Joaquín Álvarez

Joaquin Gabriel Alvarez Lopez has a degree in chemical sciences by University of Barcelona, specialized in Biochemistry, Enzymology and Microbiology. He was an associate professor in the Chair of Thermodynamics and Physical Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of Barcelona while he was taking the Doctorate courses in Chemical Sciences.

He is a collaborator of the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, member of the National Implementation of the Quality Control Committee and a speaker in various conferences. He speaks Spanish, Catalan and French.

From 1970 to 1980, he was Research Director at Laboratorios Eugene S.A. – Grupo L’Óreal-Nestlé. From 1980 to 1998, he was Director of the Factory of General Cosmetics at Grupo L’Óreal-Nestlé. In 1998, he became General Director at Cosmetec Internacional until 2002. Then, he became General Director at Biopharma Cosmetics S.A. until 2012. In 2012, he was named General Director at Valertis Trade and Externared until 2016.

Today, he is the Director of INALVA ALVAREZ ABELLO, which is a Technical Cosmetics and Dermo-Pharmaceutical Consulting. He is also Technical Director at Industrias Oriol.