Cellectis S.A. appoints Dr Sylvie Delassus as Senior Vice President Communications, member of the Executive Committee

22-Sep-2009 - France

Cellectis S.A. has announced the appointment of Dr Sylvie Delassus as Senior Vice President Communications. She will be a member of Cellectis’ Executive Committee. This decision reflects Cellectis' commitment to developing an ambitious, strategically coherent corporate communications program.

After entering the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in 1983 and obtaining her PhD in 1991, Sylvie Delassus spent 11 years (from 1989 to 2000) as a researcher in virology and immunology at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institute of Cancer Research in London. She served as Public Relations Director at the Institut Pasteur from 2000 to 2004 and then as Head of Communications for the R&D subsidiary of Aventis (from 2004 to 2006). Sylvie Delassus then worked at the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Afsset) with a special focus on developing the scientific aspects of the agency's communication and increasing its contribution to public debate. Her international scientific experience and expertise in communications in a scientific environment will help Cellectis deliver on its stated objectives.

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