The company

The company / LMCB Innovation Partner

Created in 2019 LMCB INNOVATION PARTNER 

 supports innovation professionals (directors, managers and experts) with the ambition to inspire trust and bring an enlightening vision on innovation projects.  



Believing in a management of innovation that  aligns collaborative research and projetcs with the passion of those who carry out the work, LMCB INNOVATION PARTNER  supports and guides companies and their employees driven by :  

The mission :  Inspire trust and bring an enlightening vision on innovation projects 

The ambition :  Be the partner of innovation professionals

The vision :  Carry a different aspect of the consultant in innovation job through coaching competences and skills  


The offer of LMCB INNOVATION PARTNER targets companies and the key players in innovation. It is built on 3 propositions which each meet needs, that may be complementary, within the organization :

> Consulting

> Coaching

> Training


The company / The founder journey

My expertise is based on 21 years of experience in companies, in France and abroad, deeply marked by R&D and innovation, as a manager, manager of managers and today as expert consultant.  


My professional journey started in 1997 and has taken me to increasingly high responsibility positions within large innovative companies  (UNILEVER, SARA LEE, IFF...) in United Kingdom (LIVERPOOL, BERKSHIRE), Unites States of America(HAZLET, NEW JERSEY) and in France in Grasse world perfumery capital  city. 



Graduate of a professionnel master specialised in chemistry applied in cosmetics science (DESS - IPIL LYON) and of a PhD in physical chemistry (FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING – MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY) my career started in 1997 in United Kingdom with UNILEVER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PORT SUNLIGHT LABORATORY. 


UNILEVER R&D  in Port Sunlight is the global center of innovation for Home Care and Beauty & Personal Care products.  Important research programs are conducted there to support the international brands growth like Dove, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, Rexona, Axe, Comfort, Dirt is Good, Surf, Signal, Domestos.  For a period of 8 years, as a chemistry scientist I can find in this place an amazing pool of resources and inspiration.  Various R&D projects within different teams and departments give me the opportunity to strenghten my knowledge in the field of formulation chemistry and build new skills.  I am a solid contributor to patents filing and development of innovation product technologies in Oral care and Hair care departments.  I also drive a partnership reaserch project between Unilever and Manchester University.   
2006
I join SARA LEE HOUSEHOLD & BODYCARE UK in Slough.The company is specialised in the development, manufacturing and marketing of international brands of skincare and homecare products such as Brylcreem, Radox, Sanex, Ambi-Pur. I am R&D project manager for the hair styling brand BRYLCREEM. There, I benefit from working closely with other departments related to new product development. I build knowledge and understanding from internal and external interactions with people bearing different cultures and sharing different visions. 

2008
I leave England and travel to theUnited States (New Jersey)in order to take on new technical management responsibilities in the creative center of INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES (IFF). Thecompany is specialised in the creation, the development and the sales of aromas and perfumes. Within the technical department, in support of the creation of functional fragrances (intended for the consumer products market), I discover the challenges related to fragrance creationin this industry not so familiar to me. I am then fascinated by the technical complexity of fragrances that I quickly learn to understand and use beyond the universal glamor image of the perfume.

2011
I return to France in Paris area after living 14 years abroad. INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES (IFF) give me the responsibility to build, grow and train a team of experts in chemistry and fragrance to face the increasingly complex challenges of innovation in the functional fragrances market. I am then appointedtechnical director of fragrance innovationin haircare products. I undertake, create, develop and bring to fruition ambitious innovation projects on an international scale, for 8 years.

2018
With this dense and rich professional experience in France and abroad, I feel the need to undertake and share experience acquired. I am then driven by a context of difficult tensions: competitive business, fragile profitability, pressure on resources (financial, human). To enrich my career, I undertake several training courses in order to acquire a method and tools to better understand the difficulties linked to people and to carry out innovation projects more efficiently:
  • Training on the fundamentals of coaching (ACADÉMIE DU COACHING)
  • Certified professional coach training (CONVERGENCE RH)

The company / Our references

>>  Implementation of a technical fragrance innovation strategy in functional perfumery

- Planning & management of applied research programs 

- Improvement of product performance

- Leadership of cross functional  international team (R&D, Marketing, Consumers testing, Production)


>> Breakthrough technology (fragrance industry) launch on the North American market

- Selection of technology

- Follow up of industrial transposition

- Alignment of innovation with business strategy

- Valuing technology to customers


>> Management of international teams in direct and transverse

- France - Singapore - Brazil - North America

- Team leadership oriented towards innovation performance and personal development


>>Piloting the development (R&D) of a new international brand line (beauty industry)


>> Design and management of the technological invention of a new product formulation (beauty industry)

The company / Our partners

 Created in 1972 by PRODAROM (the National Union of Manufacturers of Aromatic Products), ASFO Grasse's primary vocation is to train employees and future employees of companies in the fine chemicals, perfumery, food flavors and cosmetics industries.

Recognised and formalised by the French government since 2005, TERRALIA-PASS is the pole in the South-Est region in France gathering all the competences around the Vegetal within various chains; agricultural, agri-food, cosmetics, flavours and fragrances.  Truly dynamic and value creation ecosystem, TERRALIA PASS's mission is to support companies innovation and business growth in Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, Auvergne Rhône Alpes et Languedoc Roussillon (Territoire Occitanie). 

International Flavors & Fragrances is an American innovator of sensory experiences, with a product portfolio that covers taste, scent, nutrition and complementary adjacent products, which it markets globally. It is headquartered in New York City and has creative, sales, and manufacturing facilities in 44 different countries. In 2019, IFF announced the merger of IFF and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business.

Université Côte d'Azur has been an experimental university since 1 January 2020 replacing both the Université Nice Sophia Antipolis created in 1965 and the Communauté d'Universités et d'Etablissements Université Côte d'Azur created in 2015.  Université Côte d'Azur now includes 17 major academic establishments around the historic university core to create one of France's top 10 research-intensive universities

Fluid Air is a division of Spraying Systems Co., the world leader in spray nozzle technology. Spraying Systems Co. was founded in 1937 and has established its leadership through the development of its extensive global sales force, its global manufacturing capabilities, including twelve manufacturing plants worldwide, and its innovative, solution-oriented approach toward customers.  Founded in 1983, Fluid Air Inc. specializes in solid dosage technology. Fluid Air has always excelled in its ability to develop quality and robust products tailored to its customers' needs

BRG is an international scientific association organizing conferences, training school and industrial conventions in micro- and bioencapsulation. It promotes training, research developments, exchanges, collaborative projects, industrial transfers for these technologies. To joint us (free), http://bioencapsulation.net (7000 contacts, 60% industrials over 80 countries) or linkedin group microencapsulation (near to 2000 members)
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