Our people : Matthias Pfaffernoschke

Meet Dr. Matthias Pfaffernoschke, Managing Director Central and Eastern Europe

Prior to joining the Executive Committee in January 2025, Dr. Matthias Pfaffernoschke was Managing Director of the DACH-region at Safic-Alcan Deutschland GmbH and Safic-Alcan Switzerland AG. He joined Safic-Alcan in Germany 2019 as Head of Sales Performance Products.

Before Safic-Alcan, Matthias held various positions in Product Development, Technical Service and Sales & Marketing in the chemical industry. His career started at the lab-bench in the printing inks industry at SICPA. He spent more than 15 years at AkzoNobel/National Starch (now Nouryon) and Synthomer, managing global businesses in Personal Care, HI&I and Coatings; having lived with his family in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. 

A native “Berliner” with a degree in Polymer Chemistry from the Technical University of Berlin and an MBA from SBS-Swiss Business School in Zürich, he is married and has 2 adult children pursuing their own careers. When not with his wife, he enjoys his passion for rowing on the water in and around Berlin, running and reading.