financial.

TECHNOLOGY / R&D / IP

Meet the team

Pol Merino
Managing Director & Co-founder

Pol is leading the implementation of the international expansion strategy following circular economy principles based on finding synergies with local industries.

He aims for Honext to become a transformative platform that accelerates the construction materials market from the linear into circular economy to shift the current negative impact of the built environment to a net positive one.

Pol holds a BSc in Biotechnology and has varied successful international experiences leading business development and establishing networks in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.

Paul Clegg
CEO

Paul is driving the company's growth and industrial expansion based on circular economy principles, aiming for HONEXT to accelerate the access and use of circular solutions in the panel and construction industry.

Since 2008, Paul has been dedicated to environmentally and sustainably sound manufacturing and is fully committed to making sustainable innovation in the built environment commercially viable.


With over 25 years of leadership experience in investment banking and multiple board positions in healthcare, financial, and industrial organizations, Paul brings a wealth of executive and strategic expertise of commercialization of sustainable wood-based products. Prior to this role, during his 12 years as CEO, he successfully restructured and led Accsys Technologies PLC.

 

Pere Merino
Executive Chairman
& Co-founder

Overseeing governance, strategic vision and company strategy.

Pere is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the biotech and pharma software industry. As a board member and executive at several tech-powered organisations working to transform society and industrial processes, Pere lives and breathes change. 

He studied chemical engineering, and co-founded Honext Material S.L. in 2011.

Albert Bové
Finance Manager

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TECHNOLOGY / R&D / IP

Sebel Lee
Head of R&D, Technology

Sebel is a Chemical Engineer and Entrepreneur who heads Honext’s R&D efforts.

Adrián Romaní
Senior R&D Scientist

Adrián is our expert researcher and development scientist and is dedicated to constantly improving process conditions and the characteristics of the product, as well as developing new products with exciting properties.

With his exceptional ability to identify and solve complex problems, and his expertise in bringing lab results to pilot plant scale, Adrián is helping Honext to constantly challenge and improve the innovation work to increase the positive impact of the product and the process to enable the next steps of the Honext journey, to scale up the production process so that it will be accessible in more places in the near future.

Adrián, a keen hiker and photographer outside work, is a chemical engineer, with a MSc. in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses and a PhD in Chemistry, where he worked on sustainable nanomaterial production and energy storage solutions.

Luis Torrente
Manufacturing and Safety Manager

Factory leader. Environmental champion. Quality guardian.

A plastics and rubbers expert, Luis combines a strong chemical sector background with his passion for the environment to ensure HONEXT® meets its quality and sustainability standards.

Christopher Ellis
Head of Intellectual Property

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MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS / ENGINEERING

Karlijn Rademakers
Head of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering

Karlijn is leading Honext’s next important phase of excelling in manufacturing operations and readying the engineering solution for a consistently well-performing production.

Thanks to her strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration she has excelled in leadership positions and effective management of teams across various industrial sites. It was Honext’s product, its potential, and the business philosophy that made her join the team so that she can combine her passion for a more sustainable planet with her industrial operation and management experience.

She has a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, a Professional Doctorate in Engineering, and an MBA, Karlijn brings a diverse background from the wood and chemical industries, including from Accsys Technologies and Solvay.

Jordi Pinart
Junior Process Engineer

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Tommy Chen
Engineering Manager

Process innovator. Production designer. Optimiser.

Manufacturing and process design expert. Tommy drives the continuous improvement of the HONEXT® production process and team through innovation and systems optimisation.

Tommy Chen
Engineering Manager

Process innovator. Production designer. Optimiser.

Manufacturing and process design expert. Tommy drives the continuous improvement of the HONEXT® production process and team through innovation and systems optimisation.

SALES / MARKETING / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Loreto Burés
Head of Sales & Marketing

Loreto is overseeing the sales and marketing efforts at this exciting stage when important relationships are being built with distributors, specifiers and clients on current and new markets.

Coming from a background in various sectors such as aerospace, automotive and the wood sector, Loreto brings a unique perspective, enabling her to work closely with production teams to develop new products and understands how an industry can reinvent itself by finding more efficient and sustainable ways to satisfy customer needs.

She is a forestry engineer and holds a Diploma in furniture and wood industry professional specialization. In her previous position, Loreto, who is also something of a bookworm, was responsible for successfully introducing the Accoya brand in Spain.

Ana Rodríguez
Head of Marketing

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Nick Marron
Commercial Business Development Manager

Nick is driving our commercial business development as we enter into strategic partnerships to exploit the exciting uses and applications for our certified circular HONEXT® boards.

With his extensive background in panel manufacturing and technical sales he is passionate about positioning HONEXT as a lead contributor to positive change in the panels market, together with business partners.

 

Through his previous positions at Gyproc and Medite Smartply among others, Nick has gained unique expertise in the fields of construction panel manufacturing and sales, leading product development groups and managing launches of innovative products in the industry.

Susana Clavijo
Customer Service Manager

Susana manages the sales backup, logistics and customer service for our different markets, coordinating communication between departments to achieve process management optimization.

Thanks to a long career and excellent track record in the Customer Service Department at Akzonobel, a multinational chemical company specialized in paints, varnishes and wood, Susana understands the importance of excellent customer service and the necessary set-up behind it to serve customers in different markets with diverse needs and ways of working.

Her beliefs are that the strength of any workforce lies in the cohesion and collaboration of its team members, and that clients should be treated with equal importance. After all, happy clients make for a happy team.

Eduard Mondéjar
Technical Sales Specialist

Eduard is our stellar expert on technical sales, design and architecture applications providing project and case studies solutions to our clients and partners.

He is an experienced industrial and interior designer with a strong dedication to demonstrate that a more sustainable and ethical aspect to the construction world is not only necessary, but also possible.

With his BA in Interior Design, and a Product design degree, he is the creator behind a number of new industrial and craft products and he is also the co-creator of the Murmull design brand.

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Ingi Guðjónsson
Product Developer & Technical Specialist

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EXPERT ADVISORS​

Pablo Osorno

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Camilla Hammar
Senior advisor & Consultant, Business Strategy

Advising on business strategy, positioning and brand building strategies.

As a member of global internal boards during her long career at IKEA, Camilla has gained unique experience in business strategy and business development integrating sustainability as a business driver. She is dedicated to work with Honext because of its potential to prove that circular economy business models are possible.

 

Camilla has a Master of Science in Business Administration and more than 20 years of experience of positioning, branding, marketing and communication of renowned international brands around the world, such as IKEA, Shanghai Tang and Veuve Clicquot.

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