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Management Team

1Gabriel Festoc Gabriel Festoc (Ph.D.), Chairman
Gabriel Festoc (Ph.D.) joined Polyplus-transfection® as Chairman in February 2009. Previously, Gabriel was the founder (2000), Chairman & CEO of GeneSystems (now part of the Pall Corporation). In addition, Gabriel has worked as a senior consultant for a number of biotechnology companies and financial investors.
Mark Bloomfield Mark Bloomfield, CEO
Mark Bloomfield, a UK citizen, joined Polyplus-transfection® in February 2010 as CEO after more than 15 years in senior sales, commercial leadership and business management positions with global companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, Thermo Electron (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) and Applied Biosystems.
Frédéric Perraud Frédéric Perraud, COO, Deputy CEO
Frédéric Perraud (Ph.D.) began his career as research scientist with Transgene moving to CareX as CFO before joining Polyplus-transfection® in 2005.
Anne-Lise Monjanel Anne-Lise Monjanel, MarCom Manager, Deputy CEO
Anne-Lise Monjanel (Ph.D.) is one of the founders of Polyplus-transfection SA. Anne-Lise previously served as Product Manager for Bioblock Scientific (now Thermo Fisher) and as a Professor in the French National Education System.
Bernard Gromb Bernard Gromb, CFO
Bernard Gromb joined  the company in May 2011 and brings more than 27 years of Finance Management experience in the medical device segment (Acuson, Siemens Healthcare, Dräger), as well as from the life science Segment (Life technologies) to his role as CFO with Polyplus-transfection®.
Patrick Erbacher Patrick Erbacher, CSO
Patrick Erbacher (Ph.D.) worked as a postdoctoral research scientist in the Laboratory of Genetic chemistry of Dr. Jean-Paul Behr  and joined Polyplus-transfection as it was founded. Patrick has co-authored 12 patent applications and more than 35 scientific publications.
Pascale Pascale Belguise, Business Development Manager
Pascale Belguise (Ph.D.) also worked as a postdoctoral research scientist in  the Laboratory of Genetic Chemistry at the University of Strabourg before joining Polyplus-transfection® as it was founded.
Alain Cuzange Alain Cuzange, Business Director- Europe
Alain Cuzange (M.S.) worked in Sales and Product Management roles with Eurogentec for 7 years before joining the Polyplus-transfection® leadership team in 2004.
Bertrand Coissac, M.S., MBA Bertrand Coissac, Business Director – Asia
Bertrand Coissac (M.S., MBA), a french citizen based in Hong Kong, joined Polyplus-transfection® in 2011 after serving over 10 years in a variety of international sales and marketing leadership positions with Genzyme, GeneSystems and Pall Corporation.