Marie DOBENESQUE

Marie DOBENESQUE has a long and varied work experience. In 2002, they completed a Quality internship at Auchan supermarket. The following year, they completed a Research internship at Roquette. From 2003 to 2010, they worked at Unilever in various roles, including Global NPD project leader (Healthy Heart margarines), R&D Capabilities Team Leader (Dairy Cream Alternatives), and Research scientist (Bertolli Olive Oil platform). In 2011, they moved to Nutricia Medical Nutrition, where they held the roles of Snr Team Leader Product Development, Medical Nutrition and Team Leader Product Development, Medical Nutrition. From 2013 to 2016, they worked at Danone Nutricia Australia - New Zealand as Head of Research & Development, Infant Nutrition. During this time, they also held the role of Inclusive Diversity global champion at Danone. From 2016 to 2022, Marie worked at Danone Nutricia Research, where they held the roles of Global Research & Innovation Director, Infant Nutrition and Chief of Staff to the VP R&I, Infant Nutrition. Currently, they are the Chief Technology Office at Stockeld Dreamery.

Marie DOBENESQUE has a diverse educational background. Marie completed an Executive MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology in Business Administration and Management, General from 2022 to 2023. From 2000 to 2003, they earned an MSc from AgroParisTech in Food Science; Biochemistry, Nutrition; Food Sciences, Food Technology, NPD. In 2003, they completed MSc credits at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Food product development, Strategy in Agribusiness. In 2018, they completed a course in Digital Marketing and Copywriting from LiveMentor. Marie also holds additional certifications in Systems Thinking from LinkedIn (obtained in November 2021) and The Science of Happiness - Psychology & Neuroscience for the pursuit of happiness from edX.