Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG expands Director-level leadership team

EQS-Media / 12.01.2026 / 10:10 CET/CEST

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Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG expands Director-level leadership team

 

WELS, Austria – January 12, 2026 – REPLOID Group AG (“REPLOID”) is making
three new director-level appointments to support the company’s dynamic
global growth and expansion.

Andrew Bernard, as Director of International Business Development, will
drive REPLOID’s global expansion. A Canadian and British citizen, he has
dedicated his professional career to building and developing companies
focused on sustainable waste and residue management solutions. Over the
years, he has acquired extensive expertise in the use of the black soldier
fly for waste conversion. Andrew Bernard holds a Bachelor of Arts from St.
Thomas University (Canada), a Master of Arts from the University of Wales
(UK), and a Master in Applied Ethics (Business) from Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).

Jean-Louis Varvier, appointed Director of Global Marketing, will oversee
REPLOID’s worldwide marketing activities. He brings extensive experience
from leading FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) brands such as Danone
Dairy, Woerle, Kotányi, Mautner Markhof, Nestlé, and iSi Group. His roles
have been predominantly international in scope, partly extending to global
responsibilities, and have covered both B2B and B2C orientations.
Jean-Louis Varvier completed the CPGE Lycée Ampère with a Bachelor’s
degree in Mathematics and Physics and earned a Master’s in Management,
Marketing, and Strategy from Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM).

Bernd Braunstein will assume the role of Director of Legal Affairs &
Compliance, where he will be responsible for REPLOID’s Legal and
Compliance functions, effective January 16. He is a law graduate with
strong leadership experience in legal departments and compliance
management at publicly listed companies. His career path has taken him
from T-Mobile Austria to Wienerberger and Marinomed Biotech. This
background gives him in-depth familiarity with both smaller corporate
structures and large, globally operating enterprises.

“Building a strong leadership foundation is essential as REPLOID pursues
its next stage of growth,” said Philip Pauer, CEO of REPLOID Group AG.
“Andrew, Jean-Louis, and Bernd each bring outstanding expertise, and
together they will help position REPLOID to successfully execute its
expansion strategy.”

 

About REPLOID GROUP AG

REPLOID Group AG („REPLOID“) produces high-quality proteins and fats as
well as organic fertilizer from the rearing of black soldier fly larvae.
In the modular and flexible fattening facilities built for its customers –
the REPLOID ReFarmUnits – young larvae supplied by the company are fed a
feed mixture tailored to the respective location and made from residues
from the regional food value chain. Once fattening is complete, REPLOID
takes over the larvae for central marketing.

With decentralized upcycling on an industrial scale, REPLOID provides an
economically attractive solution within the circular economy. The group’s
model enables food waste and unused food to be efficiently recycled and
central natural resources to be conserved in a sustainable manner.

REPLOID Group AG was founded in 2020 and is based in Wels (Austria). The
company has a global focus and has been listed on the direct market plus
segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: HRX5) since July
2025. The Group employs more than 100 people.

Contact

Hans Lang | Director Group Communications | +43 660 693 45 63 |
presse@reploid.eu

 

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Key word(s): Enterprise

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Language: English
Company: REPLOID Group AG
Maria-Theresia-Straße 53
4600 Wels
Austria
Phone: +43 660 / 776 50 40
E-mail: office@reploid.eu
Internet: reploid.eu
ISIN: AT0000A3HRX5
Listed: Vienna Stock Exchange (Vienna MTF)
EQS News ID: 2258468

 
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