Prior to joining French patent office (INPI) as deputy General Manager in charge of Innovation for 5 years, Frédéric was Director of the Licensing and Business Development Department at L’Oréal for 20 years.
He has coordinated the evaluation, negotiation and management of hundreds of partnerships, licensing or acquisition projects throughout the world, importing inventions coming from all industrial sectors.
He has contributed to the development of new methods allowing the measurement of the technological impact of patented inventions and to the ranking of innovative companies .
Prior to joining L’Oréal, he spent seven years working as Licensing and Business Development Director for Fournier Pharma following 4 years as Director of a Genetic engineering Department for Rhône-Poulenc Pharma.
Medical Doctor, Ph. D. in Genetic engineering from Pasteur Institute of Paris, postgraduate in Strategic Management from HEC School of Management.
He is an advisor to several public institutions with respect Patent Strategic Management, Patent Marketing and Patent Rating.
He is regularly giving lectures and trainings (251 up to now) all over the world.