Manfred Kircher PhD

Manfred Kircher brings more than 30 years of experience in the chemical industry and in the development of bioeconomy clusters with companies, research institutes, and public administration to his consulting work. His career milestones are biotechnological research and development (Degussa AG, Germany), production (while delegated to Fermas; Slovakia), venture capital (delegated to Burrill & Company; USA), and biotechnology partnering and branding (Evonik Industries AG; Germany).
Delegated by Evonik, he chaired the Board of CLIB since the cluster's foundation until 2012 and chairs its Advisory Board since 2012. In 2014, Manfred founded KADIB, a consultancy for bioeconomy. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Board of BioBall e. V (Bioeconomy in Metropolitan Regions). In 2020, he was appointed to the Advisory Board for Sustainable Bioeconomy of the State Government of Baden-Württemberg and as Chairman of the Organics Valorisation Section of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB). Manfred has been certified as a bio-economy expert by the EU Commission.