Laurence Jacques is an engineer, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, in Paris. She has 30 years’ experience in industry, with technical, operational and leadership roles. She has been working on the EcoXtract project since 2018, to develop a safe plant-based substitute to hexane. Today the solution is available in Europe. It is patented, approved for food extraction and can substitute hexane in existing extraction facilities with limited modifications.