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.
Solène Delorme
Project Manager
Solène Delorme
Project Manager
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.
Patrice passed away in April 2021. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and graduated from ESC Clermont-Ferrand (finance management control learning cycle and human resources Master), he has spent more than 25 years in business world, especially in health industry field. Patrice, in the light of his experience gained in different types of firms (from SMEs to multinational) and through wide range of responsibilities held (scientific, manufacturing and supply chain, sales and marketing, general manager…) has to make a significant contribution to Cell & Co development.
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.
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.
Adeline Falgas
Human Resources Officer
Adeline Falgas
Human Resources Officer
After experience in a biotech laboratory, Adeline joined Cell&Co as Human Resources Officer.
Michel Pautrat
Co-founder & Associate
Michel Pautrat
Co-founder & Associate
Michel Pautrat holds an MBA from Harvard and has had a long career in the pharmaceutical industry, holding various executive positions, including in the Health division of Rhône Poulenc. He founded a service company for the pharmaceutical industry in 1998. This company quickly became one of the European leaders in the logistics of clinical therapeutic units. He stayed its CEO until 2013.
Michel is a co-founder of Cell&Co Bioservices and is involved in its business development, bringing to the role his valuable entrepreneurial experience and knowledge of the pharmaceutical market.
Pierrick Benoit
Qualification & Validation QA Manager
Pierrick Benoit
Qualification & Validation QA Manager
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.
Chloé Guerin
Biobank Operator
Chloé Guerin
Biobank Operator
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.
Pierre-Yves Cousin
Pre Sales Manager
Pierre-Yves Cousin
Pre Sales Manager
Pierre-Yves Cousin obtained a professional bachelor’s degree in the Chemical and Biotech Industries in 2004 from the University of Paris 6 and has almost 10 years of experience in organizations such as INSERM (the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research) and Genewave.
Alexandre Léglise
Co-founder & Associate
Alexandre Léglise
Co-founder & Associate
Alexandre Léglise graduated from Polytech’ Clermont-Ferrand, specializing in information systems and completed his training on an IBM graduate programme. In 2010, he formed his own Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consultancy firm (
https://intia.fr/fr/infast/). Alexandre is a member of Cell&Co’s founding team and acts as a facilitator for matters relating to the company’s information systems.
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.
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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Fanny Martin
Biobank Technician
Fanny Martin
Biobank Technician
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.
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.
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.
Jil Cercy
Project Manager
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.
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.
Gaël Clairefond
Operations Manager
Gaël Clairefond
Operations 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.
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.
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.
Anaïs Lavisse
Biobank Operator
Anaïs Lavisse
Biobank Operator
Anaïs joins Cell&Co in October 2021.
Laurène Lescure
Data Manager
Laurène Lescure
Data Manager
Holder of a Double Degree in Agronomy Engineering and in Computer Engineering, Laurène worked for eight years at Limagrain as a Project Manager, then as a Support and Data Team Manager on software for plant research. Then, she worked for four years in Industry as a Project Manager for the developpement of computer software before joining Cell&Co in July 2021.
David Garnier
Chief of Projects & Clinical Activities
David Garnier
Chief of Projects & Clinical Activities
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.
Régine Tromas
Administrative and Finance Manager
Régine Tromas
Administrative and Finance Manager
After qualifying with a DUT in Business and Administrations Management, Régine worked for 12 years in logistics as an administrative and operations assistant for France’s leading pharmaceutical distributor, CSP. She joined Cell&Co in 2017.
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.
Marie-Amélie Moreau
Administrative and Finance Assistant
Marie-Amélie Moreau
Administrative and Finance Assistant
Marie-Amélie joined Cell&Co in August 2022.
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.
Pierre-Simon Menant
Biobank Operator
Pierre-Simon Menant
Biobank Operator
After studies in Logistics and Marketing, as well as experience in the agro-food and industry, Pierre-Simon worked in medical product logistics for Korian. He joined Cell&Co as a Biobanking Operator in July 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.
Océane Peycelon
Pre Sales and Purchase Manager
Océane Peycelon
Pre Sales and 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.
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.
Jean-François Félix
Co-founder & Associate
Jean-François Félix
Co-founder & Associate
Jean-François Félix graduated from HEC Paris and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is one of the founders of Cell&Co. Jean-François is a private equity expert and also founded the Paris office of Vestar Capital Partners where he participated in many corporate transactions. He was notably on the board of directors of Sab Wabco AB and AZ Electronic Materials.
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.
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.
Lucie Fontaine
Quality Assurance Officer
Lucie Fontaine
Quality Assurance Officer
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.