ELISABETH BOUHADANA
Elisabeth Bouhadana has a double background. Engineer in Biochemistry, she received her post-graduate degree in Enzymology from PARIS-SACLAY University (Orsay, France). She did her training at Natural Product Chemistry Institute (ICSN, CNRS) in Gif sur Yvette, (France). She also post-graduated from PARIS-DAUPHINE PSL University, INSTN & Mines ParisTech, with a Master in Innovation & Technology Management.
She has been working in the L’OREAL Group for more than 20 years: first specialized in skincare, working for 7 years in the skincare laboratories of L’Oreal in Chevilly-Larue, France, she worked for 4 years in the development of professional aesthetic procedures range for dermatologists, in New-York (USA) and in Asnieres (France), for L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty Division. After 5 years as International Scientific Director at inneov (L'Oreal & Nestlé joint venture - Nutritional supplements for skin and hair) in Asnieres (France), she joined the L’Oreal Paris International team in 2012 as Global Scientific Director.
The transparency program she initiated for the brand in 2018 called “the other Side” of L’Oreal Paris reveals the pioneering role of the brand in promoting the skin & hair science to reach consumers directly in a very educational way. A special focus to biotech and reconstructed human skin also let the consumers know about how their favorite products are made based on scientific discoveries, from ingredient’s selection to formula testing and production, before arriving on the market.
In 2018, she created the L’Oreal Paris international board of dermatologists, a panel of 25 board certified dermatologists from all over the world who co-create and validate specific advanced formulas safety & efficacy tests protocols, together with L’Oreal Internal scientific experts.
Since 2023, she participated scientific round tables in scientific congresses to share the science behind L’Oreal Paris new formulations to fight premature aging at global level (World congress Singapore 2023, IMCAS Congress Bangkok, DermaDubai 2025, AAD Congress Denver 2026, EADV Congress Amsterdam Paris and Wien).
To mark the 2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on Feb 11th Elisabeth opened the doors of L’Oréal Paris laboratories to journalists & key opinion leaders, showcasing the latest transformative and inclusive technologies through the voices of the female engineers who pioneered them.
