Executive Team

Jean-Pierre Bogaert has over 40 years experience in the dental industry. He is principal of the organization and his background as a dental technician enables him to inspire his team in the development of innovative products. He is an entrepreneur, opening his first dental laboratory at the age of 20.

Jean-Pierre founded bonyf in 1979 with immediate success with a product which sold millions throughout Europe. He continues to move with the ever-changing environment and customer’s needs in the development of new, health conscious world leading products.

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Vait Cherkezi holds a diploma in Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Business Administration from the HF Rheintal in Switzerland. He joined bonyf in 2015 after gaining valuable experience in fiduciary services and information technology.

Vait has represented bonyf in various capacities for several years. Throughout his tenure at bonyf, he has developed a deep understanding of all operational aspects, including strategic alignment, organizational structure, human resources, internal technologies, and dealings with all relevant stakeholders. As Chief Operating Officer, Vait is a central strategic voice within the leadership team, ensuring the efficient implementation of the company's vision.

coo@bonyf.com

Michel D’havé has a Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ghent. He brings to Bonyf over 30 year’s experience in R&D, product & process management and sales in a wide area of domains and applications: Telecommunications, Healthcare, Robotics, Food Industry, Production Processes, Global Product Management and Sales. With 10 years experience as scientific collaborator at University Hospital Ghent, as a researcher in the domain of Neurology, he also has experience in medical devices and products. Michel was also part of a European team as a technological and business consultant in the European AAL project AXO-SUIT aimed at developing an exoskeleton.

As Chief Product Officer at bonyf Michel is responsible for the development of new products, production tools and process development.

cpo@bonyf.com

Dr Bart De Wever holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Maastricht and a Masters in Biochemistry from the Hoge School in the Netherlands. He brings to bonyf over 25 years of experience in international research and development and business development.

During his career Bart has been involved in the research and development of tissue-engineered human skin, eye and mucosal tissue models as alternatives to industrial animal testing at SkinEthic Laboratories S.A. in Nice. In addition to his R&D role at SkinEthic, he was responsible for business development and executed a successful IPO which led to the acquisition of the company by L’Oréal in 2006. Bart has also been a Strategic Business Advisor for several companies including Henkel, Evonik, The Fraunhofer Institute, VITO, Epithelix, Genoskin, OncoBioTek and Biocellvia.

In his position as Chief Scientific Officer at bonyf, Bart is responsible for all pre-clinical and clinical scientific studies internationally, assuring the scientific validation of bonyf’s product portfolio creating brand awareness among professionals and consumers.

cso@bonyf.com

Chris Bätjer holds a Diploma in Quality Management NDS HF obtained from SAQ-Qualicon and a Professional Bachelor in Production Engineering from the SFB Technology & Management Institute in Switzerland.

Chris re-joined bonyf in 2018 after serving as Quality Manager of a Swiss company manufacturing orthopedic implants and instruments. Chris has vast business and production experience and has been responsible for successfully performing over 20 successful Notified Body and Customer Audits. His expertise is the development and restructuring of a quality management system combined with strong project management skills.

His main responsibility at bonyf is to manage and maintain the quality management system and lead the quality & compliance team to ensure bonyf and its products are compliant and certified with EN ISO 13485:2016+AC:2018+A11:2021, MDD and Medical Device Regulation MDR 2017/745.

ciso@bonyf.com

Ben has over 25 years’ successful experience in business strategy and implementation in pharmaceutical, healthcare and financial sectors and has worked with global companies such as Sunstar, Dentaid, biotène, Proximus, Tradiphar, Citibank, Mastercard, Visa, Thales and Nespresso.

His expertise is in sales, in particular, implementing new strategies to increase turnover by crafting and meeting challenging milestones. His proven track record in healthcare includes working for Sunstar as their Managing Director in Belgium. This was followed by a role in Sunstar’s headquarters in Switzerland, responsible for the UK market. His past experience also includes European Sales Manager in Biotène. Ben has successfully launched/re-launched a number of various oral care brands.

As bonyf’s International Business Manager, he is responsible for the global sales and marketing activities.

b.mettepenningen@bonyf.com

Djezmi Cherkezi has been with bonyf for over 20 years and has extensive experience in the production of medical devices.

He is the man on the ground at the production facilities and has shown exceptional loyalty to the company. He has outstanding management and leadership skills enabling bonyf to produce high quality, conformed products. Djezmi has supported the completion of several successful audits.

produktionsleitung@bonyf.com