CV de Claude Chollet (en anglais)

Claude CHOLLET

DOB 26 February 1949                                            

Married, three children                                                                                

Fluent English. Italian                                                                          claude.chollet@noos.fr

CAREER PATH

                        EMN, Ecole de Management de Normandie

L’Ecole de Management de Normandie is the business school of Normandie with premises in Caen, Le Havre and Deauville

2012-Present Visiting Professor, International Business Development

                        OJIM, NGO focused on medias analysis

The « Observatoire des Journalistes et de l’Information Médiatique » publishes a professional web site www.ojim.fr dedicated to the global medias, mainly in the French cultural area.

2012-Present     President

ACLAE Santé, Consulting company for healthcare and beauty

2005–Present  President

See www.skinnail.com

                             IDPROG, CCTV co.

2007–2009        Shareholder (business angel) and part-time General Manager

IPSEN, 4^th largest French pharmaceutical group

2004–2005     Senior Operations Director Eurasia, Sales €150 m

-      Responsible for 10 Western European countries, 24 Eastern countries, China, Korea and Hong Kong, comprising: 5 commercial subsidiaries, 1 industrial subsidiary (China) and 6 sales offices

-      Managing a team of 900 staff

1991–2004      Executive of the Beaufour Ipsen International Economic Interest Group

-      Overall responsibility for emerging markets: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Eastern bloc countries

-      Elaboration of set-up strategy by product and by area

-      Follow-up of budget and the three-year plan

-      Directing the HO and field-based international team

-      Monitoring recruitment policy and  human resources

-      Acquisition of a company in Korea

-      Set-up ex nihilo of operations in China, later transferred to a subsidiary

-      Outsourcing of the less profitable or non-strategic territories

-      Establishment of a dedicated logistics platform

1987–1991      International Manager

-      Opening of a liaison office in Kuala-Lumpur, bridgehead to South-East Asia

-      Feasibility study, rapid expansion programme in Korea

1977–1987      Export Manager emerging countries/Benelux

-      Extension of  operations from Egypt into the Middles East

-      Implementation of a specific policy for Algeria (number 1 market)

-      Set-up of the Belgian subsidiary covering the Benelux

1975–1977      Export assistant

-      Responsible for the Maghreb and French-speaking Africa

CIDAS

1974                French representative for an Italian company in the cultural tourism sector

HIGHER EDUCATION

Sciences-Po Paris – Advanced Graduate Diploma in Political Science

OTHER ACTIVITIES – CENTRES OF INTEREST

French Foreign Trade Advisor

   Keen interest in modern art, theatre,  literature and journalism