Former Senior Vice President, R&D, Petcare
Mars
Michel Oostwal recently retired after making tremendous contributions to Mars Petcare during his 12 years in senior R&D leadership positions. His tenure included the launch of the company's first Global Innovation Center in the United States, and leading product transformation and innovation across the pet food portfolio.
In his role at Mars Petcare, Michel provided strategic and operational leadership to R&D across quality and food safety, product, process and packaging innovation, renovation and productivity, sustainability, and regulatory and scientific affairs. As a member of the global Mars Petcare R&D leadership team, he also helped create and drive global R&D strategies, participated in the development of the innovation pipeline for the company's pet nutrition brands and oversaw the deployment of breakthrough science and technology in the region.
Prior to joining Mars, Michel served in senior R&D leadership roles at Unilever. He earned his PhD in physical chemistry from Leiden University and holds a masters degree from VU Amsterdam.
