About
Claude CHOLLET
DOB 26 February 1949Married, three children
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, 4th 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
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