Olivier Bédué received a degree in chemical engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP) and a doctorate in polymer physical chemistry from the University Paris 6 (Jussieu), after which he worked for Spontex Company (Beauvais/France) as a R&D engineer and cellulose technical manager in industrial direction. Since the beginning of 2012, he is R&D manager at the Regional Technical Center Europe for Freudenberg Haushaltsprodukte Company (Weinheim/Germany). He is also an European Commission expert (FP6 and FP7).