Eurofins appoints new Chemistry BU Leader in France

Eurofins Agroscience Services recently announced that Frédéric Hommet has joined the Group as Business Unit Leader Chemistry (France). This is part of the ongoing Group commitment to strengthen the Agroscience management team globally.

Frédéric graduated in 1994 from Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse with a Master’s Degree in Phys-Chem procedures and techniques.

From 1996 – 2007, he held a number of senior roles related to phys-chem for ADRIAC, CTCPA and AFSSA.

In March 2009, Frédéric took responsibility for the pesticide and organic pollutant unit in ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety). Here, he managed two mandates of French National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for pesticides in food of animal origin and also for pesticides with a single residue method. During this period, Frédéric developed a new analytical approach: the non-targeted analysis of pesticides in food allowing the detection of up to five hundred residues by LC-QTOF. Following this, in January 2014, he was appointed head of a new unit specialising in both pesticide residues and marine bio-toxins with the management of three mandates of French NRL.

Klaus Kuegler, CEO, said of the appointment: “I am pleased to announce that Frédéric Hommet joined EAS Group on March 1st 2016. He assumes his role as BU Manager and Technical Director in our Chemistry Lab located in Vergeze. With Frédéric taking on this pivotal role in the team, we will reinforce our group technical expertise and further expand our capabilities and capacities in the Mediterranean Region.”