09.01.22
AAK, a leading manufacturer of value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils across multiple industries, welcomed Alyssa Elvambuena as the new Scientist II for the personal care team.
“We are happy to announce that Alyssa Elvambuena has joined the personal care team at AAK,” said Octavio Diaz de Leon, president of AAK USA and AAK North Latin America. “Alyssa has worked with several global brands in the cosmetic and personal care industry, having held positions as an R&D chemist, product development lead, and quality coordinator. She now brings this robust and varied experience to AAK, which will help ensure we provide an even greater value to our customers and industry partners with our co-development efforts.”
As Scientist II, personal care, Elvambuena is based out of AAK’s Richmond, CA Innovation Center. She is responsible for supporting the Personal Care team in developing on-trend formulations, featuring product portfolio solutions, providing technical insight and product-specific application knowledge, and further educating customers in AAK's sustainably sourced, technologically advanced plant-based ingredients for the beauty industry.
Prior to joining AAK, Alyssa Elvambuena served as product quality coordinator for Sephora. Prior to that, she worked in formulation roles for Method, under SC Johnson's lifestyle brands, and for the Shiseido Americas - complexion team. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Management of Applied Chemistry from Ateneo de Manila University.
AAK Personal Care is a leading supplier of sustainable, high-performing, botanically derived emollients for use in skin care, hair care, color cosmetics and other personal care products, including sustainable product applications.