Cosmetic Valley
Nathalie SIMONIN possesses extensive experience in the cosmetic industry, currently serving as the Responsable Bureau Nouvelle-Aquitaine for Cosmetic Valley since January 2018, where responsibilities include networking with industry stakeholders, supporting research and innovation projects, enhancing international business reach, improving workforce qualifications, and elevating regional attractiveness on a global scale. Previously, Nathalie worked as Responsable projets Cosmétique at ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine from 2010 to early 2018, focusing on the animation of the cosmetic sector and facilitating various thematic events and projects. Prior to that role, Nathalie served as Directrice at GIPSO from 2003 to early 2018, overseeing communication and organizing industry discussions. Nathalie's career in the cosmetic field began at CHANEL from 1992 to 2002, where responsibilities included overseeing the prospective development of active cosmetic ingredients. Nathalie holds a DESS in Pharmacie Industrielle Option Cosmétologie from the Institut de Pharmacie Industrielle de Lyon, obtained in 1992.
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Cosmetic Valley
Beating heart of the world cosmetics industry Recognized as a competitiveness cluster by the ministry in 2005, the role of Cosmetic Valley is to help fragrance and cosmetic industry in the sector, through: - Commercial development by networking, supporting exports for SMEs, - Improvement of their competitiveness : set-up of Research and Innovation projects. The cluster opens up to the whole of France: Cosmetic Valley gathered all companies in fragrance and cosmetic industry at national level. All companies who want to join a dynamic collaboration and network are more than welcome. Our actions and services: - Promoting the brand of France, - Connecting the know-how: sales development, pooling and collaboration, - Dynamizing research and innovation, - Professional support through dedicated platforms: COSMETOMICS, COSMETOSCIENCES - Developing expertise: Congresses and trainings, - International cooperation : ☑️ Founder & coordinator of Global Cosmetics Cluster (GCC) - The first international clusters network dedicated to innovation in cosmetics ☑️ Coordinator of Global Cosmetics Cluster Europe (GCC.EU) - The European body of the GCC. - Supporting exports: international exhibitions, - Discovering the beauty of tomorrow: COSMETIC 360 Trade-show, - Cosmetic Valley’s membership, - Strategic surveillance: COSMETOVEILLE platform. Our key figures: 👉 1st WORLD NETWORK OF THE PERFUMES AND COSMETICS SECTOR: - 3,200 companies including 80% SME, - 250,000 jobs, - 600 members, - 45 billion € turnover, - 1st global exporter of fragrance and cosmetics in 2019. 1st WORLD NETWORK FOR COSMETOLOGY RESEARCH: -450 research projects worth 400 million €, -22 Universities, CNRS, LNE, Synchrotron SOLEIL, -26,000 searchers - 1,000 laboratories, -200,000 students.