Dr. Matthias Förster

Global business unit “Novecare”, Home and Personal care market (HPC). Managing Key Accounts in EMEA region. Leveraging my science and business background to tailor specific solutions that answer each client’s needs.

Managing for EMEA region a global innovative entrepreneurial project, organized as an start-up within Novecare. Direct reporting to Global Vice President.

Responsible for HPC (Home and Personal Care) sales via distribution in DACH, BNL, Nordics, Middle East and Africa @ Solvay Novecare (specialty chemicals) Managing Key Account in EMEA region

Design business plan and carry out its implementation. Manage manufacturing partners, channel to market, logistics, etc.

Managing for EMEA region a global innovative entrepreneurial project, organized as an start-up within Novecare. Direct reporting to Global Vice President.

R&D Manager: Skin penetration behavior depending on skin care formulation. This work was used for PhD thesis in collaboration with the University of Lyon.

Internship in the encapsulation technology of fragrances, optimizing existing capsules and developing new capsules by using polymer science (4 months)

Student intern, quality management in production processes.

Student intern, researched cellular mechanism of skin irritation caused by fatty acids using molecular genetic and biotechnology techniques (4 months)

Military Service @Operative Information 950; Mayen, Germany: Process implementations for military base daily organization by combining Pareto's Principle and IT technologies

Internship; molecular genetic research of the skin, protein synthesis of an anti-wrinkle protein by using molecular genetic and biotechnology techniques (4 months)

Student intern; cultivation of human skin cells and preparation of plasmid DNA.

PhD thesis in the "Laboratoire d'Automatique et de Génie dEs Procédés" and "Laboratoire de Génie Pharmacotechnique et Biogalénique ISPB - Faculté de Pharmacie" at the University of Lyon and at Gattefossé SAS

Polymère Double diploma (Master) study of Chemistry with the speciality in Polymer Science at the University in Dresden and the Engineering School of Chemistry in Strasbourg France.

Makromolekulare Chemie, Kosmetik