In 2017, Hans served as Verizon’s chief technology officer and president of Global Networks, responsible for developing the architecture for Verizon’s fiber-centric networks. He was appointed CEO in August 2018 and Chairman of Verizon’s Board of Directors in March 2019.Hans has transformed Verizon’s business, leading the company to be first in the world to deploy 5G home and mobile technology including the nationwide launch of 5G Ultra Wideband and Fixed Wireless Access. Under his leadership, Verizon delivers seamless consumer experiences including content partnerships with Disney, Discovery+, Apple Music and Verizon’s own content hub, +Play. For business customers, Verizon offers mobility, Fixed Wireless Access, fiber, private network and mobile edge compute solutions. In its consumer and enterprise businesses, Verizon provides clients with maximum optionality and has consistently provided customers with the most reliable network in the United States.Before joining Verizon, Hans served for six years as president and CEO of Ericsson, a multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Sweden. In 2007, he became Ericsson’s chief financial officer, and was promoted to CEO in 2009. He led more than 115,000 employees and Ericsson’s transformation from its focus on hardware to software and services.
The TLF is an event co-organized with Tikehau Capital & Goldman Sachs bringing together European and American leaders who share their vision of innovation.
After 5 years of success, the TLF conference moved to a new level in 2023 with an exclusive format.
The 500+ participants and speakers will meet physically in New York.
Attendees
Who's coming
+500 hand-picked attendees
30%
25%
15%
15%
10%
5%
Cross-Border investors & Board members
Unicorns / Soonicorns - CEOs of Series B or later
Global Public Company CEOs
C-Levels Corporates
Disruptive Founders
(Serie A & Seed)
Conveners, Journalists, Consultants
Program
Your day at the TLF
A dynamic program, featuring keynotes, engaging fireside chats, and insightful panel discussions in a fast-paced and interactive format.
7:30
DOORS OPEN
ACCESS: GoldmanSachs, 200 West Street NY (at the corner of Vessey st.)
7:35
GET YOUR BADGE & NETWORK AT TLF BREAKFAST
All day
NETWORKING, MEETING ROOMS, & SIMULCAST ROOMS OPEN ALL DAY TO PARTICIPANTS
8:30
Good Morning!
Welcome to TLF
Benoit Buridant, Geraldine Le Meur, Nicole Pullen Ross, Paul Papadimitriou
8:40
Transatlantic
AI, Digital Sovereignty, FrenchTech: the opportunities and challenges for France in the world
Bruno Le Maire in a Zoom conversation with Geraldine Le Meur
8:55
Tech
Connecting society: How the future of mobility can empower the next generation
Hans Vestberg and Frank Boulben in conversation with Diane Brady
09:15
Transatlantic
Scale up: scaling a circular business globally
Max Bittner in conversation with David Kidder
9:35
Tech
Everyone Owns Security
Matthew Fraser, CTO New York City, in conversation with Tim Weller
9:55
Impact
Putting Purpose to Work and Unleashing Human Magic, How to Envision Business and Success today
Hubert Joly in conversation with Alexandre Mars
10:15
Tech
Impact
Business Intelligence for Climate Data: Female-Founded New Tech for Corporate Carbon Solutions
Rachel Delacour in conversation with Monica Richards
10:35
Tech
Finance
Private markets and the road to IPO
Rana Yared in conversation with David Ludwig
10:55
Tech
Finance
VC (down)trends: what’s happened so far in 2023?
A keynote by Jeff Clavier
11:05
Tech
Finance
Startups: success in one of the toughest environments in years
Niko Bonatsos, Shahed Khan
in conversation with Jeff Clavier
11:30
Transatlantic
Private Markets update and Investment opportunities: a new normal or a new paradigm?
Mathieu Chabran in conversation with Kristin Olson
11:50
Transatlantic
What role can America play for French scale-ups building the economy of 2030?
Jean Sini, Pierre-Damien Vaujour, Bertin Nahum, Zach Cohen
in conversation with Raphaelle D'Ornano
12:15
Tech
Impact
From the frontlines of the Global Energy transition
Benoit Lemaignan in conversation with Greg Bernstein
12:30
TLF NETWORKING LUNCH
1:35 pm
Get Ready for the afternoon!
Welcome Back
Paul Papadimitriou
1:40 pm
Tech
Finance
State of Entrepreneurship
A keynote by Fabrice Grinda
2:00 pm
Tech
AI Unfiltered: Augmented vs. Artificial Intelligence; the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
Reid Hoffman in a Zoom conversation with Geraldine Le Meur
2:20 pm
Impact
How Corporations Could Tell their Story (and Be Heard)?
Tomas Kellner in conversation with Nannette Lafond Dufour
2:40 pm
Transatlantic
The Relaunch of an Icon
Alexandre Arnault in conversation with Antoine Flamarion
3:00 pm
Transatlantic
Paris 2024 – A new model of Olympic and Paralympic Games
Romain Lachens in conversation with Jean-Christian Agid
3:20 pm
Tech
Between extinction and rennaissance: what AI can do for us
Yann LeCun in conversation with Jerome Pesenti
3:45 pm
Tech
Transatlantic collaboration: establishing a new standard for location technology
Corinne Vigreux in conversation with Kerry Blum
4:00 pm
Tech
Impact
Rise of the Machines: Macro Trends Fueling Global Adoption of Robotics
A keynote by Romain Moulin
4:15 pm
Tech
Impact
Revolutionizing Healthcare: Robotics and AI in Cancer Treatment
Bertin Nahum in conversation with Anne-Helene Illich
4:30 pm
Tech
Impact
Navigating new horizons: a dialogue on alternative investments
Tory Reiss in conversation with Stephanie R. Richards
4:45 pm
Transatlantic
Minister delegate for Transport
Clément Beaune
4:55 pm
Tech
Transatlantic
Wrap-up reflection: charting the Course for the Future of Work
Alex Bouaziz in conversation with Geraldine Le Meur
5:10 pm
Thank you!
Closing remarks
Benoit Buridant, Geraldine Le Meur, Paul Papadimitriou Team TLF & GS
5:10 pm
CLOSING
Speakers
Meet our 2023 Guest speakers
We are honored to announce the first wave of confirmed speakers for #TLF23.
Stay tuned as we continue to unveil additional remarkable contributors in the weeks to come.
All
Impact
Tech
Transatlantic
Bruno Le Maire
France’s Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.
Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique
Hans Vestberg
Chairman and CEO
@Verizon
Hans is chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon, the world’s largest wireless, fiber-optic and global information networks and services company.
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder @LinkedIn - Co-founder @Inflection AI - Partner @Greylock
An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses.
Alexandre Arnault
Executive Vice President of Product and Communications
@Tiffany & Co.
Alexandre is executive vice president of product and communications at Tiffany & Co. He assumed this position and joined Tiffany & Co. in January 2021.
Benoit
Lemaignan
CEO & Co-founder
@Verkor
Benoit is a highly experienced investor and entrepreneur in energy and climate transition, he is behind the creation of Waga Energy in 2015 and Aniah in 2019
Nicole Pullen Ross
Partner
@Goldman Sachs
Nicole is region head of the
New York Private Wealth
Management (PWM) business
and also leads the PWM Sports and
Entertainment Solutions (SES) offering,
which her team launched in 2018.
Mathieu Chabran
Co-founder
@Tikehau Capital
Mathieu co-founded Tikehau Capital in 2004. Prior to that, he gained experience at Deutsche Bank's Real Estate Debt Market team and started his career at Merrill Lynch in various investment roles.
Yann LeCun
VP & Chief AI Scientist
@Meta
Yann is Chief AI Scientist at Meta and a Professor at NYU. He was the founding Director of Meta-FAIR and of the NYU Center for Data Science.
Rachel Delacour
CEO
@Sweep
Rachel is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep, a prominent carbon emissions and ESG data management software platform.
Matthew C.Fraser
CTO
@New York City
Matthew C. Fraser is New York City’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI). The Chief Technology Officer coordinates technology-related projects and policy across the City.
Alexandre Mars
Board Member
@Too Good To Go @Brut. @Paris 2024 @Headspace
Alexandre is an entrepreneur, President and founder of blisce/, the first B corp-certified transatlantic investment firm in the EU, committed to investing differently (Spotify, Headspace, Too Good To Go, etc.) and of the Epic Foundation, which has mobilized millions since 2015 to empower and protect children, youth and our planet.
Anne-Hélène Illich
Co-head Private Wealth Management Paris
@Goldman Sachs
Anne-Hélène is the co-head of Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management Paris. She serves as Trusted Advisor to Founders, Entrepreneurs, Family Offices and more generally Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals.
Antoine Flamarion
Co-founder
@Tikehau Capital
Mr. Antoine Flamarion is a financial entrepreneur. He co-founded Tikehau Capital in
2004 with Mathieu Chabran, his former colleague at Merrill Lynch.
Bertin Nahum
CEO
@Quantum Surgical
Bertin is the CEO at Quantum Surgical. He is a renowned French entrepreneur and engineer known for his contributions in the field of medical robotics.
Corinne Vigreux
Co-founder & CMO
@TomTom
Corinne, TomTom co-founder and CMO, transformed the way we navigate the world and oversaw the pivot of TomTom into a deeptech company & global mapmaker.
David Kidder
Founder, Author, Angel Investor and Keynote Speaker on Growth Mindset & Enterprise Transformation
David Kidder is the Managing Director at Accenture Song and the former Co-founder and CEO of Bionic, which Accenture Song acquired in June 2021, and an author, speaker, and angel investor in over 90+ startups.
David Ludwig
Head of Americas ECM
@Goldman Sachs
David is Head of Americas ECM at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he co-headed ECM in the Americas and was responsible for the Technology, Media, and Telecom sectors.
Diane Brady
Assistant Managing Editor
@Forbes
Assistant Managing Editor Diane Brady oversees the editorial operations for Forbes’ C-suite networks and franchises such as 30 Under 30, ForbesWomen, Leadership and more.
Fabrice Grinda
Founding Partner
@Fj Labs
Fabrice is a highly influential and accomplished entrepreneur in the international technology scene. As an investor specializing in internet startups, he co-founded FJ Labs, a venture capital firm.
Frank Boulben
Chief Revenue Officer
@Verizon Consumer Group
Frank currently serves as the Chief Revenue Officer spearheading the Growth, Strategy and Revenue organization for the Verizon Consumer Group (2022: $100B+ revenues, $41B+ EBITDA).
Geraldine Le Meur
Partner
@FrenchFounders
Géraldine is a French-American entrepreneur. Since the inception of the Internet in 1995, she has been a formidable presence in the French tech industry. One of her notable contributions was co-founding LeWeb, a pioneering event bridging Silicon Valley with Europe.
Gregory Bernstein
General Partner
@Acequia Capital
Gregory is a General Partner at Acequia Capital and leads the firm’s strategy for reindustrialization and New Industrials.
Hubert Joly
Former CEO
@Best Buy
Hubert successfully transformed the company and is widely acclaimed as an exceptional leader.
Jean-Christian Agid
Founder @37EASTPR
JC Agid is the founder of 37EASTPR, a communication and business development agency based in the United States. He is also a trustee on the Advisory Board of the American Friends of the Paris Opera and LeaderXXchange.
Jean Sini
General Partner
@Partech
Jean is a former VP, Engineering at Mint, Ring, Porch, former CTO at Cadre, One Kings Lane, Twelvefold, and former Co-founder and CTO at Fountain, Activeweave.
Jeff Clavier
Founder & Managing Partner
@Uncork Capital
Jeff began advising and investing in early stage tech startups more than 20 years ago after first working as a CTO for a fintech startup in France.
Jerome Pesenti
Founder
@Sizzle AI
Jerome is a prominent figure in AI, he held major roles such as Vice President at IBM Watson and board member at BenevolentAI.
Jonathan Cherki
CEO
@Contentsquare
Jonathan is an entrepreneur and the Founder of Contentsquare, a prominent digital experience optimization platform.
Kerry Blum
Global Head of the Equity Structuring Group
@Goldman Sachs
Kerry is global head of the Equity Structuring Group within Private Wealth Management.
Kristin Olson
Partner
@Goldman Sachs
Kristin is global head of the
Alternative Capital Markets
Group, which is responsible
for sourcing, creating, marketing and
providing ongoing investor relations for the
alternative investments offered by the firm.
Maximilian Bittner
CEO
@Vestiaire Collective
Maximilian is a tech entrepreneur and CEO of Vestiaire Collective, the leading global app for desirable pre-loved fashion.
Monica Richards
Founder & TV Host
@Ecobabe
Monica is a former farm girl turned eco-friendly interior designer and trained Hollywood TV Host who launched her lifestyle brand, ecobabe, to make sustainable living second nature with credence that what we do matters.
Nannette LaFond-Dufour
Global Chief Client Officer
@McCann Worldgroup
Nannette LaFond-Dufour is Global Chief Client Officer at McCann Worldgroup, a leading global communications company with over 15,000 employees.
Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director
@General Catalyst
Niko is a managing director at the venture firm General Catalyst, partnering with founders from seed to growth stage and beyond to build companies that withstand the test of time.
Paul Papadimitriou
Master of Ceremonies @Frenchfounders
Paul is a sought-after keynote speaker & futurist, with a focus on innovation of the human experience. He has given keynote addresses in front of audiences reaching up to 20,000 people, and appeared on national TV, radio and media in more than 50 countries.
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
Co-founder & CEO @Loft Orbital
Pierre-Damien is the Co-founder of Loft Orbital Solutions, a Silicon Valley company with the mission to build the new standard for data collection from space. By offering a simple and affordable end-to-end solution to deploy and operate sensors in space, it unleashes a wave of new possible space-based applications.
Rana
Yared
General Partner @Balderton Capital
Rana joined Balderton as General Partner in 2020. Previously, Rana was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, first in the Principal Strategic Investments Group and later in GS Growth.
Raphaëlle d’Ornano
Founder and Managing Partner
@D’Ornano + Co
Raphaëlle is the Founder and Managing Partner of D’Ornano + Co. Raphaëlle began her career at Deloitte and Eight Advisory, where she realized that the traditional approach to due diligence was not sufficient for evaluating innovative and fast-growing business models. This realization led her to found D’Ornano + Co. and develop a unique and proprietary diligence approach.
Romain Lachens
Engagement Director
@Paris 2024
Romain is the Director of Engagement for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. He has been working in the sports sector for over 20 years in various marketing roles.
Romain Moulin
CEO
@Exotec
Romain, the CEO of Exotec, is a visionary leader in the robotics industry, driving the revolution of warehouse automation.
Shahed Khan
Co-founder
@Loom
Shahed is the Co-founder of Loom, the video communication platform for async work that helps companies communicate better at scale.
Tim Weller
Former CEO
@Datto
Tim is the former CEO of Datto, a leading cybersecurity provider for MSPs. He led Datto’s IPO in 2020 and its strategic sale for $6.2 billion in June 2022.
Tomas Kellner
Director, Owned Storytelling
@Amazon
Tomas is a director of owned storytelling at Amazon. His focus is on telling stories about AI and how it’s used across Amazon and by the company’s customers. Prior to Amazon, Tomas spent 11 years as GE’s chief storyteller. His team built and ran GE Reports, an award-winning storytelling hub.
Tory Reiss
CEO & Co-founder
@Equi
Tory is the CEO & Co-founder at Equi. He is a 3x founder of VC-backed tech companies. He pioneered Archblock, the driving force behind TrueFi ($1.7B+ in originations) and TrueUSD ($1B+ market cap). With over a decade of experience, Tory has also been a dedicated educator in financial literacy.
Zachary Cohen
AI Investor
@Andreessen Horowitz
Zachary Cohen is an investor on the Consumer team. He focuses on companies building at the application layer in Generative AI.
Benoit Buridant
CEO @Frenchfounders
He is the co-founder of FrenchFounders, a Business Club bringing together CEOs, top executives, entrepreneurs, investors and more. First present in the United States, the community now extends to 35 destinations around the world and has 4,000 members (from New York to Shanghai via San Francisco, Madrid or Singapore, etc.)
All
Impact
Tech
Transatlantic
Bruno Le Maire
France’s Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique
Hans Vestberg
Chairman & CEO
@Verizon
Hans is chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon, the world’s largest wireless, fiber-optic and global information networks and services company. In 2017, Hans served as Verizon’s chief technology officer and president of Global Networks, responsible for developing the architecture for Verizon’s fiber-centric networks.
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder @LinkedIn - Co-founder @Inflection AI - Partner @Greylock
An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. In 2003 he co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service.
Alexandre Arnault
Executive Vice President of Product and Communications
@Tiffany & Co.
Alexandre is executive vice president of product and communications at Tiffany & Co. He assumed this position and joined Tiffany & Co. in January 2021. Alexandre started his career in the United States in strategic consulting at McKinsey & Company, then in private equity at KKR in New York.
Benoit Lemaignan
CEO & Co-founder
@Verkor
Benoit is a highly experienced investor and entrepreneur in energy and climate transition, he is behind the creation of Waga Energy in 2015 and Aniah in 2019. Prior to these roles Benoit was CEO of OSER ENER, Senior Consultant at Carbone 4.
Nicole Pullen Ross
Partner
@Goldman Sachs
Nicole is region head of the
New York Private Wealth
Management (PWM) business
and also leads the PWM Sports and
Entertainment Solutions (SES) offering,
which her team launched in 2018. She serves
as co-chair of the Americas Inclusion and
Diversity Committee.
Mathieu Chabran
Co-founder
@Tikehau Capital
Mathieu co-founded Tikehau Capital in 2004. Prior to that, he gained experience at Deutsche Bank's Real Estate Debt Market team and started his career at Merrill Lynch in various investment roles.
Yann LeCun
VP & Chief AI Scientist
@Meta
Yann is Chief AI Scientist at Meta and a Professor at NYU. He was the founding Director of Meta-FAIR and of the NYU Center for Data Science.
Rachel Delacour
CEO & Co-founder
@Sweep
Rachel is the CEO and Co-founder of Sweep, a prominent carbon emissions and ESG data management software platform. She is an award-winning repeat entrepreneur with a background in finance.
Matthew C. Fraser
CTO
@New York City
Matthew C. Fraser is New York City’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI). The Chief Technology Officer coordinates technology-related projects and policy across the City.
Under the CTO’s leadership, several technology offices were combined into the Office of Technology & Innovation.
Alex Bouaziz
Co-founder & CEO
@Deel
Alex Bouaziz is the co-founder and CEO of Deel, the all-in-one HR platform for global teams. Founded in 2019, Deel’s technology helps companies simplify every aspect of managing an international workforce, from culture and onboarding, to local payroll and compliance.
Alexandre Mars
Board Member
@Too Good To Go @Brut. @Paris 2024 @Headspace
Alexandre is an entrepreneur, President and founder of blisce/, the first B corp-certified transatlantic investment firm in the EU, committed to investing differently (Spotify, Headspace, Too Good To Go, etc.) and of the Epic Foundation, which has mobilized millions since 2015 to empower and protect children, youth and our planet.
Anne-Hélène Illich
Co-head Private Wealth Management Paris
@Goldman Sachs
Anne-Hélène is the co-head of Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management Paris. She serves as Trusted Advisor to Founders, Entrepreneurs, Family Offices and more generally Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 in Fixed Income Sales&Trading in Global Markets Division. She advised on Asset-Liability Management and Risk Management, then specialized in Fixed Income and Credit Products.
Antoine Flamarion
Co-founder
@Tikehau Capital
Mr. Antoine Flamarion is a financial entrepreneur. He co-founded Tikehau Capital in
2004 with Mathieu Chabran, his former colleague at Merrill Lynch.
Bertin Nahum
CEO
@Quantum Surgical
Bertin is the CEO and co-founder at Quantum Surgical, developing concrete solutions to the major public health problem which cancer is. He is a renowned French entrepreneur and engineer known for his contributions in the field of medical robotics.
Corinne Vigreux
Co-founder and CMO
@TomTom
Corinne Vigreux, TomTom Co-founder and CMO, transformed the way we navigate the world and oversaw the pivot of TomTom into a deeptech company & global mapmaker.
David Kidder
Founder, Author, Angel Investor and Keynote Speaker on Growth Mindset & Enterprise Transformation
David Kidder is the Managing Director at Accenture Song and the former Co-founder and CEO of Bionic, which Accenture Song acquired in June 2021, and an author, speaker, and angel investor in over 90+ startups
David Ludwig
Head of Americas ECM
@Goldman Sachs
David is Head of Americas ECM at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he co-headed ECM in the Americas and was responsible for the Technology, Media, and Telecom sectors. Joining in 1997, David advanced from analyst to partner, specializing in Communications, Media, and Entertainment.
Diane Brady
Assistant Managing Editor
@Forbes
Assistant Managing Editor Diane oversees the editorial operations for Forbes’ C-suite networks and franchises such as 30 Under 30, ForbesWomen, Leadership and more.
Fabrice Grinda
Founding Partner
@FJ Labs
Fabrice is a highly influential and accomplished entrepreneur in the international technology scene. As an investor specializing in internet startups, he co-founded FJ Labs, a venture capital firm.
Frank Boulben
Chief Revenue Officer
@Verizon Consumer Group
Frank currently serves as the Chief Revenue Officer spearheading the Growth, Strategy and Revenue organization for the Verizon Consumer Group (2022: $100B+ revenues, $41B+ EBITDA).
Geraldine Le Meur
Partner
@Frenchfounders
Géraldine is a French-American entrepreneur. Since the inception of the Internet in 1995, she has been a formidable presence in the French tech industry. One of her notable contributions was co-founding LeWeb, a pioneering event bridging Silicon Valley with Europe.
Gregory Bernstein
General Partner
@Acequia Capital
Gregory is a General Partner at Acequia Capital and leads the firm’s strategy for reindustrialization and New Industrials. He was previously an investor within EQT’s venture capital arm, focusing on early stage, frontier technology in the US and Europe, with a particular focus in energy, biology, and computation.
Hubert Joly
Former CEO
@Best Buy
Hubert successfully transformed the company and is widely acclaimed as an exceptional leader. He currently teaches at Harvard, serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren, and established a chair at HEC business school focusing on purpose-driven business.
Jean-Christian Agid
Founder
@37EASTPR
Jean-Christian is the founder of 37EASTPR, a communication and business development agency based in the United States. He is also a trustee on the Advisory Board of the American Friends of the Paris Opera and LeaderXXchange.
Jean Sini
General Partner
@Partech
Jean is a former VP, Engineering at Mint, Ring, Porch, former CTO at Cadre, One Kings Lane, Twelvefold, and former Co-founder and CTO at Fountain, Activeweave.
Jeff Clavier
Founder & Managing Partner
@Uncork Capital
Jeff began advising and investing in early stage tech startups more than 20 years ago after first working as a CTO for a fintech startup in France.
Jerome Pesenti
Founder
@Sizzle AI
Jerome is a prominent figure in AI, he held major roles such as Vice President at IBM Watson and board member at BenevolentAI.
Jonathan Cherki
CEO
@Contentsquare
Jonathan is an entrepreneur, Founder and CEO Contentsquare, a prominent digital experience optimization platform.
Kerry Blum
Global Head of the Equity Structuring Group
@Goldman Sachs
Kerry is global head of the Equity Structuring Group within Private Wealth Management. She works with high net worth individuals, family offices and executive teams to deliver tailored and holistic solutions through customized structuring and execution services across both diversification and investing strategies.
Kristin Olson
Partner
@Goldman Sachs
Kristin is global head of the Alternative Capital Markets Group, which is responsible for sourcing, creating, marketing and providing ongoing investor relations for the alternative investments offered by the firm. Kristin joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division.
Maximilian Bittner
CEO
@Vestiaire Collective
Maximilian is a tech entrepreneur and CEO of Vestiaire Collective, the leading global app for desirable pre-loved fashion. Empowering a community of fashion activists to drive change through the circular economy, the platform is unique thanks to its fashion savvy community, engaging tools and features, its vast and desirable inventory, and the high level of trust it has built amongst its members.
Monica Richards
Founder & TV Host
@Ecobabe
Monica is a former farm girl turned eco-friendly interior designer and trained Hollywood TV Host who launched her lifestyle brand, ecobabe, to make sustainable living second nature with credence that what we do matters.
Nannette Lafond-Dufour
Global Chief Client Officer
@McCann Worldgroup
Nannette Lafond-Dufour is Global Chief Client Officer at McCann Worldgroup, a leading global communications company with over 15,000 employees. She provides strategic and operational oversight for all of McCann Worldgroup's global and key regional accounts, ensuring clients receive the required geographic and discipline resources vital to their business success.
Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director
@GeneralCatalyst
Niko is a managing director at the venture firm General Catalyst, partnering with founders from seed to growth stage and beyond to build companies that withstand the test of time.
Paul Papadimitriou
Master of Ceremonies
@Frenchfounders
Paul is a sought-after keynote speaker & futurist, with a focus on innovation of the human experience. He has given keynote addresses in front of audiences reaching up to 20,000 people, and appeared on national TV, radio and media in more than 50 countries.
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
Co-founder & CEO
@Loft Orbital
Pierre-Damien is the Co-founder of Loft Orbital Solutions, a Silicon Valley company with the mission to build the new standard for data collection from space. By offering a simple and affordable end-to-end solution to deploy and operate sensors in space, it unleashes a wave of new possible space-based applications.
Rana Yared
General Partner
@Balderton Capital
Rana joined Balderton as General Partner in 2020. Previously, Rana was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, first in the Principal Strategic Investments Group and later in GS Growth.
Raphaëlle d’Ornano
Founder and Managing Partner
@D’Ornano + Co
Raphaëlle d’Ornano is the Founder and Managing Partner of D’Ornano + Co. Raphaëlle began her career at Deloitte and Eight Advisory, where she realized that the traditional approach to due diligence was not sufficient for evaluating innovative and fast-growing business models. This realization led her to found D’Ornano + Co. and develop a unique and proprietary diligence approach.
Romain Lachens
Engagement Director
@Paris 2024
Romain is the Director of Engagement for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. He has been working in the sports sector for over 20 years in various marketing roles. After working with the Lagardère Group, he joined the Paris 2024 bid team in 2005 alongside Tony Estanguet.
Romain Moulin
CEO
@Exotec
Romain, the CEO of Exotec, is a visionary leader in the robotics industry, driving the revolution of warehouse automation.
Shahed Khan
Co-founder
@Loom
Shahed is the Co-founder of Loom, the video communication platform for async work that helps companies communicate better at scale.
Tim Weller
Former CEO
@Datto