Laurent Collignon

Title: Chief Executive Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2024
Studied Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at ENCPB, with an MBA from ESCP Business School. Held several leadership positions in the diagnostics industry, including pivotal roles at Sanofi and Bio-Rad Laboratories. Spearheaded strategic initiatives that transformed and grew the company’s operations, with a focus on innovation, operational efficiency, and team development


Dr. Andreas P. Abel

Title: Chief Operations Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2006
Studied Chemistry in Basel and was holding, after a PostDoc position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), several industrial positions


Dr. Frank Bantleon

Title: Chief Production Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2015
Studied Biology in Hamburg and was a scholar of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” before pursuing his PhD. During his doctoral studies, he received prestigious awards from EAACI and DGAKI. He joined BÜHLMANN as Senior Scientist and was promoted to Chief Production Officer in 2023


Guido Dettwiler

Title: Chief Sales Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 1994
Educated as Chemical Laboratory Technician at Ciba-Geigy and Marketing Planner at the HKV Basel


Dr. Christian-Benedikt Gerhold

Title: Chief Technology Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2017
Studied Biochemistry and Macromolecular Sciences at the University of Bayreuth, PhD in Structural Biology at the LMU, Munich
Post-Doc and Marie Curie Fellow at FMI, Basel



Thomas Kern

Title: Chief Logistics Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2023
Studied Industrial Engineering in Germany, several leadership positions in supply chain management/customer service in a global logistics service provider and a multi-national food supplement company


Dr. Chris Moore

Title: Chief Marketing Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2003
Studied Biology in Austria and Basel University, PhD in Neuroscience, filled several positions within BÜHLMANN and EC since 2020


Mike Weiss

Title: Chief Financial Officer

With BÜHLMANN Laboratories since 2024
Brings over 20 years of experience in finance, has held various management and finance positions in multinational companies across the life science, chemical, logistics, and industrial sectors. Previously CFO at CARBOGEN AMCIS AG, led the finance function and was a member of the Executive Management since 2017.
Holds a degree in business administration (equivalent to a Master’s degree) with a major in controlling, finance, and accounting