Dr Forraz is Chief Executive Officer of CTIBiotech, in charge of business development, industrial operations and relations with investors and financial institutions. He has extensive expertise in stem cells, regenerative medicine and 3D tissue and with Professor Colin McGuckin was part of the team who created the world’s first artificial hepatic-like liver tissue and neural cells from human umbilical cord blood. With an interest in cross-developing clinical research for business-generating technologies, Dr Forraz has extensive experience in negotiation, business creation and operations. Dr Forraz has spear-headed the 43 Million Euro consortium generation of the IMODI Cancer project, the largest cancer research project in France, and was the winner of several international business plan competitions. Dr Forraz served between 2019 and 2022 as the President of Cosmet’in Lyon Skin Science, a not-for-profit professional organization linking researchers, interprofessional organizations and industry to share the latest scientific knowledge in dermocosmetology and promote excellence and expertise in skin care and cosmetology.