Catherine Lefranc-Millot qualified as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (from the National Veterinary School, Maisons-Alfort, France) and later obtained a French PhD in Biotechnology (from the University of Technology, Compiègne, France).
Prior to working for Roquette, she had managed for several years a research team in a French dairy company, working around milk peptides, proteins and hydrolysates with specific biological activities, compatible with food and nutraceutical applications.
She has been working for Roquette since 2005, first as the Corporate Scientific Communications Manager for Nutrition and Health (R&D), then (since 2016) as a Senior Research Manager Nutrition and Health. Her research is specifically focused on long-term, prospective and exploratory research, around plant-based proteins and their derivatives, interested in their potential impact on nutrition and health.