How to be a successful corporate entrepreneur?
Wed 9 Oct 2019 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM BST
Manor House WeWork, W1D 3QP
Description
In this digital age, a strong entrepreneurial spirit is not always about setting up a new venture of your own, but it can also lead to innovating within a corporate structure or entity.
Developing a new geography, a new entity, a new line of business etc.. can be just as challenging!
Join the HEC Digital Club, other HEC Alumni & guests for an evening of inspiration, practical advice and debate between two influential speakers with extraordinary career paths:
- Fabrice Bernhard
Co-founder and group CTO of M33
- Jean-Baptiste Limare
Head of Veygo at Admiral Group Plc
When: 9th October 2019, 18:30 - 20:30pm
Where: 21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP
Agenda:
18:30 - 19:00: Networking with drinks and canapés
19:00 - 20:00: Fireside chat with Fabrice and JB
20:00 - 20:30: Questions and networking
Speakers Bio:
Fabrice is a seasoned entrepreneur and graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. In 2007, he founded Allomatch, a website helping customers to find the best pub to watch sports games in Paris, followed in 2009 by Theodo, a web & mobile development company which helps clients -from start-ups to global brands- to build products interactively through feedback from their users.
Fabrice has been concentrating on Theodo’s international expansion, starting with the UK in July 2015. Some of its UK clients now include MADE.com, Hostmaker.com, Cleo.AI, Admiral, SMBC, Société Générale... The group has made 30M€ revenue last year and employs 300+ people. Theodo launched in New York at the beginning of 2019 and is regularly ranked one of the best start-up to work for in France."
Jean-Baptiste is an intrapreneur and a graduate of HEC and Sciences-Po. In 2014 he joined the Admiral Group, UK’s no.1 Motor insurer with operations in France (LeLynx.fr, L’Olivier Assurance), Italy, Spain and the US. In 2016, JB founded Veygo, an Insurtech venture within Admiral that is now a leader in short term insurance and shared mobility.
As an intrapreneur, JB has a unique track record of building and scaling up a new venture inside a FTSE100 financial services company. In 3 years he has managed to build a successful new insurance player, while growing the team from 2 to 55 staff with complete operational autonomy
Location
Manor House WeWork, W1D 3QP