Eric Gaertner is the Chief Operating Officer at Actylis, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. With over 20 years of experience, he specializes in global manufacturing, supply chain management, EHS, IT, and quality & regulatory functions. He has led large-scale operational transformations at Beckers Group, Meyle AG, and Evonik, establishing continuous optimization processes and driving sustainable growth. Passionate about digitalization and collaboration, Eric focuses on enhancing efficiency and scalability. A native of Belgium, he holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from Technical University Darmstadt. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, hiking, and cooking with his family.

Lauren Seufert joined Actylis in September 2024 as Chief Strategy Officer and is based in Basel, Switzerland. She comes to Actylis with a global business background in the specialty and industrial chemicals industry including roles in Marketing, NBD, Strategy, Procurement, Sales, and Business Management for companies including BASF, Nalco and Ashland in both the US and Europe. In addition to her corporate leadership background, Lauren founded her own international company in 2018, where she was an executive coach and transformation consultant for leaders and their global organizations. Her client base included those focusing primarily on the Chemical, Pharma, Engineering, Tech and Life Sciences industries in US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Lauren holds an MBA from Seton Hall University, a B.S. Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. In addition, she is certified as an ICF (PCC) Coach and Prosci Change Practitioner.

Damien joined Actylis in April 2021 as part of the acquisition of A&C, a global GMP manufacturer of excipients, buffers, and process solutions. He was appointed President in January 2022, having held numerous positions of increasing responsibility at A&C over the last 11 years, most recently as VP & COO where he was responsible for the global operations of the company including the successful execution of investment and change programs.
Prior to joining A&C, he spent over a decade in the Merchant Navy and Oil & Gas sector and served as Chief Engineer with OOCL. Damien graduated from CIT (MTU) in Marine & Plant Engineering. He earned his Chief Engineer license at the National Maritime College of Ireland and completed the Executive Development Course at McGill Executive Institute in Montreal.

Sunil Punjabi is Actylis’ President of Asia Pacific. He joined the company in February 2022 and is based in Bangalore, India. Sunil is responsible for expanding Actylis’ sales presence in the Asia Pacific region. He has previously worked for Merck KGaA in India, where he was most recently the Managing Director of Merck Life Sciences and Merck Country Speaker. Sunil brings over 30 years of experience in the Life Science industry predominantly with Merck KGaA and Sigma Aldrich where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibilities in Asia in the sales, marketing and operations departments, including 2 years as Managing Director of Sigma Aldrich South East Asia based in Singapore .

John joined Actylis in August, 2019 with more than 25 years of executive Human Resources experience. Prior to joining Actylis, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Drive Medical for 4 years. Drive was one of North America’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of durable medical equipment. John was also a member of Drive’s executive management committee where he led the companies global human capital initiatives. John began his Human Resources career at Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500 company and the world’s largest supplier of office-based healthcare products. In 1992, he was named Director of HR operations and in his 20+ career took on increased responsibilities up to and including leading Henry Schein’s talent acquisition and diversity functions globally. John is a graduate of St. John’s University where he earned degrees in Political Science and Communications. He is also certified in Human Resources by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), where he has earned SHRM-SCP certification.