Veronique Poulsen PhD

Veronique Poulsen is the Head of Environmental Safety L’OREAL Research & Innovation. Dr. Veronique Poulsen is a more than 20-year experienced ecotoxicologist. She first worked for 10 years at INERIS (National Institute of Industrial Environment and Risks) as responsible for ecotoxicological lab test development and outdoor aquatic mesocosms. She then worked for 11 years at Anses (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) as head of the Ecotoxicology and E-fate Unit, in charge of the risk assessment of pesticides. She currently works at L’Oréal as Head of Environmental Safety, to ensure the environmental safety of the ingredients used in L’Oréal’s formulated products according to worldwide regulations, and develop testing and assessment strategies. She also chairs the Environmental Science Working Group at Cosmetics Europe, the European Cosmetics trade association.