Beauty Packaging magazine is proud to announce that Philippe Bonningue, L’Oreal’s vice president-packaging and development for corporate operations North America has joined its Board of Advisors.

Bonningue has been with the L’Oréal Group for 20 years, having joined the company in 1988 in the United Kingdom where he began his career as UP-engineer at L’Oréal’s facility in Llantrisant, Wales. In October, 1999, he moved to France where he was in charge of investments and engineering at the company’s luxury division’s SICOS plant. In 1992, Bonningue was leading manufacturing and processes projects for L’Oréal’s new LaBarbiere facility in Aulnay, France, reporting to the direction generale technique.

In 1994, he managed the creation of the biotechnology facility for Biotherm in Tours, France. Expanding his skills and scope to the packaging field, Bonningue became in charge of an innovation & prospective team in 1997 reporting to the packaging research department of the direction generale technique. In 1999 he assumed the responsibility for the pump and aerosol optimization laboratory for the L’Oréal Group. Following that, in June 2000, Bonningue was named the head of development and packaging for the international branch of the Active Cosmetics Division.

Bonningue came to the U.S. in August 2004 after being named the head of development and packaging for the Luxury Products Division (Lancôme, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Biotherm) and for the Active Cosmetics Division (La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals, Dermablend, Biomedic) for the North America zone. In May, 2006 he assumed his current position.

Joins BP’s Seven Current Board Members
Bonningue joins Beauty Packaging’s seven existing Board members: John A. Delfausse, vice president global package development and chief environmental officer, Estee Lauder Corporate Packaging; Jon Dinapoli, creative director, Coty Prestige; Karen Grant, vice president, NPD Beauty; Maureen Kelly, creator & CEO, Tarte Cosmetics; Nica Lewis, head consultant, Mintel Beauty Innovation; Barbara B. Poder-Stiso, senior director package development, Coty, Inc.; and Scott Widro, vice president of manufacturing and materials management, Chanel.

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