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Filip is Euromonitor International’s global lead for home care research and strategic client engagement. He oversees the company’s global home care insights, authors flagship industry reports, and shapes the editorial direction of Euromonitor’s industry insights.
Widely recognised as a thought leader in the category, Filip delivers data-driven, forward-looking analysis to home care brands and retailers worldwide. His expertise helps clients navigate shifting consumer behaviours, category performance, and emerging industry opportunities.
My professional journey of 30 years is enriched by cross-cultural and business experiences across North America, LATAM, Asia, Europe, and Australia. I specialize in developing commercial strategies and working with high-performing R&D teams towards excellence. Committed to lifelong learning, I hold graduate degrees and certifications in International Business Management, Organizational Performance, Negotiation, People Development, and Leadership. Over the last 14 years, I have led strategic business management at Unger Surfactants, passionately driving commercial innovation and chemical solutions aimed at creating a cleaner and safer world
Mauro Davanzo is a chemist with 25 years of experience in different sectors, among which Cleaning and Hygiene from different perspectives. The most relevant experiences have been with Reckitt, AkzoNobel, IFF, and Vileda.
He has always been interested in the consumer science and to innovative solutions which can improve the life at home
Andre Chieffi is the Senior Manager of the Surface Science Platform at Reckitt. His team works on the development of new technologies across the Reckitt’s hygiene business including the mega brands Lysol, Finish, Vanish, Harpic and others.
Before joining Reckitt in 2020, Andre did a BSc and PhD in Chemistry (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and University of Waterloo, Canada), a postdoc in catalysis (MIT, USA) and worked for almost 20 years at P&G (R&D centers in the UK, Mexico and Brazil). As result, he has experience in several R&D areas, including surfactants, polymers, enzymes, bleach, antimicrobials, encapsulation, active delivery and catalysis.
Neal Sorokin has over 20 years’ experience in the regulatory and safety fields. Neal gained his PhD in 2007 (University of Reading, UK) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in the UK. Following research work at the University of London and then 6 years as a consultant in the UK, Neal joined Reckitt in 2007. Over the past 15 years he has held various roles in the regulatory and safety departments at Reckitt, supporting the Health and Hygiene businesses and working in various locations including the UK, Italy, and the USA. He is currently the Global Head of Regulatory for Innovation within Reckitt’s Hygiene Business, based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Barbara Dücker has been with Novozymes, now Novoensis since 2013 and currently holds the position of Senior Market Insights Specialist HHC Europe. In this position, the focus is on market observation, representation in industry organizations, test methods and consumer goods testing. She holds a phD in chemistry and has been working in the detergent industry for 25 years – mostly in the B2B business, but at times also in the consumer goods industry.
Emma Gibbin-Lameira holds a Doctorate in Marine Biology from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Following the completion of a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, she transitioned into the field of Scientific Communications. She spent three years working at a medical device company, before joining Procter & Gamble, where she currently serves as Senior Scientific Communication Manager for their global Fabric Care and European Home Care divisions.
