Archives: Speakers.

Dr Oliver Worsley

Prior to co-founding Sequential, Oliver completed his PhD in molecular genetics as an A*STAR scholar at the Genome Institute of Singapore, and has won multiple awards including the P&G Young Entrepreneurship Scheme; the top prize at the L’Oréal Innovation Runway, and is a scholar at the Royal Academy of Engineering. Oliver has published >150 articles… Read more »

Dr Des Tobin

Dr Desmond J. Tobin is Full Professor of Dermatological Science and Director of The Charles Institute of Dermatology at University College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to Sept 2018 he was Professor of Cell Biology and Director of the Centre for Skin Sciences at Bradford University, Britain. He holds a BSc from the National University of Ireland… Read more »

Prof. Helen Sneddon

Helen Sneddon studied Natural Sciences at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and obtained her PhD, on The Application of b-Keto Dithianes in Natural Product Synthesis from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Steven V. Ley.  Following postdoctoral studies on the Catalytic asymmetric chemistry of Palladium II, at the University of California, Irvine with Professor Larry Overman, she joined… Read more »

Dr James P. Ewen

Dr James P. Ewen is a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Research Fellow in the Tribology Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). James uses supercomputers to study solid-liquid interfaces with molecular simulations. He studies complex formulations to… Read more »

Dr Bhaven Chavan

Bhaven is a researcher at Croda, focusing on Skin Care and Solar Protection. His research particularly centres around understanding how individual formulation ingredients interact with each other to provide different final formulation efficacies and, in turn, consumer experience. Bhaven has 16 years of experience working in the industry, and he obtained his PhD from the… Read more »

Victoria Brownlie

Victoria Brownlie is Chief Policy Officer at the British Beauty Council. She has more than fifteen years of experience influencing government policy and lobbying on issues from animal welfare to local government, construction and business. During the pandemic, Victoria was instrumental in securing vital financial support and reliefs for the personal care sector, working with… Read more »

Dr Glyn Roberts

Glyn joined Unilever in 1991 after graduating with a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Liverpool. During his 32 years in Unilever he has worked in a variety of roles – from fundamental research to in market deployment across most of Unilever’s markets and categories – Chemicals, Deodorants, Fabric Conditioners, Laundry, Oral Care… Read more »

Dr Barbara Olioso

The Green Chemist Consultancy Dr Barbara Olioso is a doctor of chemistry, a cosmetic formulator, a speaker and a writer. Her passion and scientific interest is in green chemistry and sustainability applied to cosmetic products to drive sustainable innovation. Based in the UK, she has been specialising in natural and organic cosmetics development since 1999,… Read more »