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Esther joined CPL Executive Search in 1997. She has led and worked on >150 engagements in a variety of market sectors including food, food ingredients, health ingredients, biotechnology, agriculture, OTC pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and fine chemicals.

Her areas of expertise include functional ingredients (prebiotics, probiotics, vitamins, rare sugars and fibres), food ingredients (hydrocolloids, sugars, sweeteners, dairy ingredients, antimicrobials, fruit preparations) animal feed additives (enzymes, acidifiers, probiotics) and biotechnology (DNA fingerprinting, enzymes from GMOs, biodegradable plastics, nematicidal genes) amongst others (e.g. cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, polymer film technology, fine chemicals).

An experienced biochemist, Esther carried out academic and commercial research at Oxford University, Reading and Guy’s Hospital in food allergy, immunology, endocrinology, cardiology, respiratory medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology and oncology. She did her PhD at Reading in medical immunodiagnostics and her BSc in Biochemistry at Glasgow.