Frédéric Thuard

Frédéric Thuard

Founder & Director at Digital Atelier ltd.

Paris Area, France

Current
  • co-founder and ceo at musana
  • consultant at Geniem oy.
  • Founder & Director at Digital Atelier ltd.
Past
  • associate & coo at opensugar
  • co-founder, president & ceo at FinGO
  • Director Radio Development at News International plc. - NewsCorp
  • co ceo & managing director GF - German operations at Lagardere Active Radio International
  • Deputy Director at Lagardere Active Radio International
  • Manager Radio Development at RTL Group
Education
  • CELSA - Ecole des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication
  • HEC School of Management
  • Insead
Connections
499 connections
Industry
Broadcast Media
Websites

Frédéric Thuard’s Summary

Media management professional : former MD/co ceo of German operations of a leading European radio group,
former EMEA Bus. Dev. director of a European Radio group,

Wireless & Internet entrepreneur & consultant: ceo & founder or on line music platform / ceo/founder of a mobile financial service technology provider, coo/associate of a mobile media services enabler, Management/Business development consultant for wireless start-ups,

Frédéric Thuard’s Specialties:

International business development, Key account sales & marketing, Start-up & mid-size operations turnaround, Financial Planning & funding, team build-up and management, European operations & corporate development.


Frédéric Thuard’s Experience

  • co-founder and ceo

    musana

    (Internet industry)

    November 2006Present (2 years 9 months)

  • consultant

    Geniem oy.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

    July 2004Present (5 years 1 month)

    Corporate and business development, global accounts of a leading J2ME technology provider

  • Founder & Director

    Digital Atelier ltd.

    (Management Consulting industry)

    January 2004Present (5 years 7 months)

    Media & Mobile Services Consultancy

  • associate & coo

    opensugar

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2002June 2004 (1 year 9 months)

    Operation management, Product management, Marketing & communications; of a mobile java solutions vendor J2ME

  • co-founder, president & ceo

    FinGO

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1999July 2002 (3 years 7 months)

    co-founder of a leading european mobile financial services platform vendor, with Top 500 references over european financial institutions.

  • Director Radio Development

    News International plc. - NewsCorp

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    January 1998January 1999 (1 year 1 month)

    Managed acquisitions opportunities in the european radio & outdoor industry

  • co ceo & managing director GF - German operations

    Lagardere Active Radio International

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    January 1995June 1997 (2 years 6 months)

    co-managed & reengineered the german operations of a leading european radio broadcaster, 7 radio operations with P&L responsability

  • Deputy Director

    Lagardere Active Radio International

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    December 1990January 1995 (4 years 2 months)

    Deputy Director International Radio Group managed operations deployment in Poland http://www.rrm.pl/, Czech Republic, Borad Member and co-Founder http://www.frekvence1.cz & http://www.evropa2.cz

    Head of Research, http://www.europe2.fr

  • Manager Radio Development

    RTL Group

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    December 1989December 1990 (1 year 1 month)

    Head of radio development


Frédéric Thuard’s Education

  • CELSA - Ecole des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication

    Magistere , Communication & Marketing , 19862008

  • HEC School of Management

    Challenge + HEC Start-up , Management , 19981999

    Start-up & Entrepreneurship coaching executive program

  • Insead

    YMG , Management , 19941994

    Executive education


Additional Information

Frédéric Thuard’s Websites:

Frédéric Thuard’s Interests:

Internet ; mobile media ; Mobile music ; broadcast media, entertainment ; venture capital ; odp ; mobile financial services ; radio ; turn around management ; start-up ; 2.0,

Frédéric Thuard’s Groups:

Paris Entreprendre

  •    HEC Paris Diplomés / Alumni
  •    INTERIMPRESA - Association for Innovation and Internationalization of SMEs
  •    INSEAD High Tech & Telecom Club (IHTC)
  •    Italie et Finance
  •    MEM 2009

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