our team
Who we are
Founders

Stefan Schmid
Co-Founder, Business Development
Stefan is responsible for the sales of our products as well as raising capital to finance Viride’s further growth.
In recent years, he worked as a strategy consultant in the financial industry and as an innovator for building digital business models. He now uses his background in econometrics to solve financial issues in Viride’s ecological business field.

David Plischke
Co-Founder, R&D and Operations
David is mostly based in Morocco, where he drives R&D and sets up production operations.
He is a physicist and business graduate and, in addition to his scientific background, has gained many years of experience in the automotive industry as a strategy consultant, working on CO2 and alternative fuels. He sees algae as a solution not only to problems of his former industry but to almost every other industry as well.
Who we are
the team
Meet the team! As a startup, we are growing steadily. Since our operations are located in the south of Morocco, this is where most of our team is based.

Fatima Zohra
Senior Researcher

Sarra
Senior Researcher

Majda
Senior Researcher

Nico
Head of production

Lahcen
Production Assistant

Iqbal
Back-office and IT

Ismail
Technical Assistant and Mason

Othman
Technical Assistant

Elie
Technical Assistant and Welder

Michel
Technical Assistant

Ismail
Intern for environmental mgmt. systems, LCA