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Quentin Frécon

Innovation Project Manager | Digital & CSR

€550/day
Toulouse, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Quentin

🇬🇧 (french below) Innovation & impact consultant with 8+ years of experience in project management, open innovation, and digital transformation. I help companies design and lead sustainable, user-centered initiatives across Europe, SEA & Africa. Clients include LVMH, L'Oréal, Schneider Electric, Alstom, Heineken, Pernod Ricard, Danone, Sanofi, Groupama, UNDP, HEC, UC Berkeley, and more. Let’s build impactful solutions together.

🇫🇷 Expert in innovation, impact & digital transformation
I have been supporting companies, institutions, and startups for over 8 years in designing and managing projects with high social and environmental impact, in France, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Specializing in open innovation, responsible entrepreneurship, and digital transformation, I work on assignments at the intersection of strategic consulting, project management, open innovation, and training.

đź”§ My expertise :
  • Ecosystem mapping & stakeholder research
  • Offer, product/service design & go-to-market
  • Design and management of innovation and open innovation programs (design thinking, circular economy, intrapreneurship)
  • Digital project management (platforms, collaborative tools, UX, agile management)
  • Business development & strategic partnerships

📦 Services offered :
Sustainable innovation consulting, open innovation program coordination, digital project management, user studies, impact entrepreneurship training, and internationalization support.

🏆 References :
LVMH, L'Oréal, Schneider Electric, Alstom, Vinfast, Sanofi, Merck, Bel Group, Danone, Nestlé Waters, Heineken, Pernod Ricard, Les Vergers du Mékong, Société Générale, Groupama, Vyv, GIZ, UNDP, Prevent Waste Alliance, HEC, UC Berkeley, ESADE.

✨ What sets me apart:
A systemic and multicultural approach to innovation, with proven expertise in developing concrete solutions with high impact.



  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Toulouse (up to 20km), Paris (up to 20km), Lyon (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Esade Business School
    AI accelerator Lead Facilitator
    EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
    October 2025 - Today (8 months)
    Barcelone, Spain
    🇫🇷
    • Design and facilitate weekly hands-on workshops to help teams apply innovation and business validation methodologies.
    • Coach 6 early-stage AI startups, composed of founders with engineering, scientific, and business backgrounds, developing technologies backed by AI patents.
    • Support ecosystem engagement, fostering connections between startups, mentors, investors, and institutional partners.
    • Provide strategic guidance to help teams refine their value proposition, validate market opportunities, and prepare for fundraising.
    • Collaborate with the program management and academic teams to ensure alignment between technical depth and business impact.
    **
    🇬🇧 Lead Facilitator – ESADE AI Accelerator (Government of Catalonia)**
    • Design and facilitate weekly hands-on workshops to help teams apply innovation and business validation methodologies.
    • Coach 6 early-stage AI startups, composed of founders with engineering, scientific, and business backgrounds, developing technologies backed by AI patents.
    • Support ecosystem engagement, fostering connections between startups, mentors, investors, and institutional partners.
    • Provide strategic guidance to help teams refine their value proposition, validate market opportunities, and prepare for fundraising.
    • Collaborate with the program management and academic teams to ensure alignment between technical depth and business impact.

    Lean Startup Artificial Intelligence Workshop Facilitation Innovation Management Business Model
  • Schoolab
    Head of Global Partnership & Business development
    September 2023 - September 2024 (1 year and 1 month)
    Paris, France
    Development and execution of international growth strategy: coordination with the Executive Committee and BU Directors to define international business cases and associated value propositions.

    Productization and commercialization of the offering: design of attractive service offering brochures with a specific prospecting strategy for each offering and a key account management plan.

    Development of strategic partnerships: identification and management of relationships with partners in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States through tailored partnership models (revenue sharing, co-marketing, etc.) to accelerate Schoolab's international activities.

    Innovation consulting: acting as Senior Consultant and Strategic Advisor on international projects and programs.
  • Schoolab
    Country Manager & APAC Business Development Lead - Senior Innovation Consultant
    October 2019 - September 2023 (3 years and 11 months)
    HĂ´ Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam
    Management of business development activities, generating over €1M in revenue over 4 years through more than 40 cross-sectoral projects and programs.

    Building an ecosystem of over 20 partners, ranging from academic institutions to complementary service providers and consulting firms, through specific partnership models.

    Development of diversified Growth and Marketing acquisition campaignsthrough a mix of digital activities (social media, automated prospecting, etc.) and events.

    Management of a team of 7 full-time managersand 10 senior consultants.

    Execution of over 20 innovation consulting projects and Open Innovation programsas Senior Consultant, coach, and workshop facilitator (over 500 entrepreneurs and leaders trained).

    Training over 200 students in entrepreneurshipthrough project-based education programs at the following universities: UC Berkeley, RMIT, University of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Fulbright University Vietnam.

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Education

  • Master Degree
    SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2017
    Master Degree
  • Preparatory class
    Toulouse School of Economics
    2013
    Preparatory class

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