Baby Skin and the Microbiome Webinar: Chris Gummer

Our fourth joint webinar with Cosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) took place in March 2022 and brought together academic and industry expertise to focus on personal care innovation in the area of infant and baby care with a focus on skin microbiome.

Dr Chris Gummer – Company Director, Cider Solutions Ltd

Talk title – Can you claim anything about the skin microbiome in “normal” skin?

After 21 years as a senior technologist and Research Fellow with Procter & Gamble Beauty Care R&D, Chris established his own consultancy in 2006. His experience ranges from fundamental research, hands-on development of data and methods, through to copy development and product credentialing. He is a leading expert and has extensive experience in copy claim development and claim substantiation with some of the world’s leading consumer brands. Importantly, he has unique experience in working with Clearcast and the ASA from the position of an advertiser and is a consultant for Clearcast and the ASA covering a very wide range of product categories. In addition he has extensive experience in innovation and ideation techniques, along with identifying external connections for product development. He currently consults for a range of FMCG, raw material suppliers and pharmaceutical companies covering a very broad spectrum of product categories.