“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Often misattributed to the wonderful and inspiring civil rights activist, Harriet Tubman.
– Entrepreneur and global manager (BBA, MiM, MSc, MA, MBA) with over 20 years of professional experience in the cultural and creative industries.
– Double expertise: a functional expertise in management, marketing and strategy and an industry expertise in entertainment, media and technology.
– Global, European and French citizen part of the Erasmus generation (alumnus of the universities of Paris, Madrid, London and Shanghai).
– Philanthropist and volunteer helping children in need around the world whenever I can.
Résumé Summary
Global Experience:
– Work experience in 9 countries (United States, Chile, United Kingdom, China…) across 4 continents (North America, South America, Europe and Asia).
– Former employers include some of the most prestigious global organizations in the world, such as Accenture (the largest consulting firm in the world by number of employees, the world leader in management and technology consulting, digital transformation and IT, with a CMT – Communications, Media and Technology practice ranked second after McKinsey), Ipsos (one of the largest market research groups in the world, competing with Gartner, Nielsen, Kantar and GfK), France Télévisions (France’s leading audiovisual group, where I worked with global media: France 24, TV5 Monde, Euronews, RFI (Radio France internationale), Deutsche Welle’s DW-TV from Germany, RTVE’s TVE Internacional from Spain, Rai International from Italy, Sky News International from the UK and National Geographic Channel from the US), SMG – Shanghai Media Group (one of China’s largest media and cultural conglomerates, with the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses in China) and the OECD-OCDE – the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and OECD Publishing-Les Éditions OCDE (an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, working with over 100 countries across the world to help governments foster economic growth and prosperity and fight poverty, and to build stronger, fairer and cleaner societies – helping to shape better policies for better lives) but also SMEs (small-to-medium sized enterprises) and tech startups.
– Founder of 4 companies during my lifetime and one non-profit association (Sorbonne Alumni in 2007). I created my first business at the age of 20.
– Former adjunct professor of marketing, digital marketing and digital transformation and guest speaker training professionals and French and international students from all over the world in Bachelor, Master, MBA and Executive Education programs at the best schools of communication, engineering and management in France, such as CentraleSupélec – Université Paris-Saclay, EFAP, ISCOM and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
– Former volunteer for several years at UNICEF – the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (operating in over 190 countries and territories and in the world’s toughest places to reach the children and young people in greatest need, to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, by providing health care, childhood vaccination and immunization, nutrition, clean water and sanitation, education, and protection from violence, exploitation and abuse).
Global Education:
– I learned four of the most spoken global languages in the world: English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Russian. My native language is French.
– Management studies and media studies at four of the most prestigious global public universities across the world: Sorbonne School of Management – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (a leading university in France), UCM – Universidad Complutense de Madrid (a leading university in Spain), LSE – The London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London (a leading university in the UK) and 復旦大學 – Fudan University in Shanghai (a leading university in China), all ranked among the world’s best universities for arts, humanities, social sciences and management by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), THE (the Times Higher Education) and ARWU (the Academic Ranking of World Universities, known as the Shanghai Ranking).
– I hold the Sorbonne Associate Degree in Economics and Management, Management major, the Sorbonne Bachelor’s degree in Management, and four top-tier master’s degrees: MiM, MSc, MA and MBA. Two master’s degrees from France, one from the United Kingdom and one from China.
– Including the LSE MSc in Global Media and Communications (London), ranked first among the best master’s degrees in “Corporate Communication” in Western Europe for many years by Eduniversal, and the Fudan MA in Global Media and Communications (Shanghai), ranked first among the best master’s degrees in “Corporate Communication” in Far East Asia for many years by Eduniversal.
– 2007 valedictorian (top of the class/major de promotion) of the Sorbonne’s Master in International Strategic Management (MSI), ranked 1st or 2nd among the best master’s degrees in “Strategy and Consulting” in France ahead of HEC Paris, ESCP, EDHEC and emlyon for many years by Eduniversal.
– 2017 valedictorian (top of the class/major de promotion) of EFAP’s Specialized MBA in Digital Marketing & Business (DMB) #InsideDigitalRevolution, ranked 2nd among the best MBAs/master’s degrees in “Digital Marketing and e-Business” in France for many years (including in 2024) by Eduniversal.
Global Expertise:
– strategy, international strategy, digital strategy, internationalization, negotiation and conflict resolution, entrepreneurship, vision and leadership,
– marketing, international marketing, digital marketing (content marketing, SEO, UX, CX, social media, influencer marketing…) and communication,
– recruitment, talent acquisition, talent management, training and development, cross-cultural management, team building and team management,
– management, international management, digital transformation, change management, project management, problem solving and decision-making,
– in the cultural and creative industries (I have worked in the CCIs since 2004) and in particular in the entertainment, media and technology industry.