Experience

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  Mccormick & company

  Nov 1995 - Jun 2024

  Manage internal and external Scientific & Research Projects mainly around analytical chemistry and Food Integrity within the McCormick Global Quality and Food Safety Center of Excellence.Expert 🔍 in and passionate 😍 about Herbs and Spices 🍃🌶.Member of the European Spice Association (ESA), lead of the ESA Authenticity working group since 2017.Chairman of the Afnor commission V32A mirroring ISO TC34 SC7 (Spices, culinary herbs and condiments) since 2021.Member of the Afnor V03A mirroring CEN TC460 (Food Authenticity) since 2021 Show less Team of 13 scientists dealing with microbiology, wet chemistry and chromatography (contaminants and fraud detection) under ISO17025 Quality Management System. I spend 40% of my time managing teams of scientists (+ trainees & apprentices) and 60% doing scientific researches and releasing scientific expertises. I periodically submit my most relevant pieces of work for publication in peer-reviewed international scientific journals.Carbon footprint calculation of products and packaging for the EMEA and US regions, in line with the McCormick's sustainibility plan.Technical member of :AFNOR (Fr Association for Standardisation)/CEN (EU Association for Standardisation) : horizontal methods, contaminantsESA (European Spice Association)SNPE (Fr spice trade association) Show less

  • Global Senior Principal Scientist - Scientific & Research Project Manager

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2024

  • Scientific and Research Project Manager

    Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  • McCormick EMEA Centre of Analytical Sciences, manager

    Nov 1995 - Jun 2017
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  Groupe afnor

  Jun 2021 - May 2023

  Chairman - afnor standards commission v32a (spices and herbs)

  Chairman of the Fr spice commission mirroring the ISO TC34 SC7 Spices, Culinary Herbs and Condiments

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  Agence régionale de santé - provence-alpes-côte-d'azur ( ars paca )

  Jul 2024 - now

  Head of the water department - fr. health agency
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  Herb & spice scientific solutions

  Sept 2024 - now

  Founder & consultant

  Scientific consultancy in the field of agri-food and analytical laboratories. Specialisation in aromatic herbs and spices.