Karine Gontard
Quality Assurance Director
Karine Gontard
Quality Assurance Director
Karine Gontard is a Quality Assurance Engineer specialized in medicinal products, with a wealth of experience with major players in the pharmaceutical industry (Creapharm, MSD, Unither) and with a consultancy firm well known in the healthcare industry for its expertise in IT validation (Qualilab). She joined Cell&Co in February 2013, where her experience in implementing quality systems will be a valuable asset.
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Séverine Génouël Rehault
Quality Assurance Technician
Séverine Génouël Rehault
Quality Assurance Technician
After obtaining a BTS degree in biological analysis and biotechnology and completing post-BTS training in quality, Séverine worked for an extended period as a laboratory technician at the Blood Transfusion Center in Valencia, Spain, then at the Gen-Bio medical analysis laboratory and finally at the EFS (French Blood Agency)in Clermont Ferrand. Séverine joined the team as a Biobank Operator in 2020.
Matthias Dubocage
Developer Analyst
Matthias Dubocage
Developer Analyst
After several years' experience as a web developer and application designer, Matthias joined Cell&Co in October 2022 as a developer analyst.
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After experience in a biotech laboratory, Adeline joined Cell&Co as Human Resources Officer.
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David is a Pharmacist with a Degree delivered by the Grenoble Alpes University and an Engineer with a degree delivered by the IMT Mines. He has previously held positions as Production Pharmacist, Site Manager and Project Manager in several pharmaceutical industries (Leo Pharma, Catalent, Cyclopharma-Curium). He joined Cell&Co in November 2021 to take charge of the project team.
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Clément Le Guyadec
Operations and Information Systems Director
Clément Le Guyadec
Operations and Information Systems Director
Clement holds a degree in Biological engineering from Polytech’Clermont. He has previously held positions has quality engineer, accounts manager and project manager in different companies. Clement has been a member of Cell&Co’s executive management team for six years. He manages the operations team while supervising the continuous improvement of our company’s operational activities with regards to quality, hygiene, safety and industry-specific regulations. He is now Director of Information Systems.
Jil Cercy
Biobank Operator
Jil Cercy
Biobank Operator
Jil holds a Degree in Genetics and Physiology from the University of Clermont-Auvergne. She was in charge of research projects from 2016 to 2020 at the GReD Institute in Clermont-Ferrand. Following her PhD in Health Biology, Jil joined Cell&Co in October 2021.
Sophie Marquet
Biobank Technician
Sophie Marquet
Biobank Technician
Sophie holds a master’s degree in cell biology and physiology and has worked as a laboratory scientist for a number of companies, including ADIV, Ampligène (CARSO Group), ICARE, and SLVA, mainly in the field of testing and quality control. She joined our operations team as a biobank practitioner in 2017.
Julia Nicolini
Biobank Operator
Julia Nicolini
Biobank Operator
Julia joins Cell&Co in February 2023.
Pierrick joined the Cell&Co adventure in January 2023 as Qualification/ Validation Quality Manager, after 3 years' experience as Quality Assurance Manager and Quality Technician. In 2016, he obtained a Master's degree in Environmental Biology.
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Initially a pharmacy assistant, Lucie worked in a dispensary. Preparing a title of Superior Technician in Industrial Pharmacy and Cosmetics she then worked in the QA department of Bouchara-Recordati Laboratories. While pursuing her degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering Production Development at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Clermont Ferrand, she completed her apprenticeship at Carbogen, on the manufacturing of clinical phase 1 & 2 drugs and risk analysis.
After specializing in quality throughout her career, Lucie joined Cell&Co in May 2022.
Aurore Sainte Martine
Project Manager
Aurore Sainte Martine
Project Manager
Since qualifying as a laboratory scientist in 2005 at Clermont-Ferrand IUT, Aurore has worked in various biomedical sectors: in preclinical pharmacology with the CRO CERB, in microbiology with the testing laboratory ICARE, and in medical devices for VITROBIO. Since 2017, Aurore has applied this varied experience to her work with Cell&Co as a biobank practitioner.
Alban joins Cell&Co in September 2023.
Fanny Martin
Project Manager
Fanny Martin
Project Manager
Originally from Clermont-Ferrand, Fanny holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. She studied Cells and Physiology at the UCA : Clermont Auvergne University. She worked nearly one year at Icare as a Laboratory Technician before joining Cell&Co in July 2021.
Jules Meunier
Biobak technician
Jules Meunier
Biobak technician
After graduating from the IUT (Institut Universitaire Technologique) with a degree in biological and biochemical analysis, Jules broadened his knowledge and developed many skills within the food industry over the course of several years. Appreciating in particular the spirit of cooperation and the dynamism that reigns within Cell & Co, he made the choice to put his know-how and his knowledge to their best use by joining the Cell & Co team in 2020.
Florent Belon
CEO - Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer
Florent Belon
CEO - Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer
Florent Belon holds a Biological Engineering degree from Polytech'Clermont and is an expert in logistics and supply-chain techniques for the pharmaceutical industry. After spending a year in the US in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory of the University of Michigan, he joined Servier’s clinical supply coordination department and later Alliance Healthcare’s supplies department. Florent is one of the founders of Cell&Co Bioservices.
Solène Delorme
Chief of Projects & Clinical Activities
Solène Delorme
Chief of Projects & Clinical Activities
After obtaining her Master's degree in Genetics and Physiology, Solène continued her career with a PhD specialized in Health Biology before joining Cell&Co in February 2022.
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Anaïs Lavisse
Biobank Operator
Anaïs Lavisse
Biobank Operator
Anaïs joins Cell&Co in October 2021.
Anaïs Lavisse
Project Manager
Anaïs Lavisse
Project Manager
Anaïs joins Cell&Co in October 2021.
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Christophe Dardelet
Technical Manager
Christophe Dardelet
Technical Manager
Christophe joined Cell&Co in september 2022 after 15 years in a pharmaceutical laboratory as maintenance coordinator.
Océane Peycelon
Inside Sales Manager & Purchase Manager
Océane Peycelon
Inside Sales Manager & Purchase Manager
Graduated from International Business School-Saint Etienne (HECI) with a Bachelor’s degree: Import-Export Area Manager, Océane worked in International Trade during 4 years as Export Sales Advisor before joining the Cell&Co Sales team as Pre-Sale and Purchase Manager in Jan-2021.
Elise Maubert
Project Manager
Elise Maubert
Project Manager
Elise holds a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Clermont-Ferrand. She continued her education with a doctorate specializing in Biology and Health before joining the Cell&Co team in November of 2020.
Sofien Dessolin
Chairman - Chief Financial Officer - Chief Scientific Officer
Sofien Dessolin
Chairman - Chief Financial Officer - Chief Scientific Officer
Sofien Dessolin obtained a Biological Engineering degree from Polytech'Clermont, then specialized in basic research in the fields of gene therapy and neurobiology. After spending two years in Canada at the National Research Council Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI) at Montreal, then the Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory at the University of Sherbrooke’s science faculty, he took over the immunodeficient mice facility of the Immunology, Immunopathology and Immunotherapy Laboratory (UMR7211 CNRS/Pierre and Marie Curie University, U959 INSERM) at Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Sofien is a co-founder of Cell&Co and one of the original investigators involved in the innovative design of the company’s infrastructure. He notably brings to this venture his knowledge of the academic and scientific sector.
Prescillia Jany
Project Manager
Prescillia Jany
Project Manager
After graduating with a Master's degree in Health Engineering specialized in Biomedical Techniques and Diagnostics at the UCA, she joined a young URC to help develop the clinical research activity at the Puy-en-Velay Hospital. For 3.5 years, she held the position of CRA investigator-coordinator and referent in oncology for phase II to IV clinical trials, as well as the position of person in charge of training in good clinical practices at the center. She joined Cell&Co in May 2022 as Project Manager.
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Kristell Crenn
Biobank Technician
Kristell Crenn
Biobank Technician
After obtaining a degree in biology from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, Kristell worked most notably in the environmental field doing water sampling and analysis. She joined the operational team of Cell & Co at the end of 2019.
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Nina Nedellec
Chief of Pharmaceutical Activities
Nina Nedellec
Chief of Pharmaceutical Activities
With a Degree delivered by the University of Paris V, Nina is a pharmacist specialised in advanced therapy drugs. She worked for 5 years at CellForCure-Novartis, a site dedicated to the manufacture of CART cells, as a Technology Transfer Manager and then as Production Manager. She joined Cell&Co in October 2021 as Director of Pharmaceutical Activities.
Marion Le Henry
Supplier QA Manager
Marion Le Henry
Supplier QA Manager
Marion joins Cell&Co in November 2022 as Supplier Quality Manager. She has previously held the positions of Site Quality Manager and Quality Control Laboratory Manager, and holds a Master's degree in Biology and the Environment, obtained in 2016.
After obtaining two Masters Degree in Plant Biology, Chloé worked as a Scientific Project Manager at Gen-Bio, on behalf of Cell&Co. She was a Technical Sales Representative in the field of medical devices at Icare before joining the Cell&Co team in March 2021.
Fabien Sol
Information Systems Security Manager
Fabien Sol
Information Systems Security Manager
With a scientific background, having studied biology, pharmacy, optics, and chemistry, Fabien worked in pharmaceutical detailing for 12 years, in the sectors of antibiotics, immunology, cardiology, and gastroenterology. He then embarked on his IT career, initially as a data engineer with SFR, followed by 8 years’ experience as an IS Manager after training as an IT project manager. Fabien joined Cell&Co in late 2017. In 2021, he obtaines a Master of Science in Computer & Cybersecurity
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Gaël Clairefond
Prduction Manager
Gaël Clairefond
Prduction Manager
Since qualifying as a laboratory scientist at Clermont-Ferrand IUT, Gael worked for 5 years as part of a translational research team at the local medical school then in the field of medical devices, before joining Cell&Co as a biobank practitioner in 2017.
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