As part of its strategic focus and the growing business within the personal care ingredients area, Symrise is reinforcing its Cosmetic Ingredients division with the recruitment of two experts from the industry.
Arnaud Bellon has been appointed as the Cosmetic Ingredients division’s Senior Vice President Global Head Botanicals and Colors. In this newly created position, his role is to globally refine and implement the strategy of business development for cosmetic ingredients botanicals and colours. Due to his different positions within the cosmetic ingredients industry such as Croda, he brings solid expertise to the Cosmetic Ingredients Division. Also, he has a post-graduate degree in biology and pharmacology of skin aging from the University Paris VI - Pierre & Marie Curie, and a Master degree in Biochemistry, from the University of Paris VII - Diderot.
Caroline Baptiste has also joined the Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients division. She acts as Global Product Manager Actives in Paris. In her role, she will be managing the cooling / soothing, moisturizing and bioactives segments within the category Actives. Caroline Baptiste has a firm background in analytical chemistry and graduated with a Master degree in “Vegetal substances of industrial interest” from the University of Strasbourg. She also holds a Bachelor degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Her prior roles include a position as R&D Project Manager Cosmetic Actives at Yves Rocher. Caroline Baptiste reports to Dr. Marielle Le Maire, Head of the Category Actives at Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients.
