Dr. Patrice Malard did his PhD degree at the University of Lille France in Cell Biology where he was working on genetics of filamentous fungi. In the early eighties he joined Gist-Brocades in the Netherlands as a Researcher in the field of industrial enzymes for food and non-food applications. He became later Research Director of the French research group. In 1991 he joined the US based seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred the world leader in corn seeds as Strategy Director for the French market where he concentrated on specialty crops for the industry, selection of corn and sunflower hybrids and development of lactic bacteria for silage. Later he worked in the cosmetic industry through the development of active ingredients based on natural sources as Director of Silab. In 1999 he came back to industrial microbiology by joining Institut Rosell/Lallemand as business & products development director in the field of probiotics for about 10 years. He was the founder of Kloarys a start up in functional cosmetics in 2008. He is now Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of the Technology Center of Biostime..