Bio

Jean-Claude Lumaret holds a degree in chemical engineering, a Bachelor of Science and a diploma from the Centre international d'études de la propriété intellectuelle (CEIPI). He is a French patent and trademark attorney before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of the European Union. He spent nearly 30 years with the Roquette Group, a French family-owned company, world leader in the starch industry, where he held various positions, including Director of the Fermentation Business Unit and Director of the Business Unit Business Intelligence. Mr. Lumaret then joined METabolic EXplorer as Vice President Strategy and Innovation and member of the Management Board in 2008. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CARBIOS in April 2011, President of CARBIOLICE in 2016 and Vice-President of Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) in 2016.