Directeur R&D et Innovation

• Investment in start-ups and SME
• Consulting services in innovation strategy, partnerships, business development and organisation Advisor for SMEs, Start-ups, Venture Capital and Private Equity firms

• Non-executive Director

• Transformation of Global Research into a world-class organization
• Optimization of projects portfolio and resource allocation on high business impact products
• Acceleration of products creation with new tools: internal Fab Lab SEBLab, collaborative site for inventors
• Heading Research and Innovation at Group level: strategy, roadmap, process, open innovation, intellectual property, projects portfolio, front-end innovation
• Management of 150 people: Corporate and BU Research teams on 6 sites in France, China and US Implementation of all digital connected technologies into new products and development of prototype applications for upstream concepts

• New position at Group Management Board aimed at fostering innovation
• Management of Corporate Innovation teams
• Creation of front-end concepts with key technologies: digital, nutrition, motors, batteries, interfaces, etc
• Development of international collaborations and partnerships
• Member of Investment Committee of Group Corporate Venture (early-stage start-ups)
• Set-up of internal FabLab in order to accelerate product creation with Design Thinking-like process
• Launch of internet site innovate-with-groupeseb.com aimed at gathering outside inventors' proposals

Nikon and Essilor Joint Research Center, Japan

• Creation of joint-venture between Essilor and Nikon with mission to carry out mid and long-term researchon innovative optical for ophthalmic lenses and cameras
• Recruitment and management of Japanese and French researchers
• Implementation of research plan in link with Nikon and Essilor Executive committees

Japan

• New position to foster open innovation within company
• Design of new concepts and technology transfers in skin care, make-up and hair care

Consumer Science and Technology Application Lab

• Set-up of Consumer Science Technology Application Lab
• In charge of Applied Research for hair care products in Europe
• Key interface between German and Japanese teams

Japan

• Contribution to internationalization of research activities for hair care products
• Consumer studies in Japan, US and Europe.
• Identification of the best Japanese researchers ready to work abroad

• Head of Color and Optical Effects Lab, Make-up Applied Research for all brands
• Creation of successful new concepts for pigmented products : foundation, lipsticks, nail enamels, mascaras
• More than 30 patent applications for successful products like Glam Shine

• Simulations and experiments on light scattering in dense military coatings
• Applications in planes, tanks, ships and missiles