
Benjamin Ferrand
Advisor / Consultant | Co-founder | Business Angel & Mentor Digital Investment, Business Models & Transformation Telecom Media Gaming Hospitality & Entertainment
Salary / Daily rate
Zürich, Switzerland
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Digital strategy professional I help executives assess and adapt their business and operating models to digital trends, from strategy to execution, along 3 levers - More: Growth opportunities identification - Core: Transformation management and operations optimization - Acceleration: Transaction and M&A I have developed specific expertises with regards to: vision and ambition definition, market assessment and Due Diligences, digital operating model, platform business models, portfolio strategy assessment, customer experience strategy, Digital transformation management, PMI I have a strong focus on the Telecommunications, Medias, New Technologies & Entertainment verticals I recently had the opportunity to develop « out of the hype » informed point of view on generative AI ; Digital trust, Blockchain & Smart contract (NFTs) ; Metaverses through in-depth analysis of sociological and technological underlying trends.
Work experience
Seed Investor
Asterion Ventures
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Paris, France
Considering Impact investing, helping Entrepreneurs to take care of the world Angel investment, through personal investment & sharing expertise in digital platform businesses, with; - Carbone Farmers - Boco Loco - Urbyn And many more to come through Asterion F1!
Business Angel / Investor / Operating Partner
1881 - Seed Capital
Mar 2021 - Present
5 years 8 months
Paris, France
Private Investor, Business Angel & Operating Partner, capitalizing on my experience as a Digital transformation business executive, to 1/ Help entrepreneurs disrupt the Media value chain through technology 2/ Take care of entrepreneurs looking to have an impact on Carbon reduction & Gender equality Entrepreneurs I am working with have crafted and are growing those beautiful companies: 1/ Kop Médias, Buddy, Timeleft, Worldia, Savoir Dessiner, Datacook, Qolaig, Billiv, Jump, … 2/ Carbon Farmer, Bocoloco, Urbyn, Aptimiz, Darwin, …
Director / Consultant
1881 Advisory
Mar 2021 - Present
5 years 8 months
25040 Europa, Province of Brescia, Italy
1881 Advisory: Digital transformation, from Vision to Execution - Why: Vision definition through Market assessment, Innovation mapping, Deal opportunities identification - How: Strategy structuration through Due Diligence, Strategic, marketing & business planning, Venture set up - What: Tactical execution through Target Operating Model implementation, Post merger integration, Product & services design
Director Strategy, Digital, Data, Administration & Business Performance
La Poste GroupeFreelance
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024
10 months
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Advisor / deputy to the Digital Business Unit Director of laposte.fr : audience, eCommerce, customer relationship, omnichannel - Strategy challenge, benchmark, consolidation & roadmap - Budgeting (setting & steering / monthly reporting to board of directors) - Team animation (governance management, presentation consolidation, minutes writing, seminar organization) - eCommerce activity analysis, reporting & optimization levers benchmark - Business model challenge and transformation levers presentation / expert advice provision
Business Unit Director
Malt
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
4 months
Paris, France
Director
EY-Parthenon
Aug 2017 - Oct 2022
5 years 3 months
Paris, France
Interim Chief Digital Officer Orange Romania
Orange
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
8 months
Bucharest, Romania
Digital Acceleration and Transformation role for Orange Romania - Contribution to Orange 5y Strategic Plan (market study, ambition definition, objectives setting, KPIs trajectory) - Definition of Line of digital ambition and role - Framing of Target operating model and starting the implementation around 5 Business lines (eAudience/traffic, eCommerce, eCare, eNablers, DNVB) - Preparation of the 2022 roadmap - Preparation of a post merger integration - Articulation with Orange Romania and the Orange Group - Business as usual animation (awareness building, commercial animation, transformation optimization, roadmap delivery, customer experience nurturing, partnerships seeking, …) => « Being a teabag project » (@Maud Bailly TM): Infuse digital culture and practices in the organization while setting long term vision and objectives
Manager
EY
Jan 2014 - Oct 2017
3 years 10 months
Paris, France
Consultant puis manager au sein du département Strategy, Marketing, Innovation Intervention sur des projets de - Planification stratégique - Stratégie digitale - Expérience client - Transformation digitale - Investissement - Etude de marché - Cadrage marketing - Distribution et stratégie multicanale - Due Diligence commerciale Sur des projets pour des acteurs de l'énergie, du gaming, de la relation client, des concessions et de l'automobile (acteurs essentiellement B2C) Encadrement des équipes sur ces projets (jusqu'à 6 consultants) Contribution aux activités commerciales du cabinet (animation de compte, identification de leads, réalisation de propositions commerciales, structuration des équipes) Management opérationnel des équipes EY Strategy (recrutement des équipes, évaluation de la performance et coaching des consultants)
Consultant
Greenwich Consulting
Apr 2010 - Jan 2014
3 years 10 months
Intervention auprès d'acteurs télécom internationaux sur des projets de - Planification marketing - Lancement d'offres et de services - Entrée sur le marché - Refonte de processus métier - Management de la relation client - Post merger integration Contribution au développement du cabinet (réalisation de propositions commerciales) Développement des actions de recrutement auprès de mon réseau école
Strategy Analyst
SFR
Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
7 months
Etudes d'opportunités stratégique : - Analyse marché - Niveau de maturité interne - Valorisation de l'opportunité
Education
HEC Paris
Master's degree, Strategie, Economie, Finance d'entreprise, Gestion du changement, Ingenierie Financiere
2008 - 2009
2 years
CentraleSupélec
Ingénieur, Energie, Automatique, Informatique, Réseaux, Modélisation de systèmes, Management
2005 - 2008
4 years
Janson de Sailly
2003 - 2005
3 years
Licenses & certifications
Evaluation financière de l'entreprise - P. Quiry
Issued: Mar 2014