Christine He

Associate Director, Global Microbiology, Global Quality and Microbiology 
Colgate-Palmolive Company

​Christine joined Colgate in 2001 in China as a plant microbiologist and had taken different roles at Colgate. In January 2018, Christine became the head of global microbiology. Christine and her family moved to the U.S in 2018 and she is located in the Colgate technology center in Piscataway, New Jersey.
 
Christine is responsible for the microbiological integrity of all Colgate products, working from development to implementation of microbiology strategy for both global technology centers and manufacturing sites. Christine is also responsible for developing the global microbiology groups in all Colgate locations. 
 
Christine has been optimizing the microbiological process at Colgate to support effectively the new growth mindset strategic projects and supply chain effectiveness. She is leading the preservation strategy at the company to ensure Adequate Product Preservation through Science and Technology. Christine is also involved in the digitization and automation project in the microbiology area to reduce the manual intervention and improve data integrity in the labs. Christine spends quality time in developing training courses and improving technical and leadership skills of the microbiological team.
 
Christine received the You Can Make a Difference Award in 2018 for the rapid testing project implemented in microbiology swab testing, which changed the testing from 4-5 days into 5 min. The overall efforts improved the current monitoring aspect of the corporate Cleaning & Sanitization program.
 
Christine received the You Can Make a Difference Award in 2018 for the project implemented in China which reduced the bioburden level in the raw materials significantly