Our Team

Chief Executive Officer

Jan Haemers

Jan holds a M.Sc. degree in mining engineering (ULB – Brussels), geological engineering (ENSG – Nancy) and hydrological engineering (ULg – Liège). He also holds a business administration degree (Solvay Business School – Brussels) and International Executive Program (INSEAD – Fontainebleau). He has been working in soil remediation since 1991.

After he founded the company now called SITA Remediation (1993), he created his own company Deep Green in 1999, dedicated to thermal treatment. In 2001, he acquired the US subsidiary and focused on Research and Development of new processes. In 2010 he introduced NSR® technology to the market, and is the main inventor of various patented and patent pending in situ thermal desorption technologies. Jan lectures soil remediation at various universities and engineering schools in Europe.

Jan enjoys to read a good book, he can pilot a plane and has a passion for socks.

Board Member

Marten Kingmans

Marten holds a M.Sc. in theology/sociology (University Leiden) and an International Executive Program degree (INSEAD – Fontainebleau). He joined Deep Green in 2006, having fulfilled various general and commercial management positions in different industries (EDS, OCE).

In 2010, he founded the company with Jan Haemers. He focuses on marketing and the development of various forms of international partnerships, like Joint Ventures and License Holders.

Board Member

Joelle Mulders

As a Chemical Engineer graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in Brussels and after the obtention of a Management Engineering Degree at Solvay Business School, Joëlle started her career with ExxonMobil Chemicals, in various Process, Sales and Ethics & Compliance jobs. She then moved to Boston Consulting Group in a diversity of assignments, mainly in the field of challenging the status quo.

In 2000, she joined UCB, which became CYTEC and now ALLNEX, and had multiple positions in Marketing, Procurement, Business, Supply Chain Management at Regional and Global levels. She worked in Belgium and in the United States, in the coatings industry as well as in phosphine gas and derivatives. She was also deeply involved in operational integration post-merge or acquisition.

She is non-executive Board Member at HT.

Board Member

Marc Van de Walle

Marc graduated with an Economics and Business Administration degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He is also a CFA Charterholder. Starting his career in retail banking at ING Belgium in 1993, Marc subsequently moved to private banking and became the country’s commercial director.

In 2003, Marc was appointed to the Executive Committee of ING Luxembourg, where he was in charge of retail, private banking and asset management. Marc went on to join ING Asia Private Bank (now known as Bank of Singapore) in January 2009, where he has been responsible for the product platform on which all wealth management solutions are built. In particular, Marc held responsibility over the Bank’s Investment Strategy, Research, Discretionary Portfolio Management, Trading Advisory, Wealth Planning and Trust Services. Between January 2015 and February 2017, Marc was also in charge of Business Transformation, which spearheaded Bank of Singapore’s digital strategy and lead the launch of its first client app.

In February 2013, he was also appointed as OCBC Bank’s Head of Group Wealth Products. In this role, Marc spearheaded the creation of a centralized knowledge hub for wealth management products across the OCBC Group, as well as provided consistent investment views for wealth advisory across various client segments.

In July 2020, Marc joined Standard Chartered bank as Global Head, Wealth Management. Marc in based in Singapore since 2007.

He is part of the Board of Directors at Haemers Technologies.

Board Member

Sigrid Willame

Sigrid holds a law degree (KUL) and a M.Sc. in European Law (ULB, Brussels) as well as other professional qualifications in Leadership, Finance, Management and Philosophy (Solvay, Insead Fontainebleau). She is a seasoned executive with diverse experience in general management and compliance matters as well as change management in various types of organization from multinationals to SME’s. Sigrid started her career as a lawyer and in-house counsel in various multinationals (Shell, UCB), she then became VP compliance and risk officer at GSK Vaccines and as such was a member of GSK vaccines executive team.

In 2009, she moved to the SME’s world as a GM/COO at Vervloet SA where she oversaw and managed Finance, Production, Purchasing, Logistics, HR and Legal departments. Sigrid is also an active board member for various companies including being Chairwoman of the “Société Bruxelloise de Gestion des Eaux” (SBGE) until 2020. She currently chairs the Supervisory Board of Heran Health Tech Fund.

She joined Haemers Technologies in the HR department in September 2018 and is now member of the Board of Directors.

Chief Executive Officer

Jan Haemers

Jan holds a M.Sc. degree in mining engineering (ULB – Brussels), geological engineering (ENSG – Nancy) and hydrological engineering (ULg – Liège). He also holds a business administration degree (Solvay Business School – Brussels) and International Executive Program (INSEAD – Fontainebleau). He has been working in soil remediation since 1991.

After he founded the company now called SITA Remediation (1993), he created his own company Deep Green in 1999, dedicated to thermal treatment. In 2001, he acquired the US subsidiary and focused on Research and Development of new processes. In 2010 he introduced NSR® technology to the market, and is the main inventor of various patented and patent pending in situ thermal desorption technologies. Jan lectures soil remediation at various universities and engineering schools in Europe.

Jan enjoys to read a good book, he can pilot a plane and has a passion for socks.

Deputy CEO & Chief Scientist

Hatem Saadaoui

Dr Hatem Saadaoui holds a PhD in Applied Sciences with First class honors (ULB, Brussels), a Master in Petrochemistry (ULB, Brussels) and a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (ENIG, Gabès). Since 2003, he has been involved in the development of new environmental technology in his role as researcher in the Chemistry department of Applied Sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. In 2006, he joined Deep Green where he developed the Thermopile© technology.

In 2011, he joined Haemers Technologies as a shareholder and R&D Manager to develop the NSR (New Soil Remediation) technology. Dr Saadaoui’s research articles have been published by many leading scientific journals and he is co-inventor of various patents in the thermal soil remediation area.

Hatem loves deep-sea fishing, his car and running.

Team Leader Operations

Jonathan De Grunne

Jonathan holds a Master in Bio Engineering – Chemistry and Bio-Industries (ULB, Brussels – 2016). His final thesis was about “Thermostability and functional study of QacA, a multidrug transporter of S.Aureus”. He spent several months with various student experiences at ULB Research, at ASCO and Galactic where he studied the absorption of VOC’s produced during food processes; Kinetics of a chemical reaction and its implementation to the industrial scale.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2017 as Project Engineer and is now Operations Manager.

He is passionate about environment, ecology and beekeeping.

Team Leader Innovation

Aline Jordens

During her Master in Bioengineering – Chemistry and Bio-Industries, Aline leaded the organization of the Engineering Jobfair and also participated in Ecotrophelia Belgium competition (creation of an eco-innovative food product prototype). She was also involved in tutoring mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Aline joined Haemers Technologies in 2018 as Project Engineer. She is now Team Leader of the Innovation team.

Aline enjoys camping, snowboarding, going out with some friends and reading books.

HR Manager

Nadia Leroy

Nadia holds a Bachelor in Marketing & Distribution (EPHEC, Belgium) and a IAA Diploma (International Advertising Accreditation). Nadia has a lot of experience regarding Media and Management. She first started in 1987 as a Media Planner and worked in various big Media references in Belgium: SAATCHI & SAATCHI, RMB (Régie Média Belge), HAVAS and ROSSEL Group. From Media Planner, she quickly becomes Manager and Chief Operating Officer and Business Unit Manager. With her Havas team, she won two Amma Awards (that rewards the belgian’s media experts) in 2011 and in 2012. Passionate about managing interpersonal and professional relationships, she decides to change from profession and got a diploma as Coach & Trainee Certification in Process Communication Management in 2016.

She joined Haemers Technologies in 2016 as Human Resources Manager.

During her free time, she enjoys going on holidays, spend time with her son and cats.

Team Leader Business Development

Aurélien Vandekerckhove

Aurélien holds a Master in Industrial Chemistry Engineering (High Polymer – Coating & Varnishes), for which he received a great distinction, and the Special Price of La Haute Ecole Lucia De Brouckère. In 2014, he did a laboratory internship at Vivaqua, where he performed DBO measurements of water before and after treatment plant and also developed sorting data programs. He wrote his thesis in Dublin (Yurii Gun’ko laboratory in Trinity College – Dublin) on “Synthesis and Investigation of Chiral Functionalized TiO2 and MN3O4”.

He joined Haemers Technologies at the end of 2016 as a Project Engineer in Research & Development and is now Team Leader of the Business Development department.

This former scout boy and Ultimate Frisbee player is a rather simple guy who enjoys cycling along the canal to keep up with his sport quota.

System & Network Administrator

Sébastien André

Sébastien holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Systems obtained at l’Institut d’enseignement et de promotion sociale in Uccle. In 2016, he did a digitalent Proximus training during which he discovered and applied new technologies. In 2019-2020, he did an internship at STIB-MIVB where he was in charge of a complete renewal of the network infrastructure for a Cisco solution.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2021 as an employee and became System and Network Administrator.

He loves humor in all its forms but also video games, role-playing games such as Warhammer, strategy games, OST of games, anime and walks in the mountains.

HR Manager

Nadia Leroy

Nadia holds a Bachelor in Marketing & Distribution (EPHEC, Belgium) and a IAA Diploma (International Advertising Accreditation). Nadia has a lot of experience regarding Media and Management. She first started in 1987 as a Media Planner and worked in various big Media references in Belgium: SAATCHI & SAATCHI, RMB (Régie Média Belge), HAVAS and ROSSEL Group. From Media Planner, she quickly becomes Manager and Chief Operating Officer and Business Unit Manager. With her Havas team, she won two Amma Awards (that rewards the belgian’s media experts) in 2011 and in 2012. Passionate about managing interpersonal and professional relationships, she decides to change from profession and got a diploma as Coach & Trainee Certification in Process Communication Management in 2016.

She joined Haemers Technologies in 2016 as Human Resources Manager.

During her free time, she enjoys going on holidays, spend time with her son and cats.

IT Innovation Manager

Yves Randoux

Yves graduated from Polytechnic in Brussels in 1994. After a year as a civil engineer in mechanics, he spent a year in Riverside, California, to improve his English and follow a certificate in management at the University of California at Riverside. He then worked all of its career in IT. From July 95 to February 1997, he worked in a small Belgian company specializing in banking, FICS, where he was in charge of developing a risk reporting application. From March 97 to April 01, he worked for Bluegate, a Belgian start-up, to start and manage the development of an optimization software for bulk transport (for example the delivery to service stations of petroleum products) in collaboration with researchers in statistics of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. From May 01 to April 02, he was consultant at Bureau Van Dijk, a Belgian consulting company, with various projects in the field of data management.

From May 02 until February 14, he was IT project leader and then Senior business partner at Ingersoll-Rand, American multinational (50,000 employees), in the Thermoking department – he was manufacturer of refrigerated groups for trucks and containers. He was mainly responsible for the development of a maintenance contract management application – developed in partnership with a Belgian and Indian company. He did the installation of this application for Europe, then for Japan, India, Brazil and finally for the United States. He was in charge of the management of various projects in the field of CRM, reporting, etc.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2018 as IT Innovation Manager.

In his spare time, he plays tennis and indoor football.

Internal Communication Officer & HR Assistant

Elisabeth Schoonbroodt

Elisabeth studied in the marketing field. She participated in an International Week in The Hague for the University of Applied Sciences. She also did an Erasmus in Lisbon at IADE. Elisabeth did two marketing internships, one for SANA & CO and one for SPARK.

Her young spirit joined Haemers Technologies in 2021 as a Digital Marketer.
In April 2022 she became Internal Communication Officer & HR Assistant.

She loves to cook, watch movies, read books, draw and listen to music.

Executive Assistant

Fanny Vandekerckhove

Fanny holds a bachelor’s degree in Executive Assistant obtained at La Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut Condorcet in Mons. In 2020, she did an internship at Haemers Technologies as an Executive Assistant Trainee.

She joined Haemers Technologies at the end of 2020 as an employee and became our CEO Executive Assistant.

She loves music and has learned to play piano at a young age. Wherever she goes, she will always have a book in her hand. Furthermore, she loves photography, going for walks, cooking and discovering new places.

Software Engineer Trainee

Jonathan Deversenne

Jonathan is currently finishing his degree in IT management (Programmer Analyst) at EPFC.

He joined Haemers Technologies in June 2022 as a Software Engineer Trainee.

Jonathan likes to discover new technologies, piano and to play chess.

Software Engineer Trainee

Tiziano Nardone

Tiziano is taking a Master’s degree in Networks and Telecommunications with an option in Application Development and Security at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2022 as Software Engineer Trainee.

His passions are sports, nature, hiking and he has an interest in sustainable development.

Team Leader Business Development

Aurélien Vandekerckhove

Aurélien holds a Master in Industrial Chemistry Engineering (High Polymer – Coating & Varnishes), for which he received a great distinction, and the Special Price of La Haute Ecole Lucia De Brouckère. In 2014, he did a laboratory internship at Vivaqua, where he performed DBO measurements of water before and after treatment plant and also developed sorting data programs. He wrote his thesis in Dublin (Yurii Gun’ko laboratory in Trinity College – Dublin) on “Synthesis and Investigation of Chiral Functionalized TiO2 and MN3O4”.

He joined Haemers Technologies at the end of 2016 as a Project Engineer in Research & Development and is now Team Leader of the Business Development department.

This former scout boy and Ultimate Frisbee player is a rather simple guy who enjoys cycling along the canal to keep up with his sport quota.

Head of Communication

Samuel Alves

Samuel holds a qualification degree in Graphic Design. He used to work at La Libre – La DH, MCI Brussels and as a freelance in different communication agencies.

With his big experience, he joined Haemers Technologies at the beginning of 2019, always as a Graphic Designer. In 2022, he
becomes the head of the communication department.

He has a passion for astronomy, music (he can play several instruments such as guitar, bass and theremin), reading and loves history, especially about ancient Greece.

Digital Marketer

Stéphanie Essoh

Stephanie holds a Bachelor degree in Marketing at Ephec. She previously undertook an internship as Marketing assistant and then worked as Junior Media Speacilist. Stephanie joined Haemers Technologies in 2022 as Digital marketer.

She likes to cook and but most importantly she likes to eat. She also enjoys travelling and spending time with her loves ones.

Expert Consultant

Patrick François

Patrick holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Polytechnic School of Leuven and a Master in Business Administration from the IESE Business School. He completed his studies with a degree in Geology at the Université de Liège. He started his career in France as an engineer in the research and development center of a major computer manufacturer.

Afterwards, he held financial and administrative management positions within international groups in various sectors: ICT, pharmaceuticals, industry, automotive. He held these positions in several countries and has extensive experience in international collaboration. In 2012 he took over the activity of ODS International.

Patrick can work with clients in French, English, Spanish and Dutch.

Patrick likes mountains, sea and challenges.

Customer Success Manager

Erwan Goulian

Erwan holds a pro. License of Geology for Development & Planning (Nantes University) and has spent his whole career in the environmental industry. As account manager first, he was in charge of environmental studies then managed various remediation projects in France and Africa.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2015 and supervised our sites. In January 2019, Erwan joined the Business Development Team as a Customer Success Manager.

Erwan enjoys traveling and is the perfect cats and dogs lover.

Customer Success Manager

Joaquim Halen

Joaquim holds a Master in bioengineering. He made his thesis about a field mission in Nicaragua, application study and protocol development for analyzing X-ray fluorescence on metal concentrations in volcanic soils.

He joined Haemers Technologies as Customer Success Manager in 2018.

He has a lot of interest for geosciences and volcanology and is passionate about travelling and environmental matters.

Sales Commercial Assistant

Nina Le

Nina holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from Hue University of Foreign Languages and a Master in Management from Hasselt University. She made two internships: the first one at Hue University of Foreign Languages as an English Teaching Trainee and the second one at Gao Tek Inc for which she was in charge of the Social Media Marketing.

She came to Brussels and joined Haemers Technologies as Sales Commercial Assistant in 2021.

Nina loves to sing, dance and travel. She is a big fan of Japanese food.

Team Leader Innovation

Aline Jordens

During her Master in Bioengineering – Chemistry and Bio-Industries, Aline leaded the organization of the Engineering Jobfair and also participated in Ecotrophelia Belgium competition (creation of an eco-innovative food product prototype). She was also involved in tutoring mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Aline joined Haemers Technologies in 2018 as Project Engineer. She is now Team Leader of the Innovation team.

Aline enjoys camping, snowboarding, going out with some friends and reading books.

Innovation Engineer

Ysaline Depasse

Ysaline holds a Master in Chemical and Materials Engineering from UCLouvain. Her final work was on the “downstream purification of products for synthesizing of renewable molecules”. She made an internship at Certech.

She joined Haemers Technologies’ team in 2019 as an Innovation Engineer.

She likes to dance, spend time with her family, her friends and is also a great sportswoman: horse riding, ping-pong, badminton, mini-football and team sports are part of her daily routine.

Innovation Engineer

Rabih Jenadri

Rabih holds a diploma of Mechanical Engineering which he received from Notre-Dame University (Lebanon) in 2009. The same year, he first worked as a design engineer for Industrial Plastic Machines, using Solidworks CAD software. Between 2010 and 2015, he also worked for METHODE Electronics, KBE, Algeco and SAAB Architects (all located in Lebanon).

He joined Haemers Technologies in mid-2016 as an industrial designer. In 2020, he joined the Innovation team as a Simulation Engineer.

Rabih has a strong interest in racing, football, video games and watching documentaries.

Innovation Engineer

Mathieu Petitjean

Mathieu holds a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering obtained with the greatest distinction. He wrote his thesis on “Wireless UAV networks”. He gained experience by designing IoT devices at Productize.

Then, he joined Haemers Technologies as an Electronics Innovation Engineer in 2019.

He loves fiddling with computers and electronics. Moreover, he is a passionate and involved cyclist.

Innovation Engineer Trainee

Quentin Copin

Quentin is currently studying at the University of Strasbourg (Télécom Physique). He is doing a Master in Imaging, Robotics, Major Automation, Signal, Computer Science (ASI).

He joined Haemers Technologies in May 2022 as an Innovation Engineer Trainee.

Quentin enjoys swimming, climbing and hiking. He also likes to read mystery novels when he finds the time.

Team Leader Operations

Jonathan De Grunne

Jonathan holds a Master in Bio Engineering – Chemistry and Bio-Industries (ULB, Brussels – 2016). His final thesis was about “Thermostability and functional study of QacA, a multidrug transporter of S.Aureus”. He spent several months with various student experiences at ULB Research, at ASCO and Galactic where he studied the absorption of VOC’s produced during food processes; Kinetics of a chemical reaction and its implementation to the industrial scale.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2017 as Project Engineer and is now Operations Manager.

He is passionate about environment, ecology and beekeeping.

Interim Operations Manager

Alain Duchêne

Alain holds M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering at Université Libre de Bruxelles. He works as a Consultant in Industrial Health and Safety and provides coaching and training services to managers in industrial environment.

While working at CH2M, he delivered projects to their non-public sector clients in Europe for the Environmental and Nuclear Division. Also, managed and executed a high-profile ground remediation project in an active Seveso II chemical site that required both delivering HSE performance and building excellent client relationship.

Alain joined HAEMERS Technologies in 2017 as a Chief Project Officer. After having explored other horizons, he returned back at Haemers Technologies as interim operations manager.

Industrial Designer

David Aguilera

David took several Solidworks Courses and is used to work on blueprints.

He joined Haemers Technologies in early 2018 and is now in charge of sites blueprints preparation.

Architecture and sound science are his passions. But that is not all, he likes to have some walks with his family in the countryside.

Head of Infrastructure

El Habib Bouagfa

El Habib holds two trainings, one as Crane Operator, the other as Retro-Excavator Operator. After several jobs, he worked for 10 years (between 1999 and 2009) at UNOCIEN (Spain) as a polyvalent building technician, and as Crane operator for a year between 2009 and 2010.

Since then, he joined Haemers Technologies as Operations Technician and works on the conception of Smart Burners. With his experience along with on-site operations all over the world, El Habib became the specialist in the soil remediation installation techniques. In 2022, he becomes the head of the infrasctructure.

Site Supervisor

Christian Correa de Miranda

Christian holds several diplomas and licenses and worked in various countries. He obtained a Technical building baccalaureate in Brazil; an accreditation for Construction Work at Heights and an Electrical Accreditation (B2V-BR-BC/TBT-BT & HV/HT). He has too a Cooking Certificate Program (GRETA, Basque Country) in France and a first-aid rescue workers certificate. He started to work in 1996 in Brazil as a technician in construction site for different companies. Between 2003 and 2013, Christian worked in France as machine operator at ALCORE BRIGANTINE AIRCRAFT (Anglet, France), as team leader & machine operator at BEVI BTP (Anglet, France) and cable layer at CIRCET (Bordeaux, France). In 2013, he became Site Manager for an Industrial electricity & building company, SEMEN, based in Ivory Coast, Africa.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2017 as a Project Supervisor. In 2022, he becomes Site Supervisor.

Christian likes football, travels and the sea.

Project Engineer

Léa Deceuninck

Léa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Civil Engineering from the Faculté Polytechnique UMONS and a Master in Mechanical Civil Engineering, Mechatronics Option from the Faculté Polytechnique. She made an internship at Schneider Electric as an Engineer Trainee.

She came to Brussels and joined Haemers Technologies as Project Engineer in 2021.

Léa loves travelling, going to the restaurant and theater. Besides that, she loves to play board games and likes spending time with her family and going to Scouts.

Project Engineer

Lucie Devaux

Lucie holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She made an internship at Valbiom where she developed knowledge on phytomanagement, phytoremediation techniques and the importance of communication.

She joined Haemers Technologies as Project Engineer in 2022.

She loves to meet new people, be with her friends and the snow. Lucie is a sportive one: she plays tennis, rowing and volleyball.

Technical Expert

Toufik Djoudi

Toufik holds an Industrial Maintenance State Engineering degree from the Faculté des Sciences de l’Ingénieur. He did a specialization in Metrology & Measurement Systems at Ecole des Mines de Douai.

He joined Haemers Technologies’ team in 2017 as Team Leader Operations Support. In 2022, he becomes Technical Expert.

He loves horses and even tried horseback riding. Sport is a part of his life.

Operations Coordinator

Willian Do Prado

During his master in Process Engineering, Willian was studying in the quality, safety and environment division. He came from Brazil to study in France and since then he stayed in Europe.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2018 as an intern and in 2019, as Project Engineer. In 2022, he becomes Operations Coordinator. He has worked on several remediation projects in Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark and actually in Poland.

He is passionate about different cultures and languages. He loves learning new things, travelling and meeting new people.

Instrumentation Technician

Nico Feiner

Nico learned electronics at INRACI Brussels.

He joined Haemers Technologies as Instrumentation Technician in 2017 and has worked on several remediation projects in France.

He is interested in ancient civilizations, scientific subjects, museums, food and books.

Expert Consultant

Patrick François

Patrick holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Polytechnic School of Leuven and a Master in Business Administration from the IESE Business School. He completed his studies with a degree in Geology at the Université de Liège. He started his career in France as an engineer in the research and development center of a major computer manufacturer.

Afterwards, he held financial and administrative management positions within international groups in various sectors: ICT, pharmaceuticals, industry, automotive. He held these positions in several countries and has extensive experience in international collaboration. In 2012 he took over the activity of ODS International.

Patrick can work with clients in French, English, Spanish and Dutch.

Patrick likes mountains, sea and challenges.

Technical Trainer

Olivier Ghiot

Olivier holds a training in first-aid & lifesaving (2001 – St John 1st Aid, South Africa) and in cabin crew (2001 – Wallonie Aerotraining Network). He started working by night at JM (Johnson Mattehi) as polyvalent worker in 2002. Then, he followed a training as Technical Operator on dosing lines, a specialized technic in dosing catalyzers with precious metals. In 2006, he was trained as Tooling Workshop Assistant and Team Leader. In 2011, he was volunteer during the dismantling of JM (Johnson Mattehi) factory.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2011 and is now logistic supervisor.

He is passionate of sports, especially Basket-ball.

Industrial Designer

Martin Grand

Martin holds a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design. He did a lot of projects as a graphic designer for Smart. In 2018, he did a training to be able to become an industrial designer.

He joined Haemers Technologies at the beginning of 2019 and is now an Industrial Designer.

His passions are drawing, sport and reading. As for sports, he did gymnastics, dance, yoga and more recently he started climbing.

HSE Engineer

Diego Haaker

Diego holds a Master in Environmental Science and Technology.

He started his work at Haemers Technologies as an engineer trainee in 2018. He joined the company as a project engineer in 2019. He is now HSE engineer.

He loves drums and rock metal. He also loves backpacking and exploring wild and beautiful places. But, he also loves to stay home and play board games.

Industrial Electrician

Youness Hamdan

Youness holds an Electrical-Automation Training. He started to work at CODITEL, made an internship at TCS Chauffage in 2016 and also worked at HVAC Operation from 2016 to 2018.

Then, he came to Brussels and joined Haemers Technologies as an Industrial Electrician.

Youness loves to eat, have time with his family and electricity.

Head of Instrumentation

Olivier Libert

Olivier holds a Bachelor in Electronics from INRACI – Brussels (1993-1996). Between 1997 and 2001, he first worked for VDW International (Brussels) as technical support and machinery development. In 2001, he joins EPCB (Brussels) for project development, circuits assembly, testing & troubleshooting, until 2003. He then joined QUAD (Sint-Niklaas – BE) for a year and updates production records and tests procedures. He also worked between 2004 and 2006 for FGA Motorsport (Brussels) on the design of additional boxes for automobiles, the realization of test bench and phone assistance. From 2007 to 2015, he worked for ACS & DVC (Brussels) as Customer Support.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2016, and was in charge of Technical Support and Industrial Design. Now, he is the head of the Instrumentation team.

He loves to spend his time going on family holiday with his caravan, installing tents and enjoying the view surrounded by his son and wife around a burning fire. He is also a fan of motorbike, cycling and kayak.

Project Engineer

Yannick Lolivier

Yannick holds a Master in Chemical Engineering.

He started working at Haemers Technologies as a Project Engineer Trainee in 2019 and is now Project Engineer since 2021. He published an article about “Exploration of alternative routes for recycling critical metals from waste PCB and tantalum capacitors”, Bastin et al. 2020.

Yannick likes mountains, to read a lot, especially National Geographics magazines or fantasy stories. He practices tennis, field hockey and cycling.

Project Engineer

Maël Makoudi

Maël holds a Master in Environmental Science and Management and in Chemical and Materials Engineering obtained at the Université Catholique de Louvain.

In 2019, he did an internship at Haemers Technologies as a Project Engineer Trainee. He joined Haemers Technologies in 2021 as an employee and became Project Engineer.

Cooking, eating, traveling, connecting with people… That’s what he loves. He also likes to read good books, ride a bike or watch a great movie.

Administrative Assistant

Wanessa Rafalowska

Project Engineer

Tom Renson

Project Manager

Jean Rhoné

Jean holds a Master in Sustainable Management of Pollution. He also participated in the management of a herd of 5.000 cattle in Australia.

After an internship at Haemers Technologies in 2016, Jean was very enthusiastic to join us in 2018. He now works as a Project Manager.

Jean is a passionate runner and pastries baker. He also loves to spend weekends with some friends and play music for them. He likes going to the cinema or theater and to sing.

Welder

Najibullah Shanwari

Najibulla followed a training in welding (Technofutur, Strépy-Bracquegnies – Belgium) in 2012. He got a B-VCA Diploma (Safety, Health and the Environment) in 2014. From 1992 until 1997, he did several jobs in Afghanistan. He came to Belgium in 2008 and did several internships as welder.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2012 and is in charge of welding Smart Burners assembly. He is also an on-site Operations technician.

He is passionate about photography and cars.

Supervisor Dynaskim

Patrick Vilette

Patrick worked as a project engineer for SERPOL, a leading French soil remediation company, and joined Deep Green in 2007, where he acted as operations manager for a conventional rotary kiln unit. He later spent 1 year working for a hazardous waste incineration company.

He joined Haemers Technologies in 2011 after having spent most of his career in the environmental sector. In 2022, he becomes supervisor for Dynaskim at Haemers Technologies.

When Patrick can’t escape to the tropics, he enjoys watching adventures and thriller movies or just listening to classical music on rainy days and when rainbows come, he fiercely rides his horse for a good old polo game.

Project Engineer Trainee

Dorian De Sousa Reis

Dorian has a University Diploma in Technology (DUT) from the IUT of Saint-Nazaire. He is currently in engineering school at the UTC and has a specialization in process engineering.

He joined Haemers Technologies as a Project Engineer Trainee in 2022.

Dorian enjoys streetlifting, which is a sport that consists of lifting weights, as well as dogs and their training.

Operations Engineer Trainee

Walid Bouagfa

Walid is currently studying at Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is doing a Master of civil engineer in chemistry and materials science. He has joined Haemers Technologies in july 2022 as an Operations Engineer Trainee.

Walid likes sport especially running and bike racing.

Technological Expert

Youssef Ourrid

Youssef holds an Engineering Master’s degree in Energy and Environment from La Sorbonne University and an industrial Engineering bachelor’s degree from the Spanish Engineering School ULPGC. He previously undertook an internship as energy efficiency engineer at the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Research Group ULPGC.

He is working at Haemers Technologies since 2018 as a Project Manager. He is skilled in Simulation softwares. He becomes Technological Expert at Haemers Technologies in 2022.

He loves the mountains, surfing and horseback riding.

HSE Engineer

Diego Haaker

Diego holds a Master in Environmental Science and Technology.

He started his work at Haemers Technologies as an engineer trainee in 2018. He joined the company as a project engineer in 2019. He is now HSE engineer.

He loves drums and rock metal. He also loves backpacking and exploring wild and beautiful places. But, he also loves to stay home and play board games.