FIPDes Employability
Career Prospects
85% of the FIPDes Alumni found a job within 6 months after graduation (38% before being graduated and 30% up to 3 months after graduation)!
FIPDes graduates work worldwide.
They get jobs in different sectors of food innovation such as research, product development and entrepreneurship.
They can act at each level of the supply chain and get extremely diverse positions from consultant to CEO. FIPDes alumni act at corporate, SME or institutional level.
FIPDes Employability 2022
FIPDes graduates find employment within months of their graduation in a great variety of companies and positions. Here is an overview from cohort 9 (graduated in 2021) to cohort 1 (graduated in 2013) Alumni.
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Lara Mary AUZET | South Africa | Digital Laboratory Systems Coordinator, The Kraft Heinz Company, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| William BAIDOO | Ghana | PhD Biological Science, Quadram Institute Bioscience (Affiliated with University of East Anglia), UK |
| María Reneé BARRIOS REYES | Guatemala | France |
| Heather BROWNE | Ireland | Scientific OfficerScientific Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK |
| Marie Line EL CHEMALI | Lebanon | Product Development Manager, Umiami, France |
| Can FENG | China | Concept & Integration Developer, Aventure AB, Sweden |
| Roisin GALLAGHER | Ireland | Germany |
| Alejandra GARCÍA MUÑOZ | Colombia | Food Product Developer, Umiami, France |
| Irineos GEORGIOU | Cyprus | Sensory and Consumer project manager, Eolas International, Cork, Ireland |
| Jessica GIOVANNI | Indonesia | Product Developer - Vegan Seafood Product Developer - SEAFOOD REBOOT, France |
| Uli Nicol HOSSE PASTOR | Bolivia | Product Manager, Micvac AB, Mölndal, Sweden |
| Povratanak HOUR | Cambodia | R&I Ingredient Specification Manager, Danone Nutricia, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Nusara INTHARAKASEDT | Thailand | Packaging development engineer at Johnson and Johnson, Sweden |
| Charikleia KARAGIANNAKI | Greece | Development Engineer, Cerealiq Ab, Malmö, Sweden |
| Paula KHATI | Lebanon | PhD, Université de Montpellier, France |
| Elsa Safira KINANTI | Indonesia | R&D Product Expert Technologist, Barry Callebaut, Sweden |
| Gautam KOHLI | India | R&D Scientist, Haagen Dazs, Arras, France |
| Eduardo Jose LIZA DIAZ | Peru | R&D Project Engineer, Fermentis by Lesaffre, France |
| Lucas Joao MEZZOMO | Brazil | Process Technologist, The Kraft Heinz Company, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Maria Fransisca NJOMAN | Indonesia | Product Quality Navigator, IKEA, Malmö, Sweden |
| Bhumika PATEL | India | Industrial and Supply Chain Graduate, Ferrero, England, UK |
| Imothes SOTIANGCO | Philippines | Global Ingredient Specification Manager for Medical Goods - Specialized Nutrition, Danone, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Ramyashree SRINATH | India | India |
| Ratchadetch TERMPITIPONG | Thailand | R&I SN Hub Manager, Danone Specialized Nutrition, Thailand |
| Alejandra Paola VELÁSQUEZ BARILLAS | Guatemala | PhD, Process Engineering, Oniris, Nantes, France |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Eugenia Ayebea ASAMOAH | Ghana | PhD in Food Process Engineering, ONIRIS, Nantes, France |
| Nalaputi BASOEKI | Indonesia | Unilever Future Leaders Programme - R&D, Unilever, The Netherlands |
| Nawapan BOONCHUM | Thailand | Sensory and Food Technologist, Tetra Pak, Lund, Sweden |
| Yurixy BUGARIN CASTILLO | Mexico | PhD at INRAE, Massy, France |
| Hugo CARDOSO FURTADO | Brazil | Engineer, EntreCompFood Project, AgroParisTech, Palaiseau, France |
| Klara CERK | Slovenia | PhD student, Gut Microbiome and antimicrobial resistome, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, UK |
| Maud DE HEMPTINNE | Belgium | Junior Associate at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Belgium |
| María Belen GAVILANES | Ecuador | Innovation Project Coordinador, Firmenich, Vienna, Austria |
| Anahita HASHEMI | Iran | Innovation ecosystem manager at Vitagora, France |
| Tushar KULKARNI | India | PhD at Université de Lille, France |
| Karen LACEY | Ireland | Plant-Based Project Manager at Danone Research, France |
| Mara LAURIOLA | Italy | PhD (Marie Sklodowska Curie ITN), Colon transport in Chronic Kidney Disease, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Lukas LUGGIN | Italy | Innovation & Energy department, South Tyrolean Farmers Association (Südtiroler Bauernbund), Bolzano, Italy |
| Luana MOMM | Brazil | Business Analyst, VAKT, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Andres MORENO BARRETO | Colombia | PhD, Parma University / SSICA, High Pressure Technology effect on colour degradation for fruit juices, Parma, Italy |
| Janelle MYERS | USA | Sr. Culinary Scientist, Simple Mills, Mill Valley, CA, USA |
| Angelos PAPADOCHRISTOPOULOS | Greece | PhD, Teagasc - Anti-microbial packaging - Dublin, Ireland |
| Jorge RIVERA | Guatemala | PhD, CFD Simulations and optimization of thermal and non-thermal food processing, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (BOKU), Austria |
| Natsu SHINOZAKI | Japan | Marketing, Japan |
| Mahtab SHOUKAT | Pakistan | PhD, INRAE/AgroParisTech, France |
| Sonika SINGH | India | Packaging Technologist at Danone, The Netherlands |
| Roxanne Mae TARGA | Philippines | Sensory and Food Technologist at Tetra Pak, Sweden |
| Elif TIRYAKIOGLU | Turkey | Packaging Solution Engineer, IKEA of Sweden, Sweden |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Lito ANDRIOTI PETROPOULOU | Greece | Scientist 1 - Gum & Candy Product Development Team at Mondelez International, Wroclaw, Poland |
| Elena ARAUJO SOTO | Guatemala | Product Developer, Synlait Milk Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Mahnoor AYUB | Pakistan | Associate NPD Manager at Arla Foods Amba, Germany |
| Mathieu CASANOVAS | France | Packaging Developer at Nestlé Purina, Noisiel, France |
| Kyriaki CHANIOTI | Greece | Research and Development Technologist, E.J. Papadopoulos SA, Athens, Greece |
| Shan CHEN | China | Food safety and biosafety intern, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Bangkok, teleworking in Paris, France |
| Joann COTTLE BASTANTE | Peru | Product Technologist at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Delight Naana DATSOMOR | Ghana | Product development manager at Danone Africa (fanmilk ltd), Accra, Ghana |
| Manava Bhushan DHAMODHARAN | India | Production Employee, Fazer Food Services AS, Lund, Sweden |
| Fernando GUARDIOLA RAMÍREZ | Mexico | Senior Packaging Development Engineer, Johnson and Johnson, Sweden |
| Peishun HE | China | Product development at FMCG company, Germany |
| Nuti HUTASINGH | Thailand | PhD, Flavour enhancer in plant, Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand |
| Renata KOSTOVSKA | Macedonia (FYROM)/Croatia | PhD, Dairy Science, Teagasc Moorepark, Ireland |
| Claire Lefebvre | France | Product Technologist at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Sonam LHAMO | Bhutan | Senior Post Production Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Bhutan |
| Inthuja MANICKAM | Malaysia | Food Engineer, INRAE, Massy, France |
| Jan Roland MOLINA | Philippines | College Instructor; University of the Philippines; Iloilo, Philippines |
| Carla MURILLO | Costa Rica | RD&I Health and Nutrition Scientist, Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos, Costa Rica |
| Raphael NOGUEIRA MARTINS | Brazil | Ingredient Specialist at Nestlé Purina, Noisiel, France |
| Ashri NUGRAHINI | Indonesia | Lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Puja RAUNIYAR | Nepal | Research Fellow (Consumer Behaviour and Product Development) at University College Dublin, Ireland |
| Pallavi Shailesh SHRIYAN | India | Scientist -I leading Non dairy product innovation for EUAU and CFD product design accelerator at Yoplait General Mills, France |
| Theresa STOLBERG | Germany | International Procurement Manager at HelloFresh SE, Berlin, Germany |
| Angella VELAZQUEZ DOMINGUEZ | Mexico | PhD INRAE & Ingredia (Dairy French industrial), France |
| Zoé WEINMANN-BIETH | France | Soute dough R&D Projet manager at Lesaffre International, Lille,France |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Salma ABDELSALAM MOUSSA TAWFIK | Egypt | Yogurt R&D project manager at Eurial Italia S.p.A., Rome, Italy |
| Marina ALENCAR LIMA | Brazil | English teacher, Brazil |
| Anna BEAUXIS-AUSSALET | France | UK & Ireland Projects Pipeline manager at Danone, UK |
| Rafael FERRANDIZ | Spain | Global Portfolio Manager R&I Waters, Danone, France |
| Taguhi HARUTYUNYAN | Armenia | France |
| Han-Hsien LEI | Taiwan | Ware Engineer/Spaceship TW/Taipei, Taiwan |
| Colin MILLS | USA | Senior Recipe Developer, Hellofresh, USA |
| Ana Elisa MONGE FLORES | Costa Rica | Head of Innovation Projects, Compañia de Galletas Pozuelo, Costa Rica |
| Carmen MONGE MONTERO | Costa Rica | Founder of Monge Food Consultancy, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Clémentine MULLER | France | Packaging developer ("Scientist II"), Mondelez International, Munich, Germany |
| Jay PATEL | India | India |
| Emma PIGNÈRES | France | PhD, Eco-design of 100% bio-circular food packaging combining paper/cardboard and polyhydroxyalcanoates, Université de Montpellier, France |
| Thanya SEDTHA | Thailand | Business & Product Development at Nola Superfoods Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand |
| Vivian SEGALL KOHEN | Chile | Product Technologist at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Jue SONG | China | Packaging Technologist, Unilever, Shanghai, China |
| Sara TORRENT VERGÉS | Spain | Project & portfolio software manager, Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Tomaz VERDINEK | Slovenia | RD&A Technologist, Meats, Graduate Programme, Kerry, Ireland |
| Ramida YUVACHARASKUL | Thailand | Management Trainee (R&I) at Danone, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Siqi ZHANG | China | Developing new product in an online education company, China |
| Zhuxuezi ZHAO | China | Packaging specialist, JDE, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Sarai ARCE ESPINOSA | Mexico | Product development specialist, Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe, Middle East & North Africa, France |
| Volkan BAGDADLI | Turkey | Customer Experience CRM & CCI in TRMEBP - DSM Pioneer ANH EMEA - DSM - Istanbul, Turkey |
| Elena Ascension BAIXAULI MARIN | Spain | Scientist Process Development/Process Developer - Gum & Candy at Mondelez, Wroclaw, Poland |
| Nancy CALDERON RAMIREZ | Peru | Germany |
| Izza Patricia CORTEZ | Philippines | Development Specialist for Infant formula, FrieslandCampina, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| Brendan CROSSE | Ireland | Director/Gofor at Crosse Family Foods, Cashel, Ireland |
| Yamile Sayaret DOMINGUEZ HERNANDEZ | Mexico | Product developer specialist, Bel Boursin, Europe & North America, France |
| Wally Ernesto GARCIA CASTILLO | Mexico | Packaging Engineer at Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| Julian David GONZALEZ ROMERO | Colombia | Cheese pilot plant responsible, Christian Hansen, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Ziwei GUO | China | Product Developer in Ausnutria, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Natalija KOZAREVSKA | North Macedonia | Food Science Engineer, Gourmey, Paris, France |
| Julia KRAMMER | Romania | Packaging Technologist II, Mondelez International, UK |
| I-Chin LEE | Taiwan | Consumer Science in Export, Import, Research in a SME, Taiwan |
| Nan MA | China | Product development at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Elizabeth Ama MENSAH | Ghana | Food Scientist/Microbiologist/regulations officer, Promasidor Ghana Ltd., Ghana |
| Divya MOHAN | India | Product Developer at Probi AB, Lund, Sweden |
| Laura MURILLO GONZALEZ | Costa Rica | Invited Professor Food Engineering at the University of Costa Rica, Guanacaste Campus, Costa Rica |
| Yoga PUTRANDA | Indonesia | Product Development Engineer, Oatly AB, Lanskrona, Sweden |
| Laura Gabriela RUIZ MORFIN | Guatemala | Application specialist, KMC Amba, Brande, Denmark |
| Siddharth SHARAN | India | R&D Developer Cereals, Nuts & Pulses, Döhler GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Muhamad Syahir SUHAIMI | Malaysia | Development Engineer Next Generation & Sustainable Materials at Tetra Pak, Lund, Sweden |
| Juan Camilo VARELA TABARES | Colombia | Product Development Project Leader, Nestlé Purina, Amiens, France |
| Ling WANG | Taiwan | Business Development Manager, TCI Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit SRIVASTAVA | India | Product Development Scientist, Algama Foods - Seafood Reboot, Paris, France |
| Amy BREDEHOFT | U.S.A | Food Technologist on food safety, product quality, and packaging projects within the Global Operations team at Hello Fresh, London, UK |
| Monica CASTANEDA | Mexico | Senior Technical Project Manager, Meiyume Retail Solutions Limited, France |
| Karishma CHAUDHARY | India | Application Scientist at Chr. Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Ting CHEN | China | R&D Engineer at Nutribio (Sodiaal Group), Paris |
| Santika Karunika CHENDERASA | Indonesia | Food Innovation Consultant in Royal HaskoningDHV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Merve CIFTCI | Turkey | Regulatory Scientist, Oriflame Research and Development, Wicklow, Ireland |
| Kathryn CONGLETON | U.S.A | Product Developer (Level 9) at Danone NA, Plant-based Yogurts Team, Colorado, USA |
| Esteban ECHEVERRIA JARAMILLO | Ecuador | PhD at Hanyang University, Food and culinary science lab. Seoul, South Korea |
| Carlos FRAGUELA | Panama | Technical Sales Specialist, FrieslandCampina Ingredients, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| Alejandra GARCIA BRENKE | Venezuela | Supply Chain Portfolio and Innovation Officer at Upfield R&D in Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Esther GARCIA RAMOS | Spain | Consulting Engineer in a Spanish multinational company, Spain |
| Mariliis HOLM | Estonia | Co-Founder & Partner, Sustainable Food Ventures, Durham NC, USA |
| Anna KIM | Kazakhstan | Technical Lead, Product Development, Centre R&D Nestlé S.A.S., Nestlé Purina Amiens, France |
| Gayathri RAMANATHAN | India | Process Technologist, Danone Nutricia, The Netherlands |
| Hannah SHU | Canada | R&D Scientist, Nature’s Path Foods, Richmond, BC, Canada |
| Carolina TRONCO VALENCIA | Mexico | R&D Portfolio Manager at Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Andrew VASINA | U.S.A | Culinary Center Manager EMEA, Biospringer, Maisons-Alfort, France |
| Hazel Hannah YUGA | Philippines | Barry Callebaut Belgium NV - Global Cocoa Quality Systems Coordinator, Belgium |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Sarabjit Kaur | India | Product Technologist, Danone Nutricia, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Amelinda ANGELA | Indonesia | Marketing Research Manager, Nutrifood Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Francisco AREVALO MAIDA | El Salvador | Global Customer Innovation Manager - Plant Based Dairy, AAK, Zaandijk, The Netherlands |
| Adriana BALAZY | Poland | Product Manager Health & Nutrition at Doehler GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Charlotte BARIAUD | France | Application technologist - Firmenich, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Erliza Karen CABISIDAN | Philippines | Senior Scientist at Mondelez International, Wroclaw, Poland |
| Silvia D’ALESIO | Italy | Sales and Account Manager at Gustus – Salone Professionale dell’AgroAlimentare, Enogastronomia e Nutrizione, Milano, Italy |
| Daniela FREITAS | Portugal | Postdoctoral researcher, Teagasc, Cork, Ireland |
| Adriana GALINANES PLAZA | Spain | Consumer Scientist - R&I - UX projectsConsumer Scientist - R&I - UX projects at Repères, Lyon, France |
| Silvia GARCIA GONZALEZ | Mexico | Regional Platform Leader, Sugar Reduction and Specialty Sweeteners, US & Canada, INGREDION, Chicago, USA |
| Thu HUA | Viet Nam | Quality coordinator, Arne B Corneliussen, Oslo, Norway |
| Vita JAROLIMKOVA | Czech Republic | Global food sustainable sourcing manager, Mars, London, UK |
| Gabriela LARA | Mexico | Product Design & Development Team leader for Specialized Nutrition/Danone Nutricia Research / Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Yao LU | China | R&D Management trainee, Danone Waters, Shanghai, China |
| Gerald Perry MARIN | Philippines | PhD student in Economics and Entrepreneurship, University of Bremen, Germany and Global Packaging Innovation, Sustainability Lead, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgium |
| Priyanka MEENA | India | Working for the Swedish startup ReapEast, New Delhi, India |
| Sara MOHAMED | Egypt | Post-doc, Nofima, Oslo, Norway |
| Elisabete OLIVEIRA | Portugal | Research, Development and Quality Assistant Manager, Nomad Foods, Malmö, Sweden |
| Anindyaningrum RYSTIASIH | Indonesia | Product & Packaging Development & Innovation Manager, HelloFresh, Berlin, Germany |
| Bezaye TESHOME | Ethiopia | France |
| Rémi VANDICHEL | Belgium | Packaging Technologist, Marley Spoon, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Victor VANPOULLE | France | Team Leader Utilities, HEINEKEN, Mons-en-Baroeul, France |
| Mihajlo VUCETIC | Serbia | Freelance, The Netherlands |
| Anette WENNLID | Sweden | Product Developer at Orkla Confectionery and Snacks, Filipstad, Sweden |
| Yi ZHANG | China | Partner of a international trading company "SpringForestFood" in China and Part-time teacher of Huazhong Agriculture University, China |
| Name | Country of origin | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Yessica Dwi BUTENHOFF | Indonesia | Innovation Engineer (Food Science) in Global Advanced Development Food Preservation team, AB Electrolux, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Mustafa BOMBAYWALA | India | Project Manager - Engineering Design at Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe, Noisiel, France |
| Badiaa BOULILA | Tunisia | Dar al Saqi Publishing House, Editorial Assistant, Lebanon |
| Viktar BRUNDUKOU | Belarus | Local regulatory affairs officer, Biomapas, Lithuania/Belarus |
| Ma Aissa CAINTIC | Philippines | Entrepreneur at XTRM 1-11 Inc, Philippines |
| Diana CAMPOS GUTIERREZ | Mexico | Running her own business school of Dj’s and producers "El Bedroom", Mexico |
| Hela FERCHICHI | Tunisia | Quality Assurance and Reseach & Development manager, Horchani Group, Tunisia |
| Mena HANNA | Egypt | Packaging Solution Engineer at IKEA, Älmhult, Sweden |
| Anna KHARLAMOVA | Russia | Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université Paris-Saclay, France |
| Waqas MUHAMMAD | Pakistan | PhD student (SP Food and Biosciences) at Göteborg University, Sweden |
| Sewuese OKUBANJO | Nigeria | PhD student in Food Technology at Massey University/Riddet Institute, New Zealand and Founder of Tanase food plus concepts limited, Nigeria |
| Zyra Mae OLIMAN | Philippines | Technical Field Service Specialist, Amcor Flexibles Philippines Corporation |
| Anna RADAWSKA | Poland | Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Raw Materials at Firmenich, Barcelona, Spain |
| Elham SADEGH-TEHRANI | Iceland | Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe, Noisiel, France |
| Julia SCHOPPE | Germany | Technical Project Manager, Doehler, Darmstadt Germany |
| Olesya STUKANOVA | Russia | Research Engineer at Groupe Savencia, Research Centre Soredab, France |
| Mehtap TEKIN | Turkey | Sweeteners Global Supplier Quality Lead at Mars Wrigley Confectionary, Alsace, France |
| Iliana YANEZ | Mexico | Key Account Manager & Regional Sales Manager at DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, Mexico, CA&C, Andean, Mexico |
| Sofia Irene YASKY | Argentina | NotCo company, Argentina |
| Name | Country of origin | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Ervina | Indonesia | PhD student in Sensory Science in relation to the children healthy eating at Nofima (Institute for applied research within the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and food research), Norway |
| Zeynep BIRSEN | Turkey | Food Safety Manager at Amazon, London, UK |
| Mariana DARRO CANELA | Brazil | Regulatory Affairs, Hypermarcas, Brazil |
| Chun-Ning CHEN | Taïwan | Seeking for a job, Operations in Retail & Services, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Alberto G. J. | Spain | Senior Food Technologist at FoodPilot, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Daniel JELINKO | Hungary | Computer programmer at Rebuz SAS, Strasbourg, France |
| Ivi KALYVIOTI | Greece | Senior Packaging Development Technologist at Kraft Heinz Company, R&D Europe, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Carolina MENDOZA | Mexico | Senior consultant, Kantar consulting, Singapore |
| Sorina MIREA | Romania | Business Analyst at IBM, Romania |
| George OLANG | Kenya | Beverage technical customer service and applications manager - East Africa at DOHLER GMBH, Kenya |
| Karla Marie PAREDES | Philippines | PhD student in Innovation Engineering at Lund University, Sweden |
| Hoyeon PARK | South Corea | Business Analyst, Associate Partner, Evermint Partners Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea |
| Viridiana PINEDA CASIQUE | Mexico | Scientist at Nestlé Purina North America, USA |
| Andra RIANDITA | Indonesia | Erasmus+ PhD student in Industrial Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden & Politecnico di Milano Italy |
| Chengcheng SU | China | Owner of CC’s Business Consulting Center, Shanghai |
| Ignacio (Juan) VARGAS | Mexico | R&D Manager, Mead Johnson, Singapore |
| Francine ZUCCO | Brazil | Academic and Experiential Education Programme Coordinator, University of Toronto, Canada |
- Updated September 2023 -