Sam is responsible for Science & Technology development, as well as Clinicals in Unilever’s Beauty and Personal Care business.  This includes disruptive technologies, external facing scientific authority, new insights and claims, underpinned by leading edge scientific expertise and enabling capabilities.

Prior to Unilever, Sam has over 20 years of experience across Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Healthcare, all focused on innovation, both at Johnson & Johnson leading discovery research in the consumer sector, and as part of Merck Research Labs, focused on infectious disease, in the area of Malaria, and natural product antibacterial discovery.  Sam became a fellow of J&J in 2009 and won the prestigious Johnson’s Medal in 2014.

She received her MS from Seton Hall University, her PhD from University of Dundee and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 2016.  When she is not learning something new in science, she spends time with her husband, three children, a goofy dog, and as much outside time as possible, for where there is nature there is beauty.