Philippe Haffner

Co-Founder - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Non-Independent Board Member

Philippe HAFFNER is a businessman who has devoted his entire career to the B2B industry, always with a strong export component.

With a first experience in the development of renewable energies as early as the 1990s, he broadened his skills in sales management and international business development, notably within a multinational company, before joining the family company SOTEN (Société Technique d’Energies Nouvelles) in 2012, in which he had been a shareholder since 1993 alongside his brother Marc.

In 2015, Philippe HAFFNER founded Haffner Energy with Marc HAFFNER, taking over all of SOTEN’s intellectual property, know-how, and staff.

His experience in industry, his taste for technological innovation, and his particular appetite for business strategy and market analysis, have given Philippe a strong industrial vision. He conceptualized HYNOCA® back in 2010, in view of the future need to replace fossil fuels with clean fuels.

Philippe HAFFNER holds a Master’s degree from TBS Education.