Cedric Callens, D.Phil.
About Cedric Callens, D.Phil.
Cedric Callens, D.Phil., is a Senior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble, with extensive experience in R&D and product supply roles across Europe and Asia.
Current Role at Procter & Gamble
Cedric Callens, D.Phil., has been serving as a Senior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble since 2022. He is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. His role involves overseeing brand strategy and management for the company.
Previous Roles at Procter & Gamble
Cedric Callens has held various positions at Procter & Gamble over the years. From 2019 to 2022, he worked as an Initiative Leader in Hair Care Europe and Assistant Director of Product Supply in Genève, Suisse. Prior to that, he served as Group Head of R&D in Singapore from 2018 to 2019. From 2012 to 2018, he was a Senior Scientist and Senior Manager in R&D, also based in Singapore.
Academic and Research Experience
Cedric Callens has a strong academic background. He completed his D.Phil. at the University of Oxford, where he studied organic chemistry under Prof. T. Donohoe from 2007 to 2010. He also served as a Tutorial Fellow in Organic Chemistry at Queen's College, Oxford from 2007 to 2009. Additionally, he gained experience as a DPhil researcher with Prof. K. Maruoka at Kyoto University in Japan for two months in 2010.
Industry Experience in Pharmaceuticals
Cedric Callens has considerable industry experience, having worked at multiple pharmaceutical companies. He was a Research Scientist-Industrial trainee at Novartis in 2007, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals from 2005 to 2006, and GlaxoSmithKline in 2005. His roles involved various research projects across different regions, including Basel, Suisse, Sandwich, KENT, UK, and Cambridge, Royaume-Uni.
Educational Background
Cedric Callens holds a D.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford. He also earned an Ingénieur Chimiste degree in Chemistry speciality synthesis from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, studied from 2003 to 2007. Additionally, he obtained a CPI from École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille from 2001 to 2003.