Benoît Champluvier
Board of Directors
Chief Technology and Manufacturing Officer
Aratana Therapeutics
Belgium
Biography
Benoît Champluvier joins from GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, where he has more than 20 years’ experience of driving innovation and complex bioprocesses, supporting the development and launch of a number of new products.He graduated from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in 1984 with an engineering degree in agronomics and a degree in economics. He then started a PhD in agronomic sciences at the UCL and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Enzymtechnologie in Jülich, Germany. He started his career at Jungbunzlauer in 1992. Benoît Champluvier joined GSK in 1993 as junior scientist and subsequently held a number of senior roles, such as Director Downstream Process Technology, Coordinator New Technologies & GMP Pilot Plant.
Research Interest
Manufacturing